Plymouth 1000 Club

Jobs

Best value for money: a collaborative platform for efficient and effective job creation

The 1000 Club was established in September 2012 responding to business feedback that young people were not ‘work ready’ and the many different incentive schemes were confusing. The 1000 Club’s aim was for 1,000 employers to offer at least 1 opportunity each to a young person, and to develop a website describing how businesses can support young people. The project immediately captured the city’s imagination and has developed to be much more than the original vision. In 2015 it was agreed that, with the Club increasingly called upon to support activity not solely for young people, its remit was to be widened to help all people into careers, including unemployed over 50s residents. The project is still strong. It has signed up many more than the original 1,000 companies, delivered job opportunities for over 6,200 local residents, created apprenticeships and encouraged closer ties between public sector, companies and other agencies. And each new job created and life changed has cost the city just £88.