Ethos Public Relations Manchester

Free Neet tenant training for tenants

by Ethos public relations

Statistics just released show that 16-24 year olds not in employment is at a record high of 91,000* and a significant number of young people are now considered ‘Neet’ - not in education, employment or training.

“The Neet figures are continuing to rise,” said Chloe Weatherhead, Head of the Housing e-Academy, a division of Virtual College with over 600,000 learners. “One in six 16 to 24 year olds (16.2%) are currently not in education, employment or training.

“The increase in tuition fees, along with the abolition of the Educational Maintenance Allowance, means that many young tenants, or children of tenants, will benefit from any help their housing provider can provide.”

With this in mind, the Housing e-Academy via its parent company Virtual College, is offering free training to Neet tenants. The on-line courses available include time management, customer care, health and safety in the workplace, data protection in the workplace, money matters and climbing the career ladder.

“We recognise that many housing providers are already doing a lot of work to support Neet tenants where they can,” said Chloe.

“We believe our free training will be a welcome addition to existing programmes and help to make finances stretch that bit further."

The learning can be completed at home or at a designated office. Housing providers can even assess the young person’s training record and print out a certificate of completion.

Organisations who want to do this and set up a learning management system can do this for free. Individuals - (NEETs) - can also self-register with Virtual College.

“Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show that British school-leavers are more likely to be classed as Neet than in countries such as Estonia, Portugal, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia,” said Chloe.

“It’s vital that the business community does what it can to help our young people gain knowledge and confidence in what is an increasingly competitive job market.”

For more information about the free Neet training telephone 01946 605976 or email info@virtual-college.co.uk.

*Report by The Office for National Statistics.

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Posted at 17^th October 2011