There was a very salutary article in The Guardian on 5 February detailing the latest ONS statistics on unemployment. The jobless rate amongst 16-17 year olds is 35.9%, and 18% amongst 18-24 year-olds, compared to 6.7% amongst 25-34 year-olds, 4.7% amongst 35-49 year-olds and 4.4% amongst 50-64 year-olds. Young people have historically fared amongst the worst in periods of high unemployment (this was broadly true during the 1980s, the inter-war slump and the late 19th century), but is no less concerning for all this. A few years ago St Peter's Saltley Trust funded Workcare (Coventry and Warwickshire's workplace chaplaincy team) to do some research amongst church-related projects helping young unemployed adults, (the material is temporarily unavailable on their website, but keep checking!). But there is more to be done. What can your local church do?
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AuthorsIan Jones is Director of St Peter's Saltley Trust. Archives
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