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Imagine it - it's the summer, you're 18, failed your exams, have no money and nothing to do. Vital Career Shapers ends this debilitating feeling for young people! We find a young persons skills and help them find the shape of their future career..
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Situation
Westminster is home to extremes. The life expectancy gap between rich and poor is 20 year, the pay gap is just as stark. Factors like household income, overcrowding, and a lack of skills all contribute to a young person leaving school and becoming economically inactive. Vital believe tackling unemployment will prevent and help to improve material and mental wellbeing. Youth unemployment has been well researched; we are working to solve the problems it causes for Westminster’s poorest residents.
Solution
The Vital Career Shaper increases skills, employment chances and builds confidence. A 10 week client phase gives 12 young people the chance to explore careers in a law firm, from receptionist to MD. The young people create career pathway videos and onlin