Historic England Kickstart Wrap Around Skills and Development Training Programme

Towards the end of 2020, the government launched the Kickstart Scheme, funded through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and aimed at providing six month paid work placements specifically for 16-24-year-old who are currently claiming Universal Credit and are at risk of long term unemployment. Young people have been disproportionally impacted by the challenges of the past year. Government figures show that a record 538,000 under-25s claimed Universal Credit in lockdown and around 700,000 young people are set...