Aged 16-24 and need support?
Unsure about what you want to do after school, or need a bit of extra support to enter the workplace? We’ve got plenty of fantastic resources for 16–24 year olds, from advice on apprenticeships and college, to information on applying to university and employment information.
National Support

National Careers Service
Post–16 support
Whether you want to head into full-time education or start an apprenticeship and earn while you learn, find out more about the options available to you.
Visit the National Careers Service websiteNational Careers Service
Post–18 support
Continue your education, start an apprenticeship, get straight into the workplace or even start your own business – find out what’s right for you and what support is available.
Visit the National Careers Service websiteYoung Gloucestershire
Support for young people facing complex challenges
Young Gloucestershire (YG) supports young people facing complex challenges in their lives and provides skills, training, and opportunities to help them find employment or to return to education.
Visit the YG websiteGov.uk
Apply for an apprenticeship
View a range of apprenticeships in all kinds of different industries and apply online via the UK Government website.
Visit the UK Gov websiteYouth Employment UK
Build your skills with free professional training
Youth Employment UK is an independent, not for profit social enterprise founded in 2012 to tackle youth unemployment. As experts on youth employment and unemployment, we are ideally placed to understand the complex landscape facing young people, employers and policy makers.
Visit the Youth Employment UK websiteGov.uk
Apprenticeship redundancy support
The coronavirus pandemic has caused some organisations to make redundancies, leaving enthusiastic, hardworking apprentices without an employer. If you’re facing redundancy, government support is available.
Visit the UK Gov websiteGrid for Good
Grid for Good is all about helping young people
Grid for Good, a National Grid project, is all about helping young people, aged 16-24, who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Our charity partners will seek out the young people who can benefit from the scheme, but we’re targeting the following groups of young people with the scheme:
Ex-offenders
Those with low educational attainment
The recently unemployed
Those from ethnically diverse backgrounds and facing extra socio-economic disadvantage or are ex-offenders.
Visit the National Grid websiteUCAS
Financial support for post-16 education
Looking to go to college but need some additional support? The UCAS website has lots of helpful advice on funding, no matter what you want to study.
Visit the UCAS websiteJob Centre Plus
Kickstart
Get a six-month paid job with a local employer, funded by the government. Jobs from the Kickstart Scheme will be open to people aged 16-24 years old, who are claiming Universal Credit, and are at risk of long term unemployment.
Visit the Kickstart website
Local Support

Traineeships
Traineeship Programme
The Traineeship Programme, delivered by Prospect Training, offers young people aged between 16-24 years of age the opportunity to gain structured, meaningful and substantial work experience in an area of their choice to prove their worth to an employer who will offer an employment reference and paid job interview if they perform well.
Given our large footprint with Gloucestershire’s employers, we are able to place young people in their occupational area of choice. We have excellent progression rates for our learners and as long as the young person commits, engages and works hard, they will have an excellent chance of progressing into employment with training or an Apprenticeship.
Visit the Prospect website
GROWS
Grow your potential
GROWS is a partnership of the six universities and colleges in Gloucestershire. They develop resources and deliver events that help young people aged 11-18 make informed decisions about their future.
Visit the GROWS websiteYou Could Be
Career choices
Prospect Training Services deliver a range of bespoke programmes from finding apprenticeships to further education or paid employment.
Visit the Prospect websiteFuture Me
Future Me are a team of young people from across Gloucestershire
Our mission is that Future Me Gloucestershire is for young people, about young people and by young people. As Youth Representatives, we are producing interactive resource packs designed to share information and links to helpful support, resources and information on a range of topics.
Visit the Future Me page
Learning and Training

Cirencester College
Specialist sixth form provider
Cirencester College is a specialist sixth form college, offering A-levels, BTECs, T-levels and more to 16–18-year-olds.
Visit the Cirencester College websiteGloucestershire College
Vocational courses in Gloucester, Cheltenham and Cinderford
Gloucestershire College offers vocational-based training, including BTECs, T-levels and apprenticeships, in a wide range of subjects.
Visit the Gloucestershire College websiteHartpury University and Hartpury College
Specialist degrees & diplomas and A-Levels
Hartpury offers college and university-level qualifications in specialist areas of agriculture, animal, equine, sport and veterinary nursing.
Visit the Hartpury websiteRoyal Agricultural University
Specialist agricultural degrees
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has been at the forefront of agricultural education and a key contributor to the land-based sector for 175 years.
Visit the RAU websiteProspect Training Services
Study Programmes
PTS delivers excellent provision for young people for those seeking progression towards paid employment or Apprenticeships.
Visit the Prospect websiteSouth Gloucestershire and Stroud College
Academic and vocational learning
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) has four main campuses – Stroud, Filton, WISE and Berkeley Green – and offers a wide range of full and part-time courses, from A-levels to BTECs, to university level programmes and apprenticeships.
Visit the SGS websiteUniversity of Gloucestershire
Post-18 learning
The University of Gloucestershire offers a wide range of degrees, courses and apprenticeships at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Visit the UoG website