Employment
‘I was homeless and now I’m a tour guide. It’s walking and talking – which I’m actually good at!’
‘I was homeless and now I’m a tour guide. It’s walking and talking – which I’m actually good at!’
In 2025, Invisible Cities launched in the Scottish Borders. Mandy tells us about her Galashiels tour
‘I used to be a prison governor. Now I support prison leavers become self-employed’
‘I used to be a prison governor. Now I support prison leavers become self-employed’
Once a prison governor, Andy Gullick now helps prison leavers become self-employed through RIFT Social Enterprise
Could ensuring every child has a laptop in school help solve the NEETs crisis?
Could ensuring every child has a laptop in school help solve the NEETs crisis?
We wouldn’t send a child to school without the basics like a pen or a textbook, so why is a laptop any different?
There’s a new grant to help musicians build sustainable careers. But there’s a catch
There’s a new grant to help musicians build sustainable careers. But there’s a catch
Can Britain actually afford the real living wage?
Can Britain actually afford the real living wage?
Blindboy: ‘If I were prime minister I’d stop billionaires buying political power’
Blindboy: ‘If I were prime minister I’d stop billionaires buying political power’
The football food van serving up jobs for out-of-work young people
The football food van serving up jobs for out-of-work young people
Fat Macy’s: The training academy lifting young people out of homelessness and into hospitality jobs
Fat Macy’s: The training academy lifting young people out of homelessness and into hospitality jobs
Everyone is being asked to prepare for troubled times. What does it mean for people in poverty?
Everyone is being asked to prepare for troubled times. What does it mean for people in poverty?
The Apprentice’s Tim Campbell: ‘I’d make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure’
The Apprentice’s Tim Campbell: ‘I’d make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure’
Dealing with the cost of living is essential to help young people out of Britain’s NEETs crisis
Dealing with the cost of living is essential to help young people out of Britain’s NEETs crisis
I’m a KFC youth worker. Young people aren’t a lost cause – we’re failing them at the first hurdle
I’m a KFC youth worker. Young people aren’t a lost cause – we’re failing them at the first hurdle
How your first job can determine what you earn for the rest of your career
How your first job can determine what you earn for the rest of your career
NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: ‘This is not a turning point’
NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: ‘This is not a turning point’
‘Disabled people are having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams’
‘Disabled people are having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams’
Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg: ‘Young people are always the first to bear the brunt of cuts’
Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg: ‘Young people are always the first to bear the brunt of cuts’
Inside Holiday Club: the summer school helping NEET young people start creative careers
Inside Holiday Club: the summer school helping NEET young people start creative careers
Maya Jama: ‘Breaking into the creative industries shouldn’t come down to who you know’
Maya Jama: ‘Breaking into the creative industries shouldn’t come down to who you know’
NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?
NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?
Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?
Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?
Inside the innovative employment pilot bringing jobs to overlooked young people’s doorsteps
Inside the innovative employment pilot bringing jobs to overlooked young people’s doorsteps
How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’
How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’
‘Give people a chance’: Monica Galetti on the restaurant helping people out of homelessness
‘Give people a chance’: Monica Galetti on the restaurant helping people out of homelessness
Masterchef star Monica Galetti joins restaurant staffed by homeless people
Masterchef star Monica Galetti joins restaurant staffed by homeless people
Youth unemployment has a ‘long-term scarring effect’ affecting finances and health decades later
