Employment & Training for Young People

Chairman: Hilary Ayer

This Project Group is working closely with The Petersfield School and Connexions to improve the opportunities for young people leaving school at 16. Although the NEET (not in education employment or training) figure for Petersfield is not high we hear from our young people that it is difficult to find employers who will give them the practical experience they need to join up with the course they have been accepted for at college.

Many of the employers in our area have good experiences of apprenticeships with young people and find they have a loyal employee at the end of the course who is a great asset to the company. Our aim is to encourage more employers, large or small, to learn from these experiences.

The first opportunity for local emplyers to find out more was at a seminar hosted by EHDC, on 26th June.

Notes of Meetings

Date	Meeting	Link
19 November 2007	Working Group	ET_Minutes191107
26 June 2007	Business Seminar	ET_Seminar260607
21 March 2007	Working Group	ET_Minutes210307
5 March 2007	Working Group	ET_Minutes050307
30 January 2007	Working Group	ET_Minutes300107