More young people in Peterborough to be helped into work through fund
The youth guarantee trailblazer is getting funding for another year
Young people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will get more targeted support after the youth guarantee trailblazer was given extra funding until April 2026.
The scheme is aimed at 18 to 21-year-olds who are not in education, work or training—or at risk of dropping out—and offers tailored help to find jobs, training or apprenticeships.
Paul Bristow, the county's mayor, says the extension will give more young people the encouragement and opportunities to thrive, describing the programme as “genuinely life-changing.
"It means that places like the youth employment hub that we've got in Peterborough can continue to operate," he said.
"That gives young people the opportunity to access not just employment services, but housing and debt advice and all sorts of other things that they may need all under one roof.
"But also, it gives us the opportunity to fund public transport young people often rely on to get to places of education and employment."
The Combined Authority says the funding will help build on what has worked so far, with more details on how to get involved expected in the coming weeks.
The scheme sits alongside other projects like skills bootcamps, youth hubs and work experience initiatives as part of efforts to get more people into work across the region.
"It (the trailblazer scheme) allows us to think a little bit more creatively about how we offer services for young people," Mr Bristow added.
"We need to make sure that they are better trained, have better opportunities, and earn higher wages than perhaps their parents or their grandparents.
"That's what we're delivering here in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough."