TRAFFORD school leavers will benefit from additional careers advice after Greater Manchester bosses approved an extra £50,000 in funding.

The scheme will give people opportunities to develop relationships with businesses, future employers as well as ‘inspire’ them to consider a range of careers.

Students from Lostock College, St Antony’s and Stretford High will be able to access the ‘career hub’ service.

The funds have come from the Careers and Enterprise Company as part of a new nationwide careers strategy, launched in December.

Cllr Jane Baugh, portfolio holder for children’s services, said the council’s young person’s service Connextions was working with the schools involved.

“This is a fantastic project,” she said.

“We’re committed to getting our young people career ready and the careers hub will support them by providing the right advice.  

“It will also help them make decisions about their future by building better links with employers.”

Teachers and staff at 36 schools and colleges across the region will receive intensified training to prepare 30,000 school and college leavers for work.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said to receive the funding was a ‘great achievement’.

“It will have a significant impact on Manchester’s young people,” he said.

“For too long careers advice in our schools and colleges has been seen as an add-on to education.

“While the new careers hub is about securing employment it is also about enabling  young people to prepare for, and locate, the right kind of work for them.”