Liverpool City Council has invested £800,000 into a new apprenticeship service "Liverpool Futures". Liverpool Community College has also invested £300,000.
Liverpool Futures is to act as the employer until the 'host' organisations are ready to offer permanent jobs, either during or at the end of the apprenticeship.
Councillor Nick Small, Liverpool's cabinet member for employment, enterprise and skills, said: "Liverpool Futures will deliver high quality training and skills which are essential in helping people secure employment.
"It will also play a significant role in creating new employment opportunities, which will be essential to reducing the worklessness and rising youth unemployment in the city."
It is projected that Liverpool Futures will create 300 apprentices in the first year and create a total of 1,300 apprentices in the next three years.
