Zac and Freddi, both 17, and their friend Matt, aged 18, all from Norwich, have had to borrow money from their parents to attend the festival.<\/p>\n
Zac is about to start an electrician’s apprenticeship while Matt is going to university to study for a degree apprenticeship in quantity surveying.<\/p>\n
Freddi is at college and working in a pub, cooking and washing up, which he says is the only job he was able to get without experience.<\/p>\n
“It’s minimum wage but I feel lucky to have got it,” he says.<\/p>\n
He hopes to be able to afford to go to university to study criminology.<\/p>\n
Many of their friends are Neets, meaning they are not in education, employment or training, and one has applied for “more than 100 jobs”.<\/p>\n
Almost one million young people across the UK fall into this category, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).<\/p>\n
That equates to about one in eight young people. Graduates make up about 10% of them.<\/p>\n
Job vacancies in the UK are currently at their lowest level in nearly four years<\/a>.<\/p>\n In April, National Insurance Contributions paid by employers increased while a rise in the minimum wage came into force.<\/p>\n The hike is forecast to raise \u00a325bn in revenues by the end of the Parliament, but some analysts say it has discouraged firms from hiring<\/a>.<\/p>\n