There’s no doubt that the COVID pandemic has affected all areas of the Talent Match project over the past year. We’ve all needed to adapt to a strange environment and to find new ways of working alongside the young people that we support. While the direct impact of people contracting the virus has been serious, for many of the Talent…
Listening to young people’s experience has always been at the very heart of Talent Match, hearing both the positive help and the difficult barriers young people have faced on their unique journeys. In order for the project and young people to learn and share that lived experience this report was to capture and share those important voices. Helping develop and…
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It’s hard to believe that just last summer I was still in Prison but that today I’m in a job and helping other young adults to achieve their potential.Talent Match Black Country secured continuation funding through the National Lottery Community Fund from April 2019 to March 2022, to target and work with at least 600 young adults aged 17 –…
Talent Match Black Country secured continuation funding through the National Lottery Community Fund from April 2019 to March 2022, to target and work with at least 600 young adults aged 17 – 29. To enhance the project further, for a 12 month-period from Nov 2019 to Oct 2020, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner allocated additional funds to support a…
Our Talent Match JourneyThe Big Lottery Fund’s £108m innovative Talent Match programme continues to build solutions to address the problems of high levels of unemployment amongst 18-24 year olds. Talent Match is now in its final year of delivery and the key successes continuing to emerge are: The Talent Match programme has supported over 25,000 young people (YP), with nearly…
