Bradford seeks ideas for jobs

Press, 17 December 1980, Page 13

Bradford seeks ideas for jobs

By

KEN COATES

in

London A competition for out-of-work teen-agers that could be modified for New Zealand’s jobless youngsters has been announced in Bradford. The scheme, organised by the Yorkshire Junior Chamber and backed by the Bradford City Council and the Manpower Commission, offers the city’s 3500 unemployed teenagers the chance of winning money, equipment, a workshop, and' free advice. The funds are. coming from a local development association which wanted to give 3000 pounds towards helping unemployed youngsters. The president of the Junior Chamber, Mrs Judith Donovan, said that although it was a relatively small amount of money, it was considered that the best way to use it was in financing six or seven imaginative ideas. “We are looking for

projects that don’t necessarily involve skilled labour to be successful,” she said. “Anyone who has enthusiasm and enough faith in their idea to convince us it will work, could get up to 500 pounds. “We will consider anything, from window cleaning to sweeping chimneys,” she said. The teen-agers who want to set up in business on their own have to write, in a couple of . sentences, how and why they feel they could be successful. ... Every unemployed young person in the Bradford metropolitan area, where there are 130 applicants for every job vacancy, is being encouraged, to take part in the competition which will close on December 19. If the project-'is suc- • cessful, Bradford hopes to find sufficient funds to hold the competition once a year.