{"id":498,"date":"2014-02-18T12:43:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T12:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalnext.me\/nccblog\/?p=498"},"modified":"2020-04-14T09:21:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T08:21:48","slug":"ncc-grab-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncchomelearning.co.uk\/blog\/ncc-grab-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Grab the Gold!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">NCC Grab the Gold!<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">We reported back in September that NCC had been recognised with a bronze award from Youth Employment UK (YEUK). Through hard work and a continuing dedication to supporting young people in the workplace, NCC have claimed top prize with a YEUK Gold Award.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">The gold badge is awarded on analysis of a number of deciding factors which include:<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">\u2022Committing to at least two \u201cyouth friendly\u201d activities per year<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">\u2022Ensuring youth engagement is part of your local social investment<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">\u2022Having a positive youth recruitment policy in which talent is recognised alongside qualifications<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">\u2022Young staff are supported with their personal and professional development<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">\u2022Consulting younger staff on youth policy, training and development<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Managing Director of NCC Home Learning, Tony Smith, shares a belief with Youth Employment UK, that young people have talent in abundance. The future of our industries rests on the shoulders of a generation that are losing faith in the UK job market at a worryingly early age. Over recent months there has been a prominent focus on the worrying amount of young people not currently in training or employment. Many politicians are voicing their fears over the possibility of a \u201clost generation\u201d who will be so lacking in employability skills, their ability to gain secure employment will be hindered.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Figures recently revealed the UK is currently experience the worst period of youth unemployment for 20 years. The Prince\u2019s Trust have warned that young people need help getting into work to avoid a long term youth jobs crisis. Youth unemployment has quadrupled over the past ten years and there is a desperate need for all organisations to adopt the policies put forward by YEUK.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">We will continue working towards a youth friendly policy and would encourage all business to engage this strategy. For more info on YEUK you can click here.<\/div>\n<p>We reported back in September that NCC had been recognised with a bronze award from Youth Employment UK (YEUK).<!--more--> Through hard work and a continuing dedication to supporting young people in the workplace, NCC have claimed top prize with a YEUK Gold Award.<\/p>\n<p>The gold badge is awarded on analysis of a number of deciding factors which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Committing to at least two \u201cyouth friendly\u201d activities per year<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring youth engagement is part of your local social investment<\/li>\n<li>Having a positive youth recruitment policy in which talent is recognised alongside qualifications<\/li>\n<li>Young staff are supported with their personal and professional development<\/li>\n<li>Consulting younger staff on youth policy, training and development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Managing Director of NCC Home Learning, Tony Smith, shares a belief with Youth Employment UK, that young people have talent in abundance. The future of our industries rests on the shoulders of a generation that are losing faith in the UK job market at a worryingly early age. Over recent months there has been a prominent focus on the worrying amount of young people not currently in training or employment. Many politicians are voicing their fears over the possibility of a \u201clost generation\u201d who will be so lacking in employability skills, their ability to gain secure employment will be hindered.<\/p>\n<p>Figures recently revealed the UK is currently experience the worst period of youth unemployment for 20 years. The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.princes-trust.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prince\u2019s Trust<\/a><\/span> have warned that young people need help getting into work to avoid a long term youth jobs crisis. Youth unemployment has quadrupled over the past ten years and there is a desperate need for all organisations to adopt the policies put forward by YEUK.<\/p>\n<p>We will continue working towards a youth friendly policy and would encourage all business to engage this strategy. For more info on YEUK you can<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yeuk.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; NCC Grab the Gold! We reported back in September that NCC had been recognised with a bronze award from Youth Employment UK (YEUK). Through hard work and a continuing dedication to supporting young people in the workplace, NCC have claimed top prize with a YEUK Gold Award. 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