Everyday Life’s a Struggle for 25 Years and Younger

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Everyday Lifes a Struggle for 25 Years and
Younger
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• People under the age of 25 are struggling to
  cope with everyday life, says the Princes
  Trust. Their recent survey
• claims that one in ten young people are now
  struggling to deal with day-today life.
• Over 2000 16-25 year olds were surveyed by
  princes trust across UK. They have discovered
  that those who are
• jobless and out of school are the most
  discontented. Due to this they are the most
  unhappy, these are the
• people who are likely to have grown up without
  anyone to talk to and converse their issues with.

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• I used to apply for jobs but after getting
  knocked back, it hit my confidence. Id wake up
  and just not know what
• to do with the 24 hours in the day, says Leon
  White, 24. He is currently living with his
  family but his father passed
• away ten years ago and he left school without
  receiving any qualifications. He dreams of a
  career in music, but
• has only recently been able to secure a full-time
  job in a hotel, after taking a hospitality
  training course.
• The survey indicated that almost three out of ten
  people that were questioned said they felt their
  career prospects
• had been permanently damaged by the recession.

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• Government said they are not satisfied with the
  rate of employment while the level of
  unemployment is at its lowest
• since 2009.
• A spokesman from the Department for Work and
  Pensions said Youth unemployment has fallen
  recently, and
• excluding full-time students, there are now
  626,000 unemployed 16-24 year olds the lowest
  figure since early 2009.
• But we are not complacent about the scale of the
  challenge we still face.

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• Through our Youth Contract were offering nearly
  500,000 work experience placements, wage
  incentives and
• apprenticeships over the next three years to help
  young people gain the skills and experience
  needed to get a job.