Inspiring work
Source: Impact Report 2025
1.2k+
lives changed
each year
18
centres across
the UK
OVER
70%
of those who complete the initial 4-6 weeks of Spear are in work or education a year later
20+
years Spear’s
been going
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1 in 8 young people neither earning or learning as figures hit 1 million
A new report predicts that the UK is on course to have 1.25 million young people out of work and education within five years. Alan Milburn’s interim report on the causes of persistently high unemployment and youth inactivity – which was commissioned by the government…
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