Consultation with young males aged 11-25 years of African, Caribbean or Mixed origin.

The Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG) is a national charity that works to improve education and employment success rates for British young people of African, Caribbean and Asian origin.  

In England young people of African and Caribbean origin are more likely to be:

• suspended from school
• stopped and searched by the police
• unemployed  (40% of young people  from African and Caribbean backgrounds aged 16-24 are unemployed compared with 18% of white young people)
• in youth offending institutions.  

Many young people and parents say that there are not enough successful male role models from African, Caribbean and mixed backgrounds.

We can change this situation and you can play your part.

Between 2009 and 2011 BTEG delivered the REACH national role model programme. Nearly 50 successful male role models from African and Caribbean backgrounds volunteered to speak and listen to young people. The feedback from the 1500 young males that participated was very positive. 82% of them said that they were inspired by the role models.

Your Choice Role Model Programme

BTEG will be submitting an application to the National Lottery in April 2012 for a three year grant to develop Your Choice - a new role model programme for young people from African and Caribbean backgrounds. Its aim is to inspire 1200 young males (of African, Caribbean or mixed origin) to raise their aspirations and to reach their full potential in education, employment and self-employment.

We want young males from these backgrounds to be fully involved in the programme from the outset. You can help us develop the programme by completing a short questionnaire on this link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BTEG

Alternatively, download and complete the questionnaire below.

There will be a PRIZE DRAW, see the survey for details. 

The attitude of some Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) parents with vulnerable boys is preventing them getting involved with the education and development of their young boys and may be leading to their involvement in crime, according to research conducted by the Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG) published today.

BTEG's research strand extends the work we are doing in partnership with the Windsor Fellowship on the REACH national role model programme. Whereas the REACH programme activities focuses primarily on the role models and developing the capacity of local organizations, the aim of BTEG's research strand is to focus on BME families with vulnerable young boys.