{"id":203,"date":"2012-08-16T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedigitaldepot.co.uk\/ladburypr\/channel-4s-battlefront-tackles-youth-unemployment\/"},"modified":"2015-12-28T13:30:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T13:30:15","slug":"channel-4s-battlefront-tackles-youth-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedigitaldepot.co.uk\/ladburypr\/channel-4s-battlefront-tackles-youth-unemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4’s Battlefront Tackles Youth Unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to Government statistics<\/a>, over 20% of the UK\u2019s 16 \u2013 24 year-olds are unemployed, amounting to more than a million young people. Our country\u2019s youth is at the forefront of the current unemploment epidemic.<\/p>\n

To tackle the biggest issue facing young people today, Channel 4\u00a0 announced this year\u2019s Battlefront<\/a> campaign will focus on youth unemployment and underemployment. In previous years Battlefront signed up thousands of new organ donors, started a Government-wide discussion of mental health, and lobbied for the creation of a thousand new work placements for young people. It will be tackling the current issue with as much effort and vigour as ever.<\/p>\n

Four unemployed young people will take part in the campaign. They are 23-year-old Ava, who has a journalism degree but has not been able to secure a job since graduating, 22-year-old single mum Kealy who is struggling to find a job that would cover her childcare, 22-year-old graduate Myles who has applied for over 40 jobs without luck and 20-year-old Chelsie who completed her A-levels two years ago and can\u2019t afford to go to university, nor has been able to find work.<\/p>\n

The campaigners will be supported by celebrity mentors, James Caan, Alastair Campbell, Metro\u2019s John Higginson, Hayley Taylor aka Channel 4\u2019s Fairy Jobmother and Mr Drew from \u2018Educating Essex.\u2019 Together, they will highlight the difficulties faced by young people looking for work and suggest solutions for ways to find employment or create their own.<\/p>\n

The campaign is now live online at www.channel4.com\/battlefront<\/a> and will broadcast on Channel 4 in the autumn. There are also many opportunities to get involved yourself so to find out more about the campaign visit:<\/p>\n