About the Youth Enterprise & Employability Academy
Our Mission
“The Youth Enterprise & Employability Academy strives to enable disadvantaged young people to pull themselves and each other out of poverty by creating a safe, caring and supportive environment to promote their strengths, abilities and giving them the employability and entrepreneurial skills they need to achieve their ambition.”
Our Aims
- Naturally encourage and support our young people by giving them a greater understanding of employment and entrepreneurial skills.
- Support our students every step of the way — from offering traineeships to boosting their self-confidence and key skills.
- Support them through their training so that, as they progress, they become more and more involved within YEEA.
- Continuously develop their knowledge and understanding of desired key skills and the industries they are interested in.
Our Values (ASPIRE)
A – Aspire: inspire young people to succeed in life, whether in employment or as tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
S – Support: support them to achieve their potential.
P – Positivity: believing everyone can achieve their potential.
I – Integrity: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.
R – Respect: valuing everyone as a unique person, worthy of the utmost respect.
E – Educate & Inspire: educate and inspire our young people.