Attract your Future Workforce and
Support Young People

Fylde Council have teamed up with AFC Fylde Community Foundation, Kirkham, to run a new project called Fylde Focus as part of the Council’s UK SPF funding allocation.

Fylde Focus is an employability support project for those aged 16 – 24 years old living across the Fylde Borough, who are not currently in education, employment or training (NEET).

The project provides participants with support in building their career and entering the workplace, through one-to-one support, access to further education and training courses, and support with CV writing and interview skills.

An apprenticeship grant is also available for employers who can support these young people of £5,000.

Give just an hour, or more, to inspire young people about their future career in schools and colleges in your local community. This could include activities such as conducting mock interviews, delivering presentations, setting live project briefs, competitions, offering work experience and mentoring.

Your unique industry knowledge and experience as someone who owns or works for a business can make a difference to a young person considering their career.

Are you able to offer a placement to a current college student? Colleges are looking for the support of businesses to offer a work placement where students can experience the world of work and learn more about sectors in which they aspire to work. One of the ways to offer placements is to get involved with colleges offering T Levels.

T Levels are new technical courses studied from age 16 to 19. Students spend 20% of their time in the workplace learning real hands-on skills in their chosen route, so they are ready to join the workforce straight after their course. Businesses who have taken early T Level students on placement often recruit those young people after their course as they know them well and have benefited from their fresh approach and new skills.

A traineeship is a skills development programme that includes a work experience placement. Traineeships help prepare young people aged 16 to 25, for employment or an apprenticeship.

Traineeships must include at least 70 hours of work experience placement. They can last from 6 weeks up to 1 year, but most last less than 6 months. Employers can offer a work experience placement to a trainee, working with a training provider to design the programme.

Apprenticeship Ambassadors are all either current Apprentices or former Apprentices who want to promote the benefits of taking part in the Apprenticeship programme to employers and other young people. They can do this through undertaking activities and/or speaking about their experiences at schools, youth clubs, careers fairs and business events. They can also meet employers face to face to encourage them to take on Apprentices.

Lancashire Employer Ambassadors are employers who want to promote the benefits of Apprenticeships to other employers and young people. They may even have been apprentices themselves and are passionate about their experiences.

Do you want to support careers advice in schools to promote your organisation or sector? An Enterprise Adviser is a volunteer from a business who works closely with the headteacher or Senior Leadership Team of a school or college to provide strategic support.

You will use your business experience and professional networks to help develop and implement an effective strategy that puts opportunities with local employers at the heart of a young person’s education. You will also of course inspire young people and prepare them for when they leave education.