I watched a news item last night with a lot of interest 

It was all about how Politics and the increasing difficulty in finding a job is causing the UK’s young people a huge amount of anxiety.

You can read it here

The item, based on a survey of 2,215 people between 17-25 for the Princes Trust last November had some startling findings.

Amongst them were:

• 50% felt it was harder to get a job than a year ago
• 42% felt traditional goals like home ownership or a steady job were unrealistic
• 34% felt they would have a worse standard of living than their parents
• 28% felt out of control of their lives.
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“Too many of the young people polled are demoralised and pessimistic, says the charity, with 18% believing they would be unable to change their circumstances and 16% saying their lives would amount to nothing, no matter how hard they tried.”

Dame Martina - Chief exec of the charity - stated:

"The single most important thing we can do to empower these young people is to help them into a job, an education course or on to a training programme. Now, more than ever, we must work together to provide the support and opportunities they need to unlock a brighter future."

This is exactly why SFM and DEA were created.

We live in a very rapidly changing world. One where our old education systems are simply not offering people what they need to thrive in the new economy (The Internet) 

Now I don’t have kids - if I did I’d want them to be equipped with TODAY skills. 

I have however been made redundant twice in my mid to late forties and I know how tough it is to get back into the old system of employment and education. 

So much so that I would suggest turning your back on it and aligning with modern, cutting edge educators is a far better plan. 

For me those are the SFM and DEA - people who completely understand the digital economy and absolutely know what skills are needed to thrive (not just survive) in it. 

No matter how young or old you are. 

Check out this article here and see what I mean.

Cheers