Milestone celebrated for Peterborough’s Youth Employment Hub
The Peterborough Youth Employment Hub provides careers guidance, wellbeing support and housing advice
Hundreds of young job seekers in Peterborough have been given a careers boost over the last year by the Peterborough Youth Employment Hub.
The figure has been released as the hub, which is based at the Weston Homes Stadium, in London Road, celebrating its first year in operation.
Specialists st the hub have supported 1,000 young people across more than 2,100 visits since opening.
The hub was created jointly by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, the Peterborough United Foundation, EFL in the Community, and Jobcentre Plus.
It serves as an informal one-stop shop for 16 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment, or training (NEET).
Young people can drop in Monday to Thursday without an appointment for mentoring, CV workshops, and job matching, alongside mental health and housing support from partners like Mind and Cross Keys Homes.
Paul Bristow, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said: "Supporting 1,000 young people in just one year at the Posh shows how we drive real regional growth, by backing our next generation with the skills and connections to get straight into good jobs.
“Having proven what works in Peterborough, we are now taking this exact blueprint to Wisbech this January so every young person across our region can earn, learn, and succeed."
Dean Watson, Peterborough Youth Employment Hub Manager, said: "Passing 1,000 young people supported proves that Peterborough's youth want to work, they just need the right support to get there.
“By removing the feel of a regimented system and combining services under one roof, we are helping young people build lasting belief in themselves and move into careers where they can truly thrive."
Building on this success, the Combined Authority is rolling out the model to Fenland.
Delivered by youth charity Centre 33 at the Annabelle Davis Centre in Wisbech, the new Fenland Youth Hub will offer 16 to 25-year-olds the same single-point access to career, wellbeing, and housing guidance, alongside targeted rural outreach.