The number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) has risen by 23% in the last 2 years. The traditional Job Centre Plus model is not working. Change is needed to help get the next generation of young people kick started in to great careers.

In this episode, Mary Rose speaks to the CEO of Youth Employment charity RISE UP. RISE UP are taking action by coaching and mentoring young people to conduct their own job search; facilitating jobs, apprenticeships and work experience placements. The results speak for themselves. Since its inception, RISEUP has offered over 800 hours of 1:1 coaching, facilitated 89 impactful work placements, and supported an incredible 818 young people toward brighter futures.

Having left school at just 14, Roman knows exactly what the young people he is working with are up against.

Listen to find out what Roman thinks are the biggest barriers to employment for young people, and how we can be the change we need to see.

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Youth crime and violence in the UK is increasing at an alarming rate, at large part due to £1billion in cuts to youth services between 2010 and 2019. Children and young people have been abandoned by the system in many places. Charitable organisations have have had to take matters in to their own hands.

In this episode Mary Rose speaks to founder of the London Basketball Association (LBA) Tony Lazare. LBA supports 4000 young people aged 11 to 24 each year across five London boroughs. Operating on an annual income of just £265k, the social savings from their impact are estimated at £18 million

Using basketball as its primary engagement tool, LBA offers opportunities to become accredited as a basketball coach or official, building employability and life skills. Since LBA was founded in 2012, 913 coaches and officials have been certified.

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Asylum seekers and refugees face disproportionate social exclusion, creating a unwelcoming and lonely experience at a time when what they need more than anything else is our support and companionship.

In this episode Mary Rose speaks to Collette Batten-Turner, founder of Conversations Over Borders, a UK-based organisation supporting forcibly displaced people to share their experiences with the wider public in order to campaign for a fairer UK.

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Conversations Over Borders spark cross-cultural conversations by offering one-to-one online befriending, English classes, mental health support, digital access and inclusion to people fleeing war and persecution who are seeking safety in the UK.

We have more in common than we do dividing us.

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