The Training Guarantee

The government guarantees a place on training to every 16 and 17 year old who wants one. This is the main reason that most 16 and 17 year olds can’t get benefits (Income Support/ Jobseekers Allowance– see Money & Benefits for longer than 8 weeks in any one year.

You are entitled to an offer to start training within a given timescale  depending on when you leave school. If you do not start within this timescale and you have made efforts to get fixed up, then you can complain as long as your job idea is realistic and there are training vacancies locally. Go to the Connexions Centre nearest you to get help with this.

Some 18 year olds also have a guarantee of a place on a training programme. The rules on which people aged over 18 can enter a training programme vary from one area to another. The local Connexions Centre.