We are seeking a new Research Officer to support the creation of high quality evidence for impact on youth employment in England: £27k to £29.6k Leeds, Birmingham or London youthfuturesfoundation.org/vacancy/resear…

NEW: The Education Maintenance Allowance, a weekly cash transfer to disadvantaged students aged 16-19, did not improve their long-run outcomes. The EMA only provided around 40p of benefits to students for every £1 spent. THREAD on our new Nuffield Foundation-funded report: [1/10]

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released its latest data on the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET). 📊987,000 young people not earning or learning 📈100,000 increase in NEET young people in 2024 Read our full response to the

"UK faces youth jobs crisis as number of ‘neets’ rises to almost 1m" theguardian.com/business/2025/…

I just find it shocking that boys are now more likely to live in a house with a washing machine than to live with their dad

Launching new resources for building evaluation capacity in the youth employment sector: youthfuturesfoundation.org/news/launching…

As part of King's College London's School for Government series, our Director of Impact & Evidence Chris Goulden has written a blog on the challenges and opportunities of devolution for tackling youth employment in the UK. Read it ➡️ kcl.ac.uk/news/devolutio…

🔴NEET levels rising since 2021 🟠Male NEET levels surpassed female 🟣Long term sickness most common reason for inactivity 🟤Poor mental health most common single cause 🔵NW & W Mids have highest NEET %s youthfuturesfoundation.org/wp-content/upl…

Earlier this year, we lost our friend and colleague, Dr Jane Colechin. Jane was Deputy Director of Evidence and Evaluation at Youth Futures and she dedicated her career to making things better for other people. This summer, we're fundraising in her memory: justgiving.com/team/dr-jane-c…

🔊We're hiring for two senior roles in our Impact and Evidence Directorate: ➡️ Deputy Director of Evidence and Evaluation ➡️ Head of Evaluation Learn more about the roles and how you could help to tackle the youth employment challenge: youthfuturesfoundation.org/who-we-work-wi…

Young people not in education, employment or training in the UK remains high at over 900,000 Latest stats: ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released its latest dataset on NEETs. 📊923,000 young people not earning or learning 📈 One in four unemployed young people not in education or training have been looking for work for over a year Read our full response to the announcement➡️youthfuturesfoundation.org/news/neet-leve…

Youth NEET numbers remain ‘stubbornly high’ feweek.co.uk/youth-neet-num…

"A rise in long-term sickness among young people has been one of the main causes of economic inactivity over the past three years, according to analysis of previous ONS stats by the Youth Futures Foundation" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Congratulations to @ERSA_news on the launch of its latest report evaluating forty years of youth employment interventions. 👏 As part of the launch, our Director of Evidence & Impact Chris Goulden joined an online panel to discuss the link between the report and wider evidence.

We want to learn more about pre-employment vocational training interventions and their potential impact on young people aged 16-25 in England, particularly those facing additional barriers to employment. More details on funding opportunity here! youthfuturesfoundation.org/opportunity/th…

Will the 43,000 16-24-year-olds losing PIP increase the number of young people not in employment, education or training? campaign-for-learning.org.uk/Web/CFL/What-w…

Are you an economist with expertise in data analysis and project design? Do you want to transform the lives of marginalised young people? Then please apply! 💷Salary £48-54k 🌐Leeds, B/ham or London 📅Closing date 4th August youthfuturesfoundation.org/opportunity/pr…

"Young Futures Hubs to launch offering vulnerable young people lifeline" (NB Not Youth Futures Hubs, that's not a thing, or Youth Hubs, which is a thing. But a different thing). But all three are good things. gov.uk/government/new…