The government has announced a further £1.5 million investment in jobs for young people in Peterborough. This is Peterborough’s second successful bid to the Future Jobs and creates a further 238 jobs for unemployed young people in the city. The announcement comes after the first 167 jobs from the Future Jobs Fund Peterborough were successfully filled by April.The first of the new jobs are being advertised from June with Job Centre Plus and in the Future Jobs Fund shop on Long Causeway in the City centre. The majority of the jobs are for young people aged 18-24 who have been unemployed for more than 26 weeks. In addition, 39 of the jobs are specifically for unemployed people aged 25 and over living in the 10 areas of Peterborough with the highest rates of unemployment. The 238 jobs are being provided by 35 partners, from across public, voluntary and private sector organisations in Peterborough.
Examples of these new jobs include:
· Events co-ordinator at NACRO
· Retail assistant at Compass StepOne
· Online Auction Fundraiser at Young Lives
· Online Auction Fundraiser at Young Lives
· Caretaker’s Assistant at Discovery School
· Community Support Assistants at Cambridgeshire Constabulary
