Skills support for young people in Nuneaton continues thanks to County Council boost

A skills hub in Nuneaton which supports low-paid workers and young people achieve the skills they need to gain more highly qualified, better paid jobs is receiving a cash boost from Warwickshire County Council to ensure the service can continue.

The PET-Xi Skills Hub has been part-funded by the County Council and the European Social Fund for the past three years for delivery of the Positive Futures programme for young people aged 15-24, who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) – or at risk of becoming so. It supports them into further education, training or work by providing additional careers advice, 1:1 mentoring, and employability training.

As funding for the Positive Futures programme ends in December 2019, Pet X-I applied to continue running this important initiative. Due to a delay in confirmation from central government that its application has been successful, the PET-Xi Skills Hub was facing a funding gap and would have had to close if the County Council had not stepped in. The Council has guaranteed it will cover £20,000 of the hub’s running costs for four months if Pet X-i’s new application is not successful, or if its costs for those months cannot be claimed, even if its new application is approved.

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