Voluntary plan for youngsters

摘要

Whitehall has published plans to get every young person in the country to undertake 50 hours of community service to help prepare them for work.Prime minister, Gordon Brown, joined Cabinet Office minister, Liam Byrne, and schools minister, Jim Knight, on 24 April, to set out their ambitions for a massive increase in the number of 16 to 19-year-olds contributing to their local communities through voluntary service.A new programme, starting this September, will see 20,000 school-leavers a year undertake full-time community service alongside training, as part of an entry route into employment.