Aged 16-24 and need 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.

National 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.

Young 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.

Gov.uk

Apply for an apprenticeship

View a range of apprenticeships in all kinds of different industries and apply online via the UK Government website.

Youth 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. 

Gov.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.

Grid 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. 

UCAS

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.

Job 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.

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. 
 

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.

You Could Be

Career choices

Prospect Training Services deliver a range of bespoke programmes from finding apprenticeships to further education or paid employment.

Future 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.

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.

Gloucestershire 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.

Hartpury 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.

Royal 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.

Prospect Training Services

Study Programmes

PTS delivers excellent provision for young people for those seeking progression towards paid employment or Apprenticeships. 

South 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.

University of Gloucestershire

Post-18 learning

The University of Gloucestershire offers a wide range of degrees, courses and apprenticeships at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.