RISE DAY UK takes place on Friday 21st June 2024, and is an opportunity for communities and organisations to RISE UP against youth unemployment. People from all walks of life will walk, climb, run, swim and row to raise funds. These funds will help support work readiness programmes, mentoring and work placements for marginalised young people throughout the UK.

Resilience - Snowdon Hike

One of the biggest barriers young people face to employment is resilience. Youth unemployment in the UK is once again on the rise and in a world that requires degree level education for entry level roles and hiring managers that will only hire in their own image - what chance do marginalised young people have?

This year our RISE UP team and young people will hike, climb, swim and camp in North Wales to help highlight just how resilient the UK’s most vulnerable young people need to be to defeat the odds and create a better future for themselves.

Join us and fellow supporters for a 30km hike up and down Mount Snowdon followed by a 500-meter cold water swim in Llyn Padarn lake. For some optional added adventure – those that want to extend their challenge can join us for some camping under the star light skies of North Wales too.

RISE DAY is organised and funded by the RISE UP charity which specialises in supporting some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people in finding meaningful careers. For the young people we work with, a job isn’t just a job – it’s security, shelter, financial independence, a sense of belonging and a hope for a better future.