Future Jobs Fund update
Norfolk County Council is taking forward the £6.6m Future Jobs Fund programme on behalf of the Norfolk Strategic Partnership.
Through the programme, funded by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), we are set to give more than 1,000 young people jobs in Norfolk over the next 18 months. It is part of our continuing support to businesses and individuals during the economic downturn.
We have worked hard with partners to identify job opportunities, and over 300 young people, who have to have been out of work for approaching 12 months, are due to begin new jobs by the end of December.
We also submitted a second bid to Government at the end of November, following work with a wider range of partners. In view of the high levels of youth unemployment, we are still focussing on young people aged 18 to 24.
However, it will have a slightly different flavour - there are a number of museums and educational facilities involved in Round 2, and there are plans for an increased number of jobs in the environmental sector. We have also worked to identify jobs in parts of Norfolk which we felt were under represented in Round 1.