Norwich for Jobs

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http://www.norwichforjobs.org.uk/

"A Call to Action!

Norwich For Jobs is asking employers across Norwich to help us achieve our goals by offering work experience placements to young people. Employers can contribute to helping us ‘change 100 lives’ by taking part in mock interviews and mentoring."

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The promotional video

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The unemplyment in Norwich

“We know that there are around 2,000 unemployed young people in the Norwich area at the moment,” she told the EDP afterwards.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/norwich-business-leaders-pledge-to-tackle-tragedy-of-youth-unemployment-1-1814641

Prince’s Trust reported that one in five young people in Norfolk don’t believe they will be able to find their dream job. Lots of them said that they will “end up in a dead-end job”, and that they will “end up on benefits for at least part of their lives”.

 

In Norwich, there is around 30pc young people living in poverty. About 14pc of young people said “people like them don’t succeed in life”. 

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/politics/drop-in-youth-unemployment-in-norfolk-1-897673 

2,480 (50%) people aged 18-24 years old are claiming employment related benefits
Most of the people aged 18-24 are on jobseekers’ allowance. There is about 1,143 young people claiming employment support allowance; 787 young people claiming universal credit  and about 340 young people claiming income support.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/norwich-4-jobs-aims-to-halve-city-s-youth-unemployment-for-a-second-time-in-third-phase-1-5212771
 
Norwich for Jobs 

Norwich for Jobs was launched on 25th January 2013.They offer employment, support allowance and income support opportunities for young people. They will be offered work experiences, mock interviews with real employers, mentoring programmes and mental health workshops. N4J run other sessions which help with building self-confidence and to overcome anxiety.

Norwich for Jobs want the local employers to give more support to young people by allowing them to do work experiences, giving speeches at the Norwich or Jobs centre and offer the mock interviews for young people who consider starting a new job . 

The project offers help for people aged 18-24 and it is built of a couple of phases.

Phase 1 - the aim was to reduce the number of young people aged 18 to 24 who are claiming Job Seekers Allowance from 2000 to 1000.

The success was meant to be achieved through the collaboration with the local business and encourage them to invest in supporting young people. They were suggested pre-work training or offering paid positions.

They managed to help 1,349 young people to get paid job or apprenticeship. It also spread the awareness of the support services for young people between the local businesses. 

 http://www.norwichforjobs.org.uk/progress

 

 

Phase 2 - January 2015 ‘Change 100 Lives’.

It was meant to continue with what has been done in the first phase and to help 100 people who are considered ‘harder to help’. 

http://www.chloesmith.org.uk/campaigns/norwich-for-jobs

 http://www.norwichforjobs.org.uk/about-n4j

Norwich for jobs stareded the third phase, which will continue for the whole of year 2018. The aim this time is to "halve unemployment and disengagement for young people across all benefits. We have a particular aim to engage every young person on Jobseekers Allowance and get them back into work."

http://www.norwichforjobs.org.uk/news/norwich-jobs-invites-employers-take-action-it-launches-phase-3-project 

It was introduced on Wednesday 27th September and from that point they wanted to help over 1200 young people with giving them the oportunity. 
They invited local buisnesses to hear about the program, asking them two questions:
“Can you give a young person a chance for a better future?” and  “What the Norwich For Jobs Team are saying to employers is together we have already changed the lives of over 2,000 young people: “will you help us change the next one?"

Norwich for jobs aim at people aged 18 to 24 who are unmployed, who are claiming Job Seekers Allowance, jobseekers’ allowance, employment support allowance, universal credit, income support or who are on employment related benefits.
They also look and local buisneses in norwich such as Marks&Spencers, McDonalds, Boots and more. 
They work with both large and small buisnesses, giving the oportunity for every young person to find a perfect place for them.