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Originally Posted by jedimaster
said this before and i'll say it again WHY only young people when there are older people in more need of jobs and opportunities such as this. opportunities for employment and training should be made available to all NOT just government funded target groups and minority groups. surely unemployed people with families to support should be number 1 priority when it comes to re-skilling and re-employment. instead anyone over 25 is told to jog on and just get a job, sorry no help available or sorry there is no funding available to train over 25s!
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There are also thousands of young people who are unemployed, many with excellent qualifications, who can't even get unpaid internships, to get experience, which might mean a future chance of full-time, paid employment.
I've no idea who funded this scheme at the Civic. It sounds more like something Lottery funded, than the by government. In which case any funding application would have had to specify a target group. Otherwise it would have stood little chance of being successful.
Yes, unemployment knows no age barrier. Though there's nothing wrong with targeting a particular age bracket, and any special associated needs that group may have. Be it a young, old, or in the middle age.
This scheme apparently runs for 3-4 months, and pays £5.00 per hour, for 7 hours per week.
It sounds more suitable as an entry level job, to gain some experience, for someone who perhaps won't need to rely on the thirty five quid a week it pays, to feed and house themselves, or their families.
Do you want to retrain as something, but can't?
I was lucky. I trained once only. Then I literally pounded the streets, and knocked on doors until I eventually got the job I wanted. Later, when I'd proved I was good at what I did, people came knocking on my door, offering me work.
Positivity is appealing, whatever job you're wanting to do.
I think this sounds a great opportunity, for those young people just starting out on life's long road of slog and grafting.
Good luck to 'em.