Further funding and new services for employment programme

A £10 million programme to help people back into employment has been extended in York and North Yorkshire.

The region’s Get Britain Working Economic Inactivity Trailblazer had initially been announced as a 12-month programme, running until March 2026. The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed another year of activity, investing up to a further £10 million, with York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority continuing as the lead.

In a separate development, new trailblazer delivery partners have been confirmed for the first year of the programme, with North Yorkshire Council, City of York Council and NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board overseeing a variety of services.

 This investment of up to £10 million is a vote of confidence in our ability to deliver real change for people and businesses across the region.

Through this trailblazing scheme, we are tackling the barriers that hold people back from work and connecting them with the quality jobs they deserve.

It means that we can continue to build on the work we are doing with our partners, having already invested a record £30 million in our skills programmes.

David Skaith, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire

In the first year, the trailblazer in York and North Yorkshire aims to help 1,500 people seeking work, 500 people already in work who need support and 150 businesses.

York and North Yorkshire is one of eight economic trailblazers in the UK, first announced by Government in November 2024.

From a York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority news article, originally published on Monday 10 November 2025.