An amazing year for Sherpas. Over 1,000 young people took part in our PAID work experience programmes and we paid £131k into the teenage economy. Check out our infographic for more social value metrics from 2024.

At Startup Sherpas, we applaud the government’s commitment to tackling youth unemployment through the Youth Guarantee. The strong emphasis on tailored, local approaches and reversing the worrying NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) trends is commendable. However, while the strategy addresses young adults and older teenagers, there’s a critical

Last night I realised our costs will increase by 15% in 2025. Bad news. On top of last year’s 18% increase. Very bad news. Actually the costs for our flagship programme, the SuperSquad, have increased by a whopping 63% since we first ran one in 2022. Terrible news?! Well yes