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young people at the start of their career journey to gain valuable work experience and transferable skills that will improve their job prospects.”
Can you change a young person’s life and offer them a six-month work placement, fully paid for by the Government’s Kickstart scheme?
Any business can apply to Kickstart no matter how big or small. This includes sole traders and charities. Employers across a range of sectors, from hospitality and retail to administration, warehousing and manufacturing have already signed up and are starting to see the benefits.
The UK-wide Kickstart Scheme is a A family run business in Bathgate, The £2 billion fund to create hundreds of Fairway Hotel and Restaurant, who are thousands of high quality six-month job currently supporting the Kickstart scheme, placements for young people as part of the said, “We have recently joined the Kickstart Government’s Plan for Jobs. The funding program and really recommend it to other available will cover the relevant National businesses. We are proud to be giving Minimum Wage for 25-hours per week, back to the community”. plus the associated employer National Insurance contributions With customers and employer minimum “ WE HAVE RECENTLY JOINED being at the heart of automatic enrolment THE KICKSTART PROGRAM AND their business, the contributions. Fairway Hotel and REALLY RECOMMEND IT TO Employers will also Restaurant pride OTHER BUSINESSES. WE ARE be given a £1,500 themselves in offering grant per placement to PROUD TO BE GIVING BACK TO Kickstart participants’ THE COMMUNITY ” support set-up costs excellent customer and employability service training. FAIRWAY HOTEL AND support. They are delighted RESTAURANT, BATHGATE to be supporting Through Kickstart, young people in the local community and companies and organisations throughout recognise the benefits to their business in the UK will be able to access a large pool developing young talent. of young people with potential, ready to embrace an opportunity and move into the If you think you could create a bespoke, workplace. Initially the scheme will prioritise entry level role fully funded by the Kickstart young people who are claiming universal scheme go to www.gov.uk/Kickstart, or credit and are aged between 16 and 24. contact our team via kickstart.east@dwp. Their Jobcentre Plus Work Coach will gov.uk who will be happy to assist you with support them to find suitable opportunities the application process. and enrol in the scheme. Apply today to Kickstart a young person’s Linda Gibb from Kickstart, said: “It’s great career. to see an increasing number of employers in Scotland and West Lothian signing up to Kickstart. Across our West Lothian job This article was contributed by Kickstart centres we’re working closely with more Bathgate, Jobcentre Plus, Government than 1,000 young people who are looking Buildings. 31 - 33 Whitburn Road, for work. It’s so important to support our Bathgate, EH48 IHG 42 | LIVINGSTON
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