Kickstart

This is an innovative new scheme to help young people into work and spur Britain’s economic revival. The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create new six-month job placements for young people age 16 to 24 who are currently on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment.

This is part of the Government’s Plan for Jobs and aims to create hundreds and thousands of new, fully funded jobs across England, Scotland, and Wales. The first placements are likely to be available from November.

Funding for each job placement will cover:

• 100% of the relevant National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week
• the National Insurance contribution
• employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions

If your business can offer placements and would like Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership to act as your local representative, we would be happy to do so. Please provide the following information to our dedicated email [email protected] so that we can register your interest.

• Company name
• Company Number or Charity Number as registered on Companies House 
• Point of contact and contact details
• Number of places you can offer

Applications from employers are now underway, and we expect to have roles on offer in many different types of businesses. We look forward to working with our local businesses across our region to support young people in gaining valuable work experience and new skills.