The city council yesterday agreed to a motion to inject approximately 10 million krónur of funding into a programme designed to prepare young people for the world of work. Ten projects will receive support under the programme.

The projects will vary in nature, ranging from football lessons in public parks to teaching sport to children with special needs, an arts centre that will travel around Reykjavík, and architecture and city planning workshops for unemployed young people.

The grants are for people aged 35 and under. The aim is to motivate young people to create new jobs and to make for a better quality of life for citizens. The money is being targeted to provide new job opportunities, enrich city life, encourage innovation of services and to continue motivating young people.

In the winter, the city council approved a cash injection of 150 million krónur into employment programmes, 30 million of which was a fund for young people to form their own employment agency. This is the second time this year that the dispensation committee for projects in the interest of young people has given out support.

Applicants for funding were sought after under the advertising slogan Vertu með (roughly “get it/have it”), with applications closing on the 15th May. The next round of funding will be opened to applicants in August.

Source: mbl.is
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