Talent Match was a Big Lottery £108 million investment to tackle youth unemployment in 21 areas of England. It was targeting young people who were furthest from the jobs market, including those who are completely outside of the benefits, work and training system and facing severe barriers to gaining the skills they needed to get into work.

The aims of the evaluation and learning contract were:

To track the success of the programme and projects within into identify what works well, for whom and in what circumstances to share learning and improve practice.

Final project outputs include:

• First Annual Report (2014) (Summary also available)
• Thematic Report on Partnership Working and Development (2014)
• Thematic Report on Early Experience of Involving Young People (2014)
• Thematic Study of Employer Involvement and Engagement (2015)
• Talent Match Evaluation and Learning Contract: 2013-19 - Common Data Framework: Annual Report (2015)
• Talent Match Evaluation and Learning Contract: Briefing Report (2015)
• Talent Match Case Study Theme Report: Mental health and well-being (2015)
• In-work support: What is the role of in-work support in a successful transition to sustained employment? (TM Case Study Summary Theme Report) (2016)
• Key worker models: What key worker approaches, capacity and capabilities are important at different stages of the journey to employment? (Talent Match Case Study Theme Report) (2017)
• Talent Match Evaluation: Involving Young People (2018)
• Involving young people: Lessons from the Talent Match programme evaluation (2018)
• Talent Match Evaluation: Youth Employment Partnerships (2018)
• Youth Employment Partnerships: Lessons from the Talent Match programme evaluation (2018)
• Talent Match Evaluation: Progression to Employment (2018)
• Progression to Employment: Lessons from the Talent Match programme evaluation (2018)

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IER Project Team Member

Principal Investigator: Anne Green
Gaby Atfield
Sally-Anne Barnes
Duncan Adam

Project Duration

January 2013 - September 2018

Project Funder

Big Lottery Fund (IER is
part of a consortium led by the Centre for Regional Economic and Social
Research)