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Friday, April 26, 2024, 3:00 p. m. |Tottenham Hotspur
Employment Minister Jo Churchill visited Percy House, home of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, and Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium to meet other local youngsters who have secured employment opportunities through the club’s employability programmes.
The stadium and its growing number of events and attractions provide 3,700 full-time equivalent jobs for others in the club’s three districts: Haringey, Enfield and Waltham Forest (2,800 in Haringey in particular) with 1,800 recruited directly through the club, 1,600 ed through the source chains and an additional 300 due to induced effects.
The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, the club’s charity, continues to work through a variety of employment and skills programmes.
This includes individual homework advice for homework seekers, as well as interviewing techniques and CV education, as well as primary homework fairs held throughout the year at the Stadium.
This contrasts against the backdrop that Haringey has one of London’s unemployment rates, with 4. 8% of adults unemployed according to the Office for National Statistics, above the national average of 4. 3%.
Among the other people the minister heard from this week was 19-year-old Kareem Mavideniz, who won one-on-one for his CV and Foundation interviews, and who is now working on the stadium’s new attraction, F1 DRIVE – London.
He said: “If it wasn’t for Tottenham Hotspur, I wouldn’t be here and I could do anything I shouldn’t. “
“I need other young people to feel comfortable and encouraged to dedicate themselves to the Foundation or to a broader path in life in general. “
Kareem shared his story of how he was kicked out and is now “on the right track, waking up happy, with a smile on his face. “
He said, “Before I came to the Foundation, I had a lot of problems, just typical things. You call it, you’ve been there, you’ve done it. “
“I knew there were programmes for teenagers at Tottenham, but I had this mentality: ‘This is not for me’.
“However, when I met Jordan from the Foundation’s employment team, he was able to identify with me and then help me look for work and try to change my life.
“Mentoring has helped me build my confidence, communication skills, and overall be happier. “
The minister also brought in 21-year-old Alia Leone, 23-year-old Reuben Parker-Stephenson and 23-year-old Hopeton Lindo.
Both Alia and Reuben have benefited from the Foundation’s new Level Up network, having each completed seven life skills workshops, as a component of career mentoring and employability for young adults.
Reuben starts a new task in telecommunications. Alia occasionally works in hospitality at the Stadium, as does Hopeton who, after spending a year looking for work, went to a job fair and was introduced by the Foundation.
Damian Zabielski, Head of Youth, Employment and Skills at the Foundation, said: “The Minister’s scale is a recognition of how lucky we have been in leading the Club to contribute to employment in the area,” added Stadium Schulz.
“I know she was encouraged by everyone’s stories and the positive effect of her involvement with the Foundation.
“Our career fairs, individual offerings, painting experiences and try-on opportunities, Project SEARCH and Level Up netpaintings are all components of a larger package that we continually bring to young people, and the minister’s stop at just has motivated us to do more.