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ClassForKids choose Youth Sport Trust as their Charity Partner to Empower the Next Generation Through Sport

Stuart Mitchell

Award-winning kids’ club booking and management software, ClassForKids, has recently announced Youth Sport Trust – the UK’s leading charity championing the education and development of every child through play and sport – as their chosen charity partner. The charity partnership – which aligns common key goals for both organisations – aims to enhance children’s access to quality sports and physical activities and to support them in balancing the demands of the digital age with meaningful human connections established through sport and play.  Together, ClassForKids and Youth Sport Trust are committed to…

PRCA launches survey for the 2024 UK Census to address industry challenges

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has launched its 2024 UK Census, to measure key attributes of the PR and communications industry and assess its key challenges and opportunities. The survey will cover a broad range of topics, providing insight into the industry’s size, scale and output, and will measure characteristics into the industry’s workforce, including practitioners’ social status, equality, diversity and inclusion, and issues affecting staff retention. Key areas of focus: Size, scale, and scope of the industry: The survey will provide a detailed analysis of the size,…

Number of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET) a cause for concern, despite falling jobless rate

Stuart Mitchell

The global labour market outlook for young people has improved in the last four years, and the upward trend is expected to continue for two more, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. However, the report, titled Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024 (GET for Youth), cautions that the number of 15- to 24-year-olds who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) is concerning, and that the post-COVID 19 pandemic employment recovery has not been universal. Young people in certain regions and many young women are not…

Pathway Fund Launches New Cost of Living Support Programme

Stuart Mitchell

Black and Ethnic Minoritised-led organisations are less likely to apply for social investment – and are less likely to obtain it, too. Only 45% of the 1,000 Black and Ethnic Minoritised-led organisations Pathway has spoken to, said that they would trust and approach social investors. 76% said they believe they had been refused finance because of their race or ethnicity. The cost-of-living crisis has made this funding disparity all the more damaging, impacting the ability of Black and Ethnic Minoritised-led organisations to deliver impact in the communities most impacted by…

Fund invests over £800k to improve accessibility, youth empowerment and mental health support for LGBTQ+ people

Stuart Mitchell

The Growth Impact Fund (GIF), a social impact investment fund developed by Big Issue Invest and UnLtd to help underrepresented social entrepreneurs across the UK, has announced new investments in mission-driven organisations Kalda, Ultra Education, and Patchwork Hub. These three exciting new investments bring the Fund’s total investment in social purpose organisations to over £2 million. To tackle the crisis in mental health provision for the LGBTQ+ community, GIF has invested £300,000 in Kalda, a mental health app that provides sexuality and gender affirming therapy for LGBTQ+ individuals. Patchwork Hub…