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Acknowledgements The Young Foundation would like to thank the three Pathfinder local authorities, Manchester City Council, Hertfordshire County Council and South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council, for their continued commitment to the Apprenticeship Pathfinder Project and particularly the Opening Doors strand. We are grateful to the attendees at the two expert seminars held at the Young Foundation in April 2009 and March 2010 (see Annex 1 for a full list of those in attendance), particularly those who presented their work and assisted in the facilitation of the events. We would like to thank the local authorities represented as case studies in this paper, for their time in sharing their successes and challenges with us. Finally, we are grateful to all our colleagues at the Young Foundation who assisted in writing this report.
GLOSSARY A glossary has been produced to accompany this paper and the first ‘Opening Doors to Apprenticeships’ paper. It contains some key pieces of terminology in relation to ‘opening doors’ to Apprenticeships for disadvantaged and/or disengaged young people that are important to clarify. Some of the concepts referred to in both papers have various, often disputed meanings and this glossary provides a description of what is meant in this particular context. An online version can be accessed here: http://www.youngfoundation.org/files/images/openingdoors_glossary.pdf
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION The scale of the challenge Reflecting on ways forward Thinking about young people who are disadvantaged and/or disengaged from Apprenticeships Raising awareness and understanding of Apprenticeships Preparing young people for Apprenticeships Engaging employers conclusions Case studies Annex 1 – Matrix of case studies annex 2 – Expert seminar attendees References
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