Job boost for young people in MK

More than half of the young people completing an innovative job creation programme are still in work and training for new careers.

So far between January- June 2010 64 young people have improved their employability by completing the Milton Keynes Future Jobs Fund (FJF) programme and 29 are now in full time work and six have returned for vocational training.

All 64 have undertaken a MK College training course and an employer specific training course dependant on their position funded by Milton Keynes Council’s Recession Busters project.

The idea was to give all young people on the programme the sustainable skills necessary to improve their chances of finding work in the future.

To date 39 started NVQs with 22 completions so far and six have started other credited training courses such as Football Coaching Awards.

The young people had a variety of work placements ranging from business administration, sports coaching, landscaping and gardening to a warehouse and logistics companies.

The good news for Milton Keynes is that the majority of the young people on the scheme are no longer unemployed, but are now on the path to their future careers.

Cllr Andy Maric, the youngest Milton Keynes Councillor, said: “This project is all about creating real jobs for young people in the long term by linking up with the college and employers we give them the foundations to be successful in their future working careers.”