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Youth Start Offaly aims to promote and develop youth enterprise awareness and education for 12-25 year old's in Offaly. The project is c/o funded by REDZ (Rural Economic Development Zones) and LOETB (Laois/ Offaly Education and Training Board.
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4 days to go until Banagher Youthreach have their bake sale in Tullamore Bridge House. Hope to see you there!
Only 2 days to go!!
Please share! Youthreach Clara are holding a bake sale on Church Street, Clara, this Thursday 1st June. Loads of treats at a great price promised 🎂🍩🍪
Terrific group from the CTC (Community Training Centre), based in Kilcruttin, Tullamore, who provide Vocational Training opportunities to young people aged 16 - 21 years. Huge congrats to those who successfully completed the NFTE programme!
Tullamore Community Training Centre (CTC) offers Vocational Training Opportunities to young people aged 16-21yrs. Congrats to Patrik Holub, Melinda Higgins, Jason Flanagan, Ciaran Flanagan, PJ Wynne, and Katie Power on completing the NFTE programme, and who received their certificates last Wednesday. Great achievement everyone!!
Congrats to the learners of Edenderry Youthreach who graduated from the NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) today! Huge congrats guys!!! (missing from photo Luke Menton & Amy Fennessy) L to R - Karl O'Callaghan, Chloe Matthews, Serena McBride
Check out this National Initiative 'Entrepreneurial Schools' which began in 2016 as a result of the tremendous success of The Youth Start Entrepreneurial Challenges programme which is being implemented in Luxembourg...this is youth enterprise at its best! http://mailchi.mp/4c8921319bb0/xd2m98v32g?e=aba81b3ca4
******2015 EU Youth Report****** • In 2014 nearly one in three 15 to 24 year olds in employment worked part-time in the EU 28 (31.9%). • In Ireland that rate was much higher at 46% • Only 2% of young people in Ireland were willing to become entrepreneurs. • Ireland has one of the lowest rates of young people who are self-employed (1.7%). • Ireland also had the third highest proportion of young people aged 15 to 24 not in employment, education or training (NEET) in 2011, although this had dropped to 8th place (15%) by 2014.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyrosen/2013/11/18/the-entrepreneurship-answer-to-youth-unemployment/#7e38f00137ca Interesting findings in this article related to the Youth Entrepreneurship programme (NFTE - Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship), which we are currently delivering here to the young people of Offaly.
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