East Ayrshire young people to benefit from £740k+ employability funding boost
East Ayrshire’s £743k share of the fund will be used to support 100 of the area’s most disengaged young people.
School leavers in East Ayrshire will benefit from a raft of new opportunities thanks to a £30m Scotland wide initiative- funded by the Scottish Government's Young Person Guarantee (YPG).
East Ayrshire Council’s £743k share of the fund will be used to support 100 of the area’s most disengaged young people, giving them extra help to develop their confidence and skills to prepare them for further training and long term employment.
Together with the £6m Developing the Young Workforce scheme, which is funding co-ordinators in every secondary school in Scotland, East Ayrshire’s Education and Employability Services will work with partner agencies to support these young people, helping them make the transition from school into the world of work.
East Ayrshire’s share of the Young Person Guarantee Fund, which will run until March 2022, will be used to provide a bespoke package of mentoring and support for the 100 young people who are not finding it easy to engage with traditional routes to further education, training or employment.
In the longer term, it’s hoped many of this group will be able to take up Modern Apprenticeships, and to help kickstart this opportunity, East Ayrshire Council has committed to establish 40 Supported Apprenticeships.
Councillor Fiona Campbell, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, East Ayrshire Council, welcomed the decision.
She said: "This funding is a welcome boost to our existing employability efforts, and allows us to invest more time and resources to help those who most need it to overcome difficulties, build their skills and confidence and eventually find fulfilment in further education, training and work."
