StubHub (ticketing) and Tottenham Hotspur launch a training programme for unemployed young people

StubHub, the company specialising in the purchase and resale of tickets for shows and sporting events, and the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, have launched "The Tottenham Hotspur Pre-Apprenticeship Scheme", a training programme for unemployed young people, aged between 16 and 24 years old, announced the Premier League club on 26/01/2016. StubHub is a partner of the club until 2016-17.

This programme, which is funded with £50,000 (€66,000 as of 27/01/2016) by "The StubHub Foundation", will recruit 100 people to take part in the 12-week sessions, over the next two years. Beneficiaries will gain practical experiences within the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation and will attend personal development workshops which will include CV writing and job interview techniques.

After the course, each participant will be entitled to personalised monitoring which will continue until they find a further learning opportunity or a job. This initiative is part of a wider programme developed by the London club to tackle unemployment. In December 2015 a job fair was held at White Hart Lane, the Tottenham…