Open Innovation Team launches new government evaluation service gov.uk/government/new…

We’ve published the latest UK labour market figures.
Headline indicators for the UK labour market for December 2023 to February 2024 show:

▪️ employment was 74.5%
▪️ unemployment was 4.2%
▪️ economic inactivity was 22.2%

➡️ ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…

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We’ve been telling our story (2014-2024) in a series of blogs focusing on each of our 4 focus areas. Find our resources, tools, evidence & analysis related to:

🌲Place & community
🤝Loneliness & connection
🔍National wellbeing & methods/measures
👷Working age

New in our series of 'Toolkit Unwrapped': explore how employers can transform the lives of marginalised young people through supported internships, traineeships and in-work training youthfuturesfoundation.org/news/toolkit-u…

We are seeking several partners to work alongside our Connected Futures partnerships as they enter a new phase of identifying issues, testing ideas and exploring potential solutions to achieve systems change
youthfuturesfoundation.org/news/help-shap…

*NEW* research about supporting young people with a learning disability and/or autism into employment. youthfuturesfoundation.org/news/supportin…

We're asking young women aged 12–24 to share their mental health stories!

An Anna Freud research project is looking to interview young women with the aim of helping other girls to understand and talk about their mental health.

Get involved: orlo.uk/N28YO

And absolutely blown away to see I’ve made it onto the shortlist for Prolific Leader of the Year along with some incredible people - congrats to everyone!
The public gets to vote so if you fancy voting for me then I’d be ever so grateful! 🙏

prolificnorth.co.uk/champions-awar…

😍 #LettingCultureLoose @leeds_2023 has been shortlisted in The Prolific North Champions Awards 2024 in the Culture Marketing Campaign category! 🥳
Congrats to the other fab shortlisted entries
#PNChampionsAwards and #CelebrateTheNorth .
#LeedsLeedsLeeds prolificnorth.co.uk/news/the-proli…

Today marks 25 years since the launch of the National Minimum Wage.

A recent study by the Resolution Foundation states it has driven up the pay of millions of Britain’s lowest earners by £6,000 a year, making it the single most successful economic policy in a generation.

We are expanding the Programmes and Grant Directorate with two new Heads of Programmes roles. Each postholder will lead the development and implementation of a major area of programming youthfuturesfoundation.org/vacancy/head-o…

Latest government stats out yesterday. Poverty levels for young heads of families are shocking:

Poverty rates (after housing costs):
🔴No kids: age 16-19 = 30%; age 20-24 = 22%

❗️With kids: age 16-24 = 56%
(materially deprived + in low income = 40%)

gov.uk/government/sta…

The 2024 metro-mayor elections, research briefing from UK House of Commons researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-…

Youth Futures Foundation has conducted the largest survey in the UK of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds – the results reveal that 48% of young people have experienced prejudice or discrimination when entering the workplace:

youthfuturesfoundation.org/discrimination…

Our Board member, Lord Simon Woolley, was featured on Sky News this afternoon, discussing our recent survey of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds and its findings.

Find out more about the report, here: youthfuturesfoundation.org/discrimination…

This is Bradford 2025, this is the UK City of Culture, this is us 💥

Announcing our brand new look, new website, first events and our Ambassador, the one and only @ZaynMalik 🔥

Check us out: bradford2025.co.uk

The importance of informal learning at work wol.iza.org/articles/impor… via IZA World of Labor

New AELP boss lays down a marker in The Times.

A vision for Leeds: a decade of city centre growth and wider prosperity gov.uk/government/pub…

Great to see LEEDS 2023 and #Leeds ’ “rich + vibrant cultural life” cited in this plan, part of #Budget2024 #LevellingUp news. With funding announced for British Library North + National Poetry Centre and plans for Royal Armouries Conference & Events, the future looks exciting!
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