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Charity chief hits out at government over youth training
THE head of a training charity met Prime Minister Tony Blair
on Monday – and told him that rising numbers of Camden’s
troubled teenagers and vulnerable adults are being failed by
the government.
Richard Jackson, (pictured) chief executive of vocational training
agency Camden Jobtrain, had been invited to Downing Street for
his work with teenagers who had left school with no qualifications.
He told Mr Blair that drastic changes to the charity’s
funding has meant they can no longer help those with the most
severe problems.
Mr Jackson said: “We are a last chance saloon: if we can’t
help, nobody can. These people often end up getting into the
black economy, committing crime or just don’t integrate
into society.”
Mr Jackson has now been asked by education minister MP Philip
Hope to produce an official paper on the failings of the current
arrangements. Camden Jobtrain, a training organisation, was
nominated for the honour due to its work in helping people from
disadvantaged backgrounds into employment or college. Camden
Jobtrain helps more than 2,500 people a year, most aged between
16 and 19 and have suffered problems such as abuse, drug misuse,
and homelessness. |
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