by Ben Cotterill | Dec 10, 2025 | Advocacy
We’ve just witnessed the greatest political commitment to support young people that our sector has seen for many years. But the result must be effective support for every unemployed young person, including those who are hardest to reach. All of us at The Spear...
by John Newton | Nov 11, 2025 | Advocacy
Former health secretary Alan Milburn is to lead a new inquiry into the rising numbers of young people who aren’t working or studying. 1 in 8 young people in the UK aren’t earning or learning and the numbers have been rising. We urge Mr Milburn to harness the...
by John Newton | Oct 28, 2025 | Advocacy
Our work supporting young people to get jobs is a combination of heads and hearts. We passionately believe that all young people have potential, and that unleashing it benefits them, and all of society. But we also measure everything we do on The Spear Programme...
by John Newton | Aug 21, 2025 | Advocacy
Today we heard that the GCSE pass rate fell again and that there are 24,000 more young people who are neither earning nor learning. Young people have come through bumpy times at secondary school, where they had to endure isolation during the pandemic, and are now...
