Metallica to help 1,000 London college students

He said: “We’ve focused our charitable efforts on helping people in the communities we visit by giving back locally through food banks and shelters, and by sponsoring blood drives.

“Given the universal need for skilled tradespeople, the logical next step is to expand our workforce education initiatives internationally, starting with bringing our Metallica Scholars Initiative to London.

“This is only the beginning – as we like to say, we’re just getting started.”

The band set up a charitable foundation nearly a decade ago, called All Within My Hands.

Starting this September, the programme will support over 1,000 young Londoners studying vocational courses at CCC.

The Metallica Scholars will gain skills needed to begin careers across a range of industries, including construction, engineering, healthcare, digital technologies, and hospitality.

It comes as new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the youth unemployment rate in London was now higher than anywhere else in the UK, with 23.1% of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work in the capital.