£2m to get young people into work

Wednesday 22nd February 2012, 3:00PM GMT.

Good news for the Prince's Trust which is to get more money to continue to help young people to find work

A £2 MILLION charitable fund has been created to get 1,400 young Islanders into work over the next seven years.

The cash, which has been pledged to youth charity the Prince’s Trust by two finance firms and the States, will help those aged between 13 and 30 work towards finding jobs, training and to start businesses.

Amazon Trust, a Jersey-based company, is pumping £1 million into the scheme, with the remaining funding coming from private equity firm CVC and the public sector.

Last year, more than three-quarters of young people helped by the Prince’s Trust found work or gained training placements.

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theMoaningOldBugger

February 22, 2012 at 6:52 pm

so if as a youngster you are a trouble maker, or you come from a broken home, or you were struggling at school…you get help………but those normal ,well behaved, children from a stable background are discriminated against as they get no help………just like Joe Public who have worked all their life, own their house, and loose their job get NO help from the SS Dept…..but be a work shy layabout the SS Depart give you money left, right and centre……if my jobs goes on the line……i,ll move into the second bedroom….pay rent to the other half, pretend to get go about getting a divorce and then the SS can help….

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- Oneoftheabove
  
  February 22, 2012 at 10:33 pm
  
  I’m assuming you know all the people involved with the Prince’s Trust?
  
  If not I don’t understand the basis for your argument, especially considering I’m in the Prince’s trust with no behavioral problems and with a solid education, as are several others.
  As for your point on support from Social Services, it’s circumstantial rather than biased towards people who make no effort to contribute towards society. Some need it and others not as much, but it’s really up to these ‘normal well behaved children from a stable background’ to actively seek support, which I’m willing to bet a fair few don’t. Either way, what does that have to do with support for the Prince’s Trust?
  
  The charity is for all unemployed in the mentioned age category, and their selection is not based on their background, evidently.
  
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Mogit

February 22, 2012 at 6:59 pm

Right, time for a bit of simple maths!
1400 into work over 7 years equates to 200 per year, no don’t clap i knew i was right!
Number of students leaving school/college every year, circa 400, allowing for uni. still leaves 200 without work.
So to sum up – £2mill. over 7 years to retain the status quo, not much of an investment in the young people is it !!!

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- Parktown Prawn
  
  February 23, 2012 at 1:30 pm
  
  Mogit
  
  …….but it will be 200 MORE people WITH work!!!
  
  Abandon this project and, by your calculations, there will be 400 extra people unemployed each year instead of 200.
  
  Incidentally, 200 more people potentially paying taxes and bhelping to boost the economy by spending their wages.
  
  In my book, 200 unemployed is better than 400 unemployed.
  
  ….simple maths
  
  I’d MUCH rather money was “invested” in this manner, having a positive impact on all concerned, than filling the pockets of building contractors, building more houses they cannot sell.
  
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INTERESTED BYSTANDER

February 22, 2012 at 10:22 pm

Well, anybody that condemns the States’ initiative to help the youth of Jersey to get into a proper means of earning a living needs their head testing ! What a wonderful gesture to try to help youngsters in this, the most difficult of times. Some, admittedly not all, of the recipients of these grants, will learn to earn a good living, not be a burden to the rest of the taxpaying public, and in fact may end up being successful employers in the future. It obviously depends on the training that will be given by the companies that join in on the scheme. These same companies will not wish to be let down by their ‘pupils’ and will be sure to give their best tutorage.
Good Luck for a sensible and appropiate scheme.

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BLADE

February 23, 2012 at 8:54 pm

As always the establishment hanger oners are clapping loudly at the thought of more taxpayers money being spent on the least well off. I’m a hard working taxpayer and I object strongly to any more of my tax money being spent on these people.

The states have created this situation, they put up the taxes to an unmanaged level, they were the architects of an increase in stamp duty, they were and continue to pursue economic policy that is unworkable and has been abandoned in every other jurisdiction in the world. They are soley responsible for local business out of business. They let in outsiders with building companies who pay no local tax whilst everyone has to.

The Treasury Minster (Ozouf), the Economic Development Minster (MClean) and the Chief Minster (Gorst) are all responsible for the mess we are in. They should be implementing emergency measure’s now:

STOP IMMIGRATION
BRING IN WORK PERMITS
SACK THE HIGHLY PAID NON JOB CIVIL SERVANTS
STOP SPENDING MONEY WE DON’T HAVE!

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