00:00Thousands of young people are being offered work experience through a scheme involving retailers.
00:06It aims to help those not in education, employment or training move towards work.
00:12Around 40 retailers are taking part, including Tesco, John Lewis and Costa Coffee.
00:17Organised by the Department for Work and Pensions and the British Retail Consortium,
00:22it will provide over 11,000 placements.
00:24They will last between two and four weeks, with participants offered an interview afterwards.
00:31The placements are voluntary and eligible young people can receive universal credit.
00:36The government says the scheme is intended to tackle the number of young people
00:40sitting outside education, employment or training.
