The Royal Opera House is to create 68 new jobs for young unemployed people, in a scheme funded by the Future Jobs Fund and managed by the Culture Quarter Programme, a partnership of ten London-based arts and cultural organisations. The new roles will be created in a number of different areas, amongst them box office, backstage support and audience development.

The Future Jobs Fund, announced in the 2009 budget, awards up to £6,500 per new job created. It aims to help create work for 150,000 18 – 24 year olds by 2012.