3,000 Jobs Created Within Sports Sector

The National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure has announced the creation of almost 3,000 new employment opportunities for young, long-term unemployed people in the sport and active leisure sector.??

The employer-led organization, which delivers training solutions to the industry, recently launched a successful re-bid to tap into the Government’s Future Jobs Fund, following its successful bid for opportunities in October last year to create 2,500 new jobs.

This is in response to recent unemployment figures that show people aged 18-24 are three times more likely to be unemployed.

The new jobs – the majority of which commence in May and June – are open to long-term unemployed young people and will guarantee training and employment for six months.  

The Future Jobs Fund allows employers to pay for the development of employees in the first months and removes barriers to recruitment.

As a result, local communities will benefit from the delivery of these roles and the employers involved will be able to grow their businesses.? ?

Florence Orban, CEO of the National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure, said of the opportunites: ‘We want to create a world class sport system in this country in the run up to hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and this will give many young people the chance to be a part of that.’??

Some of the employers who will be offering jobs through the Future Jobs Fund include Premier Sport, Fit for Sport, The Amateur Swimming Association and Transforming A Generation (TAG).?

SkillsActive, Sport England, sports coach UK, Sports Leaders UK and a large number of community sports organisations all supported the bid.