Capita releases details of its National Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) Conference

Aug. 22, 2011 - PRLog -- ******

Chair: Andy Brown, Regional Director, Yorkshire and Humber Young People’s Learning Agency

Keynote Addresses:

•Olly Newton, NEET Policy Manager, Department for Education
•Anthony Knowles, Employment Services Director, Yorkshire and Humber, National Apprenticeship Service

Capita’s well-established NEET conference examines developments in national policy, with an emphasis on meeting the needs of both younger and older NEETs and the need for early identification and intervention.

Key issues to be addressed include:

•   The increasing importance of apprenticeship programmes
•   Inclusion strategies using technology and social media
•   The importance of health and wellbeing, including mental health, for young   people who are NEET
•   Multi-agency working and innovative funding approaches

Take this opportunity to network with peers, learn how to overcome the challenges posed by reduced funding and take away best practice solutions from inspiring local projects.

For more information, or to book your place today, please visit: http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/public-sector-conferen...

Contact: Catherine Kennedy on 020 7960 7720 or by email at catherine.kennedy@capita.co.uk

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