Market
Local statistics
24% of young people in Tower Hamlets are low skilled (city gateway)
20.6% of young people claiming unemployment related benefits (city gateway)
Nearly 700 people aged 16-18 (10%) are not in education, employment or training (NEET). Outreach work with these young people suggests they perceive a narrowness of opportunity (tower hamlets council)
At 13.0%, the borough’s 16+ unemployment rate is high. This highlights the key challenges for increasing employability and access to jobs for local people
Tower hamlets council's objectives
Increase the percentage of 13-19 year olds having contact with the youth service from 26.1% in 2004/5 to 33% in 2008 (No national benchmark) (tower hamlets council)
Increase the number of opportunities for young people to volunteer from 485 in 2004 to 1,524 in 2008/9 (tower hamlets council)
Increase by 25% the number of young people taking part in the Tower Hamlets Youth Partnership and Local Area Partnership events (tower hamlets council)
National statistics
The total volume of young people participating in LSC-funded Further Education (but excluding school sixth forms) is 1,026,500. This is an increase of 2.3 per cent on 2006/07.
The Mayor of London and the Government are working together to deliver a £79m ‘London Youth Offer’. The package will run over two years from 2008 to 2010 and is aimed at increasing services for young people and giving them new opportunities to gain new skills and raise their aspirations.
What this shows is that there’s money available for customer to pay for the services that LiC Consultancy offers and a need for LiC Consultancy within the market to help public sector organisations meet their young people related objectives.
