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Housing association consortium to create 800 jobs through government scheme
A consortium including 44 housing associations will create more than 800 new job placements for unemployed young people through the government’s Kickstart Scheme.
Clarion Housing Group, the largest housing association in the UK, will lead the consortium, having secured £6m in funding through the programme, which was unveiled last summer as part of ministers’ post-pandemic recovery plan.
The Kickstart Housing Network, which currently involves 59 member organisations in total, will provide placements for 16 to 24-year-olds across England and Wales claiming Universal Credit.
The scheme will see the government pay 100% of the national minimum wage to those hired for a six-month work placement.
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Clarion will be directly employing 301 young people through the initiative, providing training through its charitable foundation, Clarion Futures.
It will assign a mentor to every young person given a placement through the scheme.
Placements will include roles in IT, customer service, marketing, development and housing, Clarion said.
The 125,000-home landlord plans to make further bids for Kickstart funding as part of the consortium, with a target to deliver more than 1,000 placements by the end of the programme.
Clare Miller, chief executive of Clarion, said: “Clarion has a proud record of supporting people into work and I am delighted we will be giving opportunities to hundreds of young people to start their careers in housing.
“The Kickstart Scheme is a very welcome initiative, helping young people to access opportunities and fulfil their potential.
“It is a great example of government and the housing sector working together to meet the challenges we all face as we recover from the pandemic.”
Members of the Kickstart Housing Network are:
- A2Dominion Residential
- ABCA Systems
- Adra (Tai) Cyfyngedig
- Apna Ghar Housing Association
- Arhag Housing Association
- Citizens Advice Broxbourne
- BSW Heating
- Cadwyn Housing Association
- Chichester Community Development Trust
- Clarion Housing Group
- Community Gateway Association
- Derventio Housing Trust
- Eastlight Community Homes
- Ekaya Housing Association
- Gas Contract Services
- Havering Volunteer Centre
- Hyde Housing Association
- Innisfree Housing Association
- John Taylor Hospice
- Lancaster City Council (housing service)
- Learning & Skills Solutions
- Leeds & Yorkshire Housing Association
- Manningham Housing Association
- Morgan Lambert
- Mosscare St Vincent’s Housing
- Nehemiah Housing Association
- Newydd Housing Association (1974)
- Newydd Maintenance
- North London Muslim Housing Association
- Nottingham City Homes
- Octavia Housing
- Optivo
- Orbit Group
- Origin Housing
- Orwell Housing Association
- PA Housing
- Peabody Trust
- Peter Bedford Housing Association
- Preston Vocational Centre
- Raven Housing Trust
- Saxon Weald
- Six Town Housing
- Southern Housing Group
- Sovereign Housing Association
- Sporting Inspirations CIC
- Tamil Community Housing Association
- TB Hull and East Riding
- The Community Housing Group
- The Havering Theatre Trust
- The Industrial Dwellings Society (1885)
- The Swaythling Housing Society
- Thirteen Group
- Tower Hamlets Community Housing
- Tuntum Housing Association
- Walsall Housing Group
- West Kent Housing Association
- Westway Housing Association
- Witton Lodge Community Association
- Yorkshire Housing
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