Scarred for life?: creating a working future for young women

In April 2014, Young Women's Trust launched its 'Scarred for life?' inquiry to understand the immediate and long term impact on young women of being out of work, education and training. This current report presents the outcomes of the inquiry and is accompanied by a literature review setting out the policy context for the inquiry and its final recommendations. Evidence gathered during the first phase of the inquiry between April and September 2014 resulted in the publication of 'Totally wasted?: the crisis of young women's worklessness', which is referenced in this report. During the first phase of the inquiry, a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence was gathered from the target beneficiary group of [not in education, employment or training] NEET young women, as well as a range of statutory and voluntary organisations that work with NEET young people. The second phase ran from September 2014 to March 2015 and gathered evidence through a total of 64 interviews with a range of stakeholders. The analysis and interpretation of the collective responses from these interviews form the basis of the findings and recommendations in this report.

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