2nd Chance is a specialist ‘education to employment’ training course created to support unemployed 18-24 year olds on their journey to a career. Their mission is to enable young people to realise their potential and launch & develop careers through quality accredited learning opportunities, personalised coaching and valuable industry experience in our extensive employer network.
The programme offers a free six month career preparation course to support all trainees to secure functional skills qualifications in English, maths and ICT (up to GCSE C grade equivalent) through subject-specific workshops alongside five employer-commissioned projects. Trainees also benefit from work placements over three months with the programme's employer partners followed by a personal mentor for 12 months as they develop in their career.