Social Mobility White Paper

Submitted by Daniel on Fri, 16/01/2009 - 2:37pm

The New Opportunities White Paper is making its way toward law. The major impacts of this on welfare-to-work are:

  • £500 training entitlement for parents or carers returning to work
  • Employment support programme for young people leaving care
  • 35,000 new apprenticeship places
  • Full time community volunteering programme for people not in education, employment or training in 33 local authorities
  • Trebling the number of Professional and Career Development Loans from 15,000 to 45,000 in the next two years
  • More money for childcare of 2 year olds

There's a comprehensive support site for the White Paper if you want to find out more. The BBC has a couple of stories on the topic.