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The Try, Test and Learn Fund: Y4Y Youth Force Project

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The Y4Y Youth Force project will connect 80 disadvantaged, unemployed young people through the task based (‘gig’) economy with socially-motivated employers who list tasks specifically for Youth Force participants on a gig economy platform.

The Try, Test and Learn Fund: Build and Grow Project

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The Build and Grow project is an eight-week training program that focuses on practical skills development in a simulated workplace; it also offers the support of a Youth Development Worker to help participants deal with other barriers to work.

The Try, Test and Learn Fund: Support for VET Students Projects

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The Support for Vocational Education and Training (VET) Students project will take a location-based, early intervention approach by providing individualised support to young students through a caseworker.