The Big Lottery Fund has launched Talent Match, an ambitious £100 million investment aimed at tackling youth unemployment in areas of England hardest hit by the economic downturn.

The ACEVO Commission on Youth Unemployment has estimated that the issue will cost £10.7bn in lost output during 2012 alone.

With this in mind, The Big Lottery Fund, which distributes good causes money on behalf of the National Lottery, has been working with young people themselves to plan ways of helping thousands of others just like them to lead fulfilling lives through employment and training.

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