Join the Centrepoint Parliament in its campaign to
restore face-to-face careers advice for young people.
The campaign launched in June with a powerful live
performance about youth homelessness - Nine Rooms - based on
real interviews by Centrepoint young people. Find out more
about Nine Rooms - the performance - here.
But those Nine Rooms showed more than the harsh reality of youth
homelessness... they showed that support is vital for young
people, ALL young people, to help them make the right
decisions.
One wrong decision could last a lifetime...
This is why the Centrepoint Parliament
needs your help to convince the government to restore face-to-face
careers advice, so young people have the support they need to make
the right decisions.
Simon Hughes MP signs the Nine Rooms petition
We're already making progress and have recently met with
Simon
Hughes MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, to
discuss this issue.
He saw Nine Rooms for himself and said afterwards: 'Nine Rooms
is a new and powerful way of winning the argument for face-to-face
careers advice. This is a campaign that can be won. I believe very
strongly that every young person gains from personal advice and
this is as true when it comes to careers advice as anywhere
else.
The Job Centre can be a tough place for vulnerable young people
'For me, every young person needs quality work experience and
mentoring as well as face-to-face careers advice. There is much
campaigning for Centrepoint still to do.'
If you couldn't join us for the performance of Nine Rooms,
your action is still needed. Sign our petition to restore
face-to-face careers advice NOW.
What's so important about face-to-face careers advice?
Following the dismantling of Connexions, the duty to provide
careers advice was moved onto schools, but this only covers young
people up to 16 and is only accessible to those in mainstream
education.
Face to face adult careers advice is
only guaranteed for over-19s and is very limited, meaning for those
with additional needs and no family support, it is often not
enough to help them make informed choices
Failure to address this problem will not only be a personal
tragedy for the 950,000 young people who are currently NEET (Not in
Education Employment or Training), but will also have a serious
impact on the wider economy, with the economic costs of youth
unemployment estimated to reach £30bn over the next ten
years.
This is why the Centrepoint Parliament
are calling on the government to ensure face-to-face careers advice
is available to all under-25s who need it.