Exec and SPL Partner for Employment Program

Interesting announcement last week that the Scottish Executive had teamed up with the SPL clubs to help fund employment programs for 16-19 year olds who are not in education, employment or training – NEET’s in the Executive’s parlance.

The KickStart program will target around 5,000 of the estimated 35,000 teenagers that fall into the NEET category and try to use football as the motivation for them to find a way forward into employment. The Exec are putting £400,000 into the project in order to double the amount of places available.

While this specific project doesn’t involve SFL clubs like our own it does show that there is a willingness to invest in football in order to try and solve some of the social problems in society in a new and creative way.

More info can be found on the Scottish Executive’s website here, and on the BBC Website here.