Member Event: Youth Employment Breakfast Meeting With Simon Wright MP

St Andrews House, Norwich / Friday 7th june 2013 Start 7.30am / finish 9.30am

REDUCING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT

Youth Employment Skills -The importance of young people coming into the workforce with the right set of skills, how colleges and apprenticeships can help to deliver this.

Education and schools – What can be done to ensure that schools are helping pupils get ready for the workplace.

Welfare provision – The importance of providing incentives – both for claimants to get into the workplace and for employees to recruit them.

Importance of collaboration – Government, the third sector and businesses working together to help tackle this issue.