The need: Our research shows that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are twice as likely as their better-off peers to be out of education, employment or training (NEET). Across the UK, 14% of Pakistani young people are NEET, compared to 12.2% for all ethnicities.
Our charity partner: Inspire Motivate Overcome (IMO) Charity was founded by volunteers in 2006 to serve this need and has since grown from grassroots to an established organisation recognised as the go-to provider of youth programmes for the South Asian community in Blackburn. IMO Charity delivers a wide range of programmes in the community.
Our Impact: We have supported IMO to use their existing expertise, reach, and networks to develop a small-scale school-based pilot employment programme for South Asian young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Our capacity-building support to IMO has drawn on our expertise in developing impactful employment programming and building sustainable funding models.
Our partnership with Impetus will enable us to provide support for young residents of Blackburn to find work or training, which is essential to ensure that future generations are given opportunities to learn and earn and build successful lives.
Mohammed Tayyab Sidat MBE, CEO, IMO Charity
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2022 |
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Focus |
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£1.0 million |
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16 |
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5-25+ |
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Blackburn |
