CREATE Jobs Employer Forum at Space Studios

This week the Office for National Statistics released the latest national unemployment figures which showed a further rise across the country; the headline number for youth unemployment was at 1.04 million. More locally, in the Olympic Host Boroughs (Barking & Dagenham, Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest), nearly ten per cent of 16-24 year olds are unemployed compared to 5.5% in the remaining 27 boroughs. See the Guardian’s interesting
youth unemployment map.

What are we doing about it?

A New Direction in partnership with CREATE has developed a programme called CREATE Jobs which provides pathways for young people in the Olympic Host Boroughs to access information, advice and guidance needed to progress into jobs within the arts and creative industries. We want to see a step chance in how the sector works with young people and we would love more organisations and employers to get involved.

On Thursday 26 January, 4 - 6pm at Space Studios, we are hosting our next Employer Forum. These are monthly meetings where we describe the programme and discuss the different ways employers and practitioners can help young people in this area. Our agenda will cover the following:

• Eight week mentoring programme
• Eight week traineeships
• Two week work placements
• Year long apprenticeships

To register for the employer forum please RSVP to createjobs@anewdirection.org.uk by Tuesday 24 January 2012 with your name, organisation and what element of the programme you are interested in learning about.

Please join us to find out more about how your organisation can get involved.

Date: Thursday 26 January 2012
Time: 4.00 - 6.00pm
Venue: Space Studios, 129 - 131 Mare Street , London E8 3RH

For more about the CREATE Jobs programme go to www.createjobslondon.org