
Sarah Yong
@sarahjyong
Director of Policy & Comms at @YF_Foundation | working mummy, feminist, equalitist & cheese lover. All views my own.
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08-09-2014 20:50:17
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Last Friday marked my final day at The Careers & Enterprise Company - it’s been an amazing 6 year journey & I’ll always be proud of the work we achieved together ❤️. Now time for my #bestnextstep …



Join Bright Blue & Youth Futures Foundation for our conference 📢 Speech by Chief Secretary to HM Treasury Panels on 4 major issues affecting millennials & Gen Z 🏡 Housing 👨👩👧 Families 👩🏻🎓 Education 💼 Work Cross-sectoral, cross-party speakers RSVP: brightblue.org.uk/a-country-for-…


Today's Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows a dip in youth unemployment, yet it remains a pressing issue. Andrea Barry highlights a slight decrease in youth unemployment but emphasises the challenge with 481,000 still jobless. Action is needed to boost employment and strengthen the labour market.


This is a vital piece of work from Youth Futures Foundation. The discrimination and barriers experienced by ethnically minoritised young people should make us all stop, listen and think deeply about what we can do. #BreakingBarriers #YouthFuturesFoundation youthfuturesfoundation.org/discrimination…




Great to see this in the Financial Times from our brilliant trustee Lord Simon Woolley, featuring data from the biggest survey ever conducted of ethnic minoritised young people released by Youth Futures Foundation yesterday. This is a wake up call, we can and must do better 💪🏽 ft.com/content/70d1cf…


We're pleased to launch this important new report with Youth Futures Foundation highlighting the issues with the current apprneticeship system and calling for a new Apprenticeship Guarantee. Great to see it covered in Times Business. #skills #apprenticeshiplevy #apprenticeshipguarantee


Congratulations Lisa Nandy MP Bridget Phillipson Liz Kendall on becoming Secretary of States – we look forward to working with you and your departments collectively on the youth employment agenda as the new Govt gets to work! #GeneralElection2024

Great to be at Science and Industry Museum representing Youth Futures Foundation to hear Lisa Nandy MP making her maiden Department for Culture, Media and Sport speech - looking forward to continuing to work with the Dept on the youth employment agenda - with 1 in 8 young people NEET, we must give greater attention backed by what works



Our CEO, Barry Fletcher, and Paul O'Neill, Deputy CEO at Right to Succeed have been on BBC Breakfast this morning, discussing the ongoing rise of young people not earning or learning, and our report that launched today. The Youth Employment 2024 Outlook report reveals that 1 in 8


Great to see BBC Education use Youth Futures Foundation data from our 2024 Youth Employment Outlook to give attention to such an important challenge we need to focus on addressing as a country - 1 in 8 young people today are NEET, an alarming stat that needs to propel us to do much more

