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A new initiative will create 60 paid job placements for young people to act as inclusion facilitators in school drama programmes.

National Youth Theatre is running the programme in 15 schools as part of the Government's Kickstart scheme.

It allows 18-to-24 year olds on universal credit to facilitate two academic terms of inclusive theatre activity for disabled young people.

Paul Roseby, CEO and Artistic Director of National Youth Theatre, said: "Disabled people and all young people are most at risk of reduced opportunities post-Covid."

"Rising unemployment figures emphasise the urgent need for a social and cultural recovery that prioritises creative jobs, ensures accessible and inclusive opportunities and celebrates the diversity of British youth in all its forms and that's exactly what our new Inclusive Practice Collective is designed to do.”