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New Delivery Partner required to deliver UK Youths Building Aspirations Employability programme 2026/27

UK Youth are very excited to announce we will be recruiting one new Delivery Partner in London to deliver our 2 year employability programme, Building Aspirations, which is funded and supported by Intact Insurance. This programme will be kicking off in March with active delivery commencing in April 2026.

If you are already delivering some employability support to young people, and you would like to explore using UK Youth’s Building Aspirations approach, please see further details below. This programme supports youth organisations by upskilling staff and supporting young people to raise their career aspirations. It also adds to learning about best-practice in youth employability support, which means UK Youth can better influence employability policy and service provision for young people.

Programme Overview

Building Aspirations is an employability programme for young people aged 18-24 who are not in education, employment or training or are at risk of being so. The central aim of Building Aspirations is to instill belief and confidence in young people that achieving their dream careers is possible.

The programme trains youth workers to deliver an engaging and interactive curriculum that gives young people the skills to identify their interests and passions, plan to take steps towards their goals, and turn those into action. Alongside this young people can also apply for scholarship funding to further their career goals.

As part of the programme, the youth organisation (Delivery Partner) also plans and delivers an employability event. This event brings employers together to build connections and understand how they can support local young people’s career aspirations. Throughout all of this activity UK Youth and Intact will be there to support.

The Detail

This is a 2-year programme with a delivery period from April – October 2026/27.

With support from UK Youth and a dedicated Intact volunteer, the Delivery Partner will support 30 young people through the programme each year (60 young people over two years).

There are 3 components to the programme that the delivery partner will be responsible for delivering to young people. These are as follows:

Curriculum Delivery

Youth workers will delivery seven hours of skill-building curriculum, including sessions covering:

Overcoming setbacks and barriers to employment
Money management skills
Goal setting and planning
Interview techniques

2. Scholarships

After completing the programme curriculum, the Delivery Partner will give young people an opportunity to apply for a scholarship (in the form of a small grant) to help them access academic or vocational opportunities.

3. Employabilty Event

Delivery Partners will build partnerships with local employers; bringing them together to ensure that young people completing the curriculum are connected to employment opportunities.

Funding to Deliver

The successful delivery Partner will be funded to deliver the programme and feedback to UK Youth on the learning each year. This figure will be in the region of £18,000 per year.

How to Apply to become London’s Delivery Partner for the programme

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Wednesday, 28th January. With decisions being made on the successful organisation by the middle of February. Please contact meiyee.yau@ukyouth.org if you need any further support.

If you are successful in becoming the London Delivery Partner you will be expected to attend introductory sessions to the programme and connect with your Project Officer in March. So you will need to be ready to go!.

Complete the application form

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