Post-16 education and training

Offers free support with job searching including creating CVs, preparing for interviews and career guidance. You can call to speak to an advisor on 0800 100 900. Calls are free from landlines and most mobile numbers.

Adviza is a charity that delivers support, information, advice and guidance for all young people and adults to help make better decisions, enabling them to progress in education/work and achieve their full potential. They deliver the following in Buckinghamshire:

• The Princes Trust Programme: a 12-week re-engagement programme for young people (ages 16 to 24 years) not in education, employment or training.
• Building Futures: bespoke 1-to-1 support and group programmes are available from a named key worker.
• Skills Up Bucks: links with local employers for young people aged 17 and above.

New Meaning Foundation offers alternative training programmes for young people, aged 16 plus who would otherwise not be in employment, education or training. Experienced tutors help young people to work out what they want to do and get them started with real, on-the-job learning. This includes a mix of work experience along with 1:1 tuition on employability skills and to get those crucial Maths and English qualifications.

The Skills for employment, training and personal development programmes are designed to help and prepare young people aged 16 to 18 years (or up to 24 with an EHC Plan) for:

• work
• further education
• training
• living independently (if required)

This includes support from dedicated tutors, work experience, employability skills and functional skills qualifications in English and Maths.

The Work and Study Programme supports young people who cannot attend the above programmes. It comprises of 2 or 3 days in a work experience placement each week, and 1:1 tuition for functional skills qualifications in English and Maths.

More information can be found on the Central Training Aylesbury website.

Talkbackprovides autism and learning disability support and service programmes, all designed around key stages of life. These services are designed for all ages.

Youth Employment UK is an independent, not-for-profit social enterprise founded in 2012 to tackle youth unemployment.