{"id":60714,"date":"2015-08-26T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T09:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0e6d3ea8f7bdf410d5148983ce0102a4"},"modified":"2015-08-26T13:57:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T13:57:50","slug":"press-release-2000-starts-by-young-people-every-week-into-work-experience-or-sector-based-work-academies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=60714","title":{"rendered":"Press release: 2,000 starts by young people every week into work experience or sector-based work academies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The latest statistics also show there were 337,000 starts to work experience or pre-work training delivered as part of a sector-based work academy by 18 to 24-year-olds between April 2012 and May 2015.<\/p>\n

This comes on top of the latest employment statistics, showing the number of young people claiming unemployment-related benefits has fallen every month for more than three-and-a-half years \u2013 or 44 months in a row.<\/p>\n

With the youth claimant count is at its lowest level since the 1970s, ministers are launching the \u2018WE can\u2019 campaign, to match employers and young people for valuable work experience and pre-work training. <\/p>\n

Employment Minister Priti Patel said:<\/p>\n

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As a one nation government, we want every part of Britain to benefit from a growing economy and everyone who works hard to get the opportunities they need to succeed.<\/p>\n

That is why we have massively expanded our work experience scheme to give our talented young people the confidence they need to get that first crucial step on their career ladder.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m always being told you can\u2019t get a job without work experience and you can\u2019t get work experience without a job. Now with thousands of young people moving into work experience or training every week, this should definitely help.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Between April 2012 and May 2015 there were:<\/p>\n