New Young People's Plan and youth hub for Aldershot and Farnborough
A refreshed plan to 2028 sets four priorities, while a £90,000 youth hub aims to help 16 to 24-year-olds into work or training.
Rushmoor Borough Council's Cabinet has endorsed an updated Young People's Plan running to 2028, with four priorities including safe spaces, health, employment and belonging. Separately, a £90,000 DWP-funded Youth Hub for 16 to 24-year-olds not in work, education or training is due to open in Farnborough in autumn 2026.
Young people in Aldershot and Farnborough are the focus of two council announcements this autumn.
The Young People's Plan
Rushmoor Borough Council's Cabinet has endorsed an updated Young People's Plan, which runs to 2028 and builds on a first version from 2025/26. The council says it was shaped by consultation with young people, colleges and partner organisations. Young people asked for more safe places to gather and for help finding work.
The plan has four priorities:
- Safety, trusted spaces and support, including the Think Safe programme for around 1,000 year six pupils each year, and one-to-one outreach.
- Health, resilience and active lives, including the Balance, Glide and Ride cycling scheme for year one pupils and Be Active Hampshire, which offers free 12-week activity courses to inactive people aged 17 and over.
- Aspirations, skills and employment, including a Young Adults' Employment Hub for 16 to 24-year-olds, which the plan says will launch in November, offering training, wellbeing support and employer connections.
- Belonging and community connection, giving young people a bigger say in planning services.
The council also continues to fund Vision4Youth's social prescribing project, which supported 28 young people dealing with anxiety, low wellbeing and isolation in the past year.
The Youth Hub
In August the council announced it had secured £90,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions for a Youth Hub in Farnborough, due to open in autumn 2026. It is for 16 to 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training and who are registered with the Aldershot or Farnborough Jobcentres.
The hub will offer help with CVs, job searches, applications and interview preparation, plus further-education guidance, online training, workplace visits, employer introductions, and mental health and wellbeing support. In its first year, the council hopes to engage 400 young people, with 30% moving into work and 50% into education, training, work experience or volunteering.
Councillor Julie Hall said: "I'm delighted that the council have secured a youth hub for Rushmoor."
What it means for residents
If you are an Aldershot young person without work or a course, or a parent of one, the Jobcentre is the starting point for the hub. Check the council's website for opening dates and exactly where to go.
Source: Rushmoor Borough Council.
Frequently asked questions
- Where will the Youth Hub be?
- In Farnborough, though it serves young people registered at the Aldershot or Farnborough Jobcentres.
- Who can use the Youth Hub?
- People aged 16 to 24 who are not in education, employment or training and are registered with the Aldershot or Farnborough Jobcentres.
- How much funding has the council secured?
- £90,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions.
- What does the Young People's Plan cover?
- Four priorities: safety and trusted spaces; health and active lives; skills and employment; and belonging and community connection.