Bupa today signed up to a new Government drive to to create new opportunities for thousands of young people and to help them gain the vital experience and skills needed to enter the world of work.
The Backing Young Britain campaign features employers from across Britain who are all actively committed to helping young people find work. Launched by The Prime Minister Gordon Brown, along with Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper, at a special event in Birmingham, it offers the guarantee of a job for anyone aged 18-24 who has been unemployed for more than 10 months.
Alistair How, director of Bupa's UK care homes is representing the company at the event and he is unveiling Bupa's pledge to help young people:
Bupa's Pledge
Bupa is committed to helping young people realise their potential.
Our work with Local Employment Partnerships continues to provide
opportunities for young people who find themselves
unemployed.
We're backing young Britain by creating work experience
opportunities that can help develop their career path. Bupa will
also continue helping young employees to develop their skills
including literacy, numeracy and provide opportunities to achieve
recognised vocational qualifications.
Initiatives already under way by Bupa include a Local Employment Partnership (LEP) between Bupa and the Government to help thousands of long-term unemployed people to get back into work. The collaboration between the Government's Jobcentre Plus and Bupa care homes helps people on benefits to find new jobs by offering individuals a two-week 'pre-employment' training course that includes on-the-job training, supervised work trials and a guaranteed interview on completion of the course.
Alistair How said:The world of healthcare offers many opportunities for rewarding jobs and Bupa is determined to do all we can to help young people to reach the first rung on the careers ladder. We have thousands of young people working in a range of roles across the UK and are fully aware that they are the lifeblood of a successful company - as well as a successful economy.
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Bupa's purpose is to help people lead longer, healthier, happier lives. A leading international healthcare group, we offer personal and company health insurance, run care homes for older people and hospitals, and provide workplace health services, health assessments and chronic disease management services, including health coaching, and home healthcare.
With no shareholders, we invest our profits to provide more and better healthcare, and fulfill our purpose. We are committed to making quality, patient-centred, affordable healthcare more accessible in the areas of wellness, chronic disease management and ageing.
Employing more than 52,000 people, Bupa has operations around the world, principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand and the USA, as well as Hong Kong, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, India, China and across Latin America.
For more information, visit www.bupa.com.
