What this EQHRIA is assessing
This Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQHRIA) will assess the plan for how we will use our allocation of Young Persons guarantee (YPG) funding from the Scottish Government (£144k) for the period 2021 to 2023.
The key objective of this 'operational plan' is to reduce youth unemployment.
A key priority within this is reducing inequalities of outcome for the relevant protected characteristic groups and for young people living in Renfrewshire's most deprived areas.
What this EQHRIA has found
Our equalities impact assessment of the Renfrewshire Young Persons Guarantee highlights the additional challenges faced by groups of young people with protected characteristics such as disability, ethnicity, and age in relation to their progress towards, into, and within employment.
What happens next
We have and will continue to take action with the Renfrewshire Local Employability Partnership to address these challenges and ensure the Young Persons Guarantee offers all young people good quality training, education, volunteering and apprenticeship opportunities meeting their individual needs, regardless of their personal characteristics and circumstances.
Actions include:
- providing access to both specialist and mainstream employability support
- providing equalities training to staff
- involving young people with barriers in the design and delivery of the YPG
- doing more to monitor impact by improving access to equalities data and evidence.
More information
For more information on this Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQHRIA), email EQHRIA@renfrewshire.gov.uk.