The Empowering Enterprise project has been extended to 2023 and is continuing to support young people into work.
Devon Communities Together produces a biannual evaluation of Empowering Enterprise and the report for January – June 2021 is now available.
Key findingsinclude:
- During this period, despite restrictions caused by Covid, 53 new particpants entered the programme and a further 58 engaged but have yet to complete registration.
- Of these, four have gone into employment.
- Since the start of the project in 2017, 710 young people have taken part out of a target of 989.
- 145 participants have entered education or training, from a target of 205 for the whole project.
- 108 participants have gone on to employment or self-employment from a target of 164, for the whole project.
- In the reporting period over 1,000 sessions took place, including one to one mentoring and groups.
- One of the findings of the report is that Covid lockdowns resulted in increased anxiety for many participants. Delivery partners worked creatively to overcome this including by use of video- and text-based communications and mobile offices.