Efforts to recruit youngsters to council apprenticeships

BOROUGH councillors voted unanimously to receive a report in October seeking to recruit more young people to council apprenticeships after Our West Lancashire raised the matter at last week’s council meeting.

OWL chairman Cllr Adrian Owens said: “Young people are 2.5 times more likely to work in the sectors such as hospitality most badly affected by the lockdown measures.

“The coronavirus pandemic has hit the job prospects of many, but young people’s job prospects have been hit especially hard with youth unemployment doubling in just three months.

“The council has a good record on apprenticeships, although last year that worryingly dropped away.

“I’m delighted that councillors from across the political divide shared our concerns and resolved to ask officers to see what more the council could do in this area.”