£3,000 Per Young Person Hired – Youth Jobs Grant

The Youth Jobs Grant provides financial support to employers across Great Britain that recruit eligible young people who have been struggling to enter the labour market.

Part of the Youth Guarantee, the scheme aims to create up to 60,000 job opportunities over three years, helping young people gain meaningful paid employment, skills and experience.

Here’s what you can expect:

• £3,000 grant per qualifying young person employed

• Available to employers across Great Britain

• Open to organisations of all sizes and sectors

• Support for recruiting young people aged 18–24

• Funding designed to help employers create meaningful paid employment opportunities

• Support for approximately 20,000 job opportunities each year

• Up to 60,000 opportunities expected over the three-year programme

• Employers only need to complete the initial scheme application once and can then submit additional eligible vacancies

The £3,000 payment is made in stages:

• £1,800 from 6 weeks after employment begins

• £1,200 after 18 weeks

• Earnings are verified through HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) before payments are made

Who can apply?

Employers must:

• Operate within Great Britain

• Be registered with HMRC

• Be actively trading

• Have been trading for at least 6 months

• Pass the required due diligence checks

• Recruit into a job registered with the Youth Jobs Grant scheme

The young person recruited must:

• Be aged 18–24

• Be receiving Universal Credit

• Have been out of work for at least 6 months

• Be recruited into a job meeting the scheme requirements

Employers must complete the application and be approved for the scheme before eligible vacancies can be submitted.

Funding: £3,000 per qualifying job outcome, paid in stages over the first 18 weeks.

Deadline: 31 October 2028 at 11:59pm

Applications are currently open, although the Government reserves the right to change or end the scheme with notice.