UK Youth Summer Jobs Programme connects motivated young individuals with a variety of work placements across different sectors, including: childcare, hospitality, admin and others. Through this programme, participants will not only earn a competitive wage but also gain first hand experience that will benefit their future careers.
This programme is designed to support vulnerable and marginalized young people and there are specific eligibility requirements such as being in contact with a social worker, at risk of criminal exploitation or previously being in care
Earn extra income, taking advantage of paid opportunities that can help fund your summer activities or future plans
Develop new skills and enhance your CV with real-world experience
Take advantage of paid opportunities that can help fund your summer activities or future plans
Build Connection, network with professionals and fellow participants, building relationships that could benefit your future
Over the past three years, Orange Bow has welcomed 101 young people through our doors, acting not just as mentors, but as direct employers dedicated to building their soft skills and professional identities. From initial sign-up all the way through graduation, we stayed by their side—delivering genuine employment complete with real wages, real work benefits, and the kind of transformative support most had never experienced before
800 applications
Over 800 young people registered their interest to joining the programe.
We succesfully fully enrolled 246 applications to the randomization selection process.
Through a computarized selection process, a total of 101 young people were assigned employement for 6 weeks during summer of 2024-2026
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Applications accepted only for young people effected by:
• Are, or have been, in contact with Youth Offending Teams
• Have been arrested and released with no further action
• Have previously been in the secure estate (prisons, approved premises, bail accommodation and youth detention accommodation)
• Are attending, or have attended, an alternative provision unit
• Have had at least two fixed- term exclusions
• Have been permanently excluded
• Are, or have been, in foster care
• Have been the victim of violence
• Have, or have had, a social worker
• Have a sibling or parent who have been involved in serious violence
• Are, or have been, persistently absent from school (less than 90% attendance)*
• Have been identified as at risk of criminal exploitation**
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