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Birmingham: The Youth Employment and Enterprise Rehearsal Project

Brookes, Nadia and Kendall, Jeremy and Mitton, Lavinia (2015) Birmingham: The Youth Employment and Enterprise Rehearsal Project. In: Brandsen, T and Cattacin, S and Evers, A. and Zimmer, A, eds. Social Innovations in the Urban Context. Springer, pp. 251-255. ISBN 978-3-319-21551-8. E-ISBN 978-3-319-21551-8. (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-21551-8_19) (KAR id:64624)

Abstract

Youth Employment and Enterprise Rehearsal (YEER) was set up by The Future Melting Pot, a community interest company, to provide business support to black and minority ethnic young people who were not in employment, education or training. The main aim was to enable participants to set up their own enterprises. The project included training, support and access to accredited advisors. The approach was innovative in that it offered young people an alternative to the conventional focus on getting a job by providing the opportunity to explore the option of self-employment in an environment which was needs led. The approach could be described as intensive, personalised support to stimulate entrepreneurialism and an example of integrating economic and social domains.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/978-3-319-21551-8_19
Uncontrolled keywords: Employment; UK; Entrepreneurs; Start-ups
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit
Depositing User: Nadia Brookes
Date Deposited: 22 Nov 2017 14:35 UTC
Last Modified: 10 Dec 2022 04:22 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/64624 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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