More than 11,000 young people have been supported to find jobs during the first year of the Welsh Government’s youth employment programme, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething has confirmed.
Its Young Person’s Guarantee (YPG) provides under 25s in Wales with the offer of support to gain a place in education or training, find a job or become self-employed. Ministers have committed £1.4bn a year to support young people across Wales under the YPG’s wider range of programmes.
Long term, the YPG is designed to ensure 90% of 16-24-year-olds are in education, employment, or training (EET) by 2050 – which is one of the Welsh Government’s National Milestones for improving the well-being of the people of Wales.
