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Opportunity Areas Impact Report
At The Careers & Enterprise Company we have always had a focus on areas of need, and we are delighted to support the Opportunity Areas in their drive to support every young person to have access to opportunities, no matter what their background. Having grown up in one of these 12 locations, I am particularly passionate about the impact that engagement with employers can have for these young people. I am grateful to all our partners for the progress to date, for the Cornerstone Employers that have started this movement and the Careers Leaders who work so hard in the schools and colleges to support these 170,000 young people to have access to encounters with the world of work. I look forward to working with you all in the coming years to make the vision for these areas a reality. Christine Hodgson, Chairman
Personal Guidance Fund www.careersandenterprisecompany.co.uk III
Executive Summary
Opportunity Areas are an important part of the government’s plan for
improving social mobility through education1. A geographical spread of 12
coastal rural, and urban areas were identified with the aim of testing what
works in a range of different communities and spreading best practice to
other areas of the country.
The Careers & Enterprise Company was established In the last year, The Careers & Enterprise Company has
in 2015 to help link schools and colleges in England targeted resources and support to all 12 Opportunity
to employers, to increase employer engagement Areas, in partnership with LEPs, schools and
opportunities for young people. When the Opportunity businesses, where over 300,000 encounters with
Areas were announced in 2016 we made a commitment the world of work have been delivered. We have:
to support young people aged 11-18 in a school or a
college across these areas. • established a community of over 60 Cornerstone
Employers; local and national employers who work
As part of the Government’s Opportunity Area together to support young people in their area
programme, The Careers & Enterprise Company has
committed to work with Local Enterprise Partnerships • provided the dedicated resource of an Enterprise
(LEP), local authorities, careers providers, employers Coordinator in every Opportunity Area, and access
and educational establishments to ensure that each to an Enterprise Adviser; and
of the 170,000 young people at school or college in • delivered a £1 million fund of support to the initial
these Opportunity Areas has four or more encounters six Opportunity Areas via our Careers & Enterprise
with the world of work during their school and college Fund 2016 to scale up existing, effective
years. Research carried out by the Education and careers programmes.
Employers Taskforce2 shows that receiving four or
more encounters with the world of work dramatically We are grateful for the support provided by
improves the employment prospects of young people. Cornerstone Employers, funded providers and schools
and colleges. We are also grateful for the support
This commitment equates to delivering 750,000 offered by key bodies such as Confederation of British
encounters to young people across the 12 Opportunity Industry (CBI), Institute of Directors (IoD), Chartered
Areas between 2017 and 2020. This report charts The Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD),
Careers & Enterprise Company progress in its first year British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), Business in
working in partnership towards this commitment. the Community (BITC) and The Federation of Small
Businesses (FSB), with whom we work in engaging their
members to respond to the call to action.
1. All 12 areas featured in the lowest performing areas (excluding City of London and Isle of Scilly due to size) in both the 2016 Social Mobility Commission’s
Index (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-mobility-index) and the Department for Education’s own analysis of school performance
and capacity to improve published in the Achieving Excellence Areas (AEA) methodology paper https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/
defining-achieving-excellence-areas-methodology).
2. Percy, C. and Mann, A. 2014. School-mediated employer engagement and labour market outcomes for young adults Wage premia, NEET outcomes and career
confidence. In Mann, A., Stanley, J. and Archer, L. (Eds.). Understanding Employer Engagement in Education. London & New York: Routledge, pp.205-220.
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Opportunity Areas: Year One
In our first full year working in partnership with schools, In the year ahead, we will increase our network of
businesses and local stakeholders, we have focussed Enterprise Advisers to match with all secondary schools
on establishing our dedicated network of Enterprise and colleges in the network and work with more local,
Coordinators, now fully recruited in all Opportunity regional and national Cornerstone Employers alongside
Areas, and on ensuring secondary schools and colleges our dedicated Enterprise Coordinators for each area.
are matched with a dedicated senior business volunteer We will work with schools, colleges, employers and
as their Enterprise Adviser. funded providers to target suitable resources and
support to where they are most needed.
In Year One across the 221 schools and colleges
in the 12 Opportunity Areas:
• 70% have successfully been matched
with an Enterprise Adviser
• 90% have completed the Compass
self-assessment tool
• Over 300,000 employer encounters
have been delivered across all 12
Opportunity Areas
• Over 150,000 employer encounters have
been directly funded through our £1 million Scarborough
Investment Fund available in the first wave
of six Opportunity Areas combined, reaching Blackpool Bradford
Oldham
over 40,000 of 60,000 young people in those Doncaster
Fenland & East Cambridgeshire
six areas.
Stoke-on-Trent
Derby Norwich
Ipswich
West Somerset
Hastings
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Scale of the challenge
170,000
3
young people aged 11-18 years
across 12 Opportunity Areas
Year One Delivery 2017/18
Scale Progress
221 207/221
Schools and colleges across 12 Schools and colleges signed up to
Opportunity Areas the Enterprise Adviser Networks
221 152/221
Enterprise Advisers required to match Enterprise Advisers
with schools and colleges matched to schools
14 14/14
Enterprise Coordinators required Enterprise Coordinators recruited
5+ 60
Cornerstone Employers in
Cornerstone Employers
each Opportunity Area
750,000 300,000+/750,000
Encounters delivered in Y1
Encounters Target by 2020
3. Number of young people aged 11-18 years in Opportunity Areas at outset of OA Programme. 750.000 encounters target calculated on basis of all young
people in secondary school and college through term of the programme receive at least 4 encounters with the world of work
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1 What is our role
in Opportunity Areas?
Our role is to link schools and colleges to employers, to help
them deliver world class careers support for all young people.
Since 2015 we have been working to bring education,
careers providers and employers together, building
on and collaborating with the many other institutions Why do we focus on encounters?
and charities with similar priorities. We have always An “employer encounter” is an opportunity to
focused on areas of need. When the Opportunity learn from employers about work, employment
Areas were announced in 2016, Government asked and the skills that are valued in the workplace.
The Careers & Enterprise Company to proactively This can be through a range of enrichment
engage business to help improve the social mobility of activities including visiting speakers, mentoring
all 11-18 year olds in those areas. and enterprise schemes.
Our role in Opportunity Areas is to support schools There is a strong evidence base to endorse the
and colleges in providing greater and more regular benefits of providing young people with access
access to the world of work for their students. to employers, working people and experiences of
the workplace. Research carried out by Education
The support of our national network is supplemented
and Employers4 underpins our commitment to
by £1 million of investment directly available to schools
guarantee four or more encounters to every
and colleges, providing encounters with the world
young person in Opportunity Areas (OAs):
of work through funded programmes, activities
and opportunities.
• Higher volumes of school-mediated employer
engagement (four or more encounters) are
4
associated with reduced incidence of Not in
Education, Employment, or Training (NEET)
by up to 86%.
• Undertaking individual employer engagement
activities is associated with reduced incidence
of being NEET by up to 81%.
5. Percy, C. and Mann, A. 2014. School-mediated employer engagement and labour market outcomes for young adults Wage premia,
NEET outcomes and career confidence. In Mann, A., Stanley, J. and Archer, L. (Eds.). Understanding Employer Engagement in Education.
London & New York: Routledge, pp.205-220.
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2 Understanding where to
focus in Opportunity Areas
Working in partnership with The Gatsby Foundation, we created the
Compass online tool and launched it during the 2016/17 academic year 6.
The self-evaluation tool is free to use for all schools and enables them to measure the effectiveness of their
careers provision against the Gatsby Benchmarks.
More than 3,000 schools are now using Compass. In Opportunity Areas, 196 of the 221 schools and colleges have
completed Compass in the last year. A school’s self-assessment against the Gatsby Benchmarks is then used as
the basis of a school-wide careers plan, supported by the local coordination of their Enterprise Coordinator and
strategic advice of their Enterprise Adviser.
We will be using Compass to measure the progress we are making against Benchmarks 5 & 6 and ensure we
target support across all Opportunity Areas.
Opportunity Areas (n=196/221)
1. A stable careers programme 6.6% 90.3% 3.1%
2. Learning from career and labour 25% 43.9% 31.1%
market information
15.3% 83.7% 1%
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
29.6% 31.6% 38.8%
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
40.3% 59.7%
5. Encounters with employers and employees
29.1% 21.4% 49.5%
6. Experience of workplaces
12.2% 71.4% 16.3%
7. Encounters with further and higher eduction
52% 13.8% 34.2%
8. Personal guidance
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Achieved Partially achieved Not achieved
National Compass performance
6.1% 91.9% 2%
1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour 31.8% 40.6% 27.6%
market information
13.1% 85.6% 1.3%
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
25.9% 43.4% 30.7%
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
38.3% 61.7%
5. Encounters with employers and employees
36.6% 26.1% 37.3%
6. Experience of workplaces
12.5% 73% 14.5%
7. Encounters with further and higher eduction
49% 17.5% 33.5%
8. Personal guidance
0 20 40 60 80 100
Achieved Partially achieved Not achieved
6. For further information please visit: www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/schools-colleges/compass-benchmark-tool
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3 Year One Delivery
In the last year we have created the foundations of this work
in Opportunity Areas...
By establishing: By delivering:
A local Enterprise Adviser Network (EAN), partnering Over 150,000 encounters directly funded through
every school with at least one Enterprise Adviser, our £1 million Investment Fund, to scale up existing,
successfully matching 70% of schools in Opportunity effective careers and enterprise programmes.
Areas. In 2017/18, this provision has been available in
the first six areas.
A community of over 60 Cornerstone Employers, local
and national, who work together with their networks A school led approach with a ‘virtual wallet’ directly
and the wider business community to ensure all available to schools allowing them to identify suitable
young people have the opportunities they need to be provision according to their needs. The success of
prepared and inspired for the world of work. this approach in Opportunity Areas has led to it now
becoming the national approach for delivery.
A National Network*
No. schools/ No. schools. Completed
Opportunity Area Matched to EA
colleges colleges in EAN Compass
Blackpool 13 13 13 13
Bradford 44 43 34 39
Derby 23 19 16 18
Doncaster 28 28 25 29
Fenland & East
14 14 6 13
Cambridgeshire
Hastings 7 7 6 7
Ipswich 16 16 15 13
North Yorkshire
13 13 10 11
Coast
Norwich 16 14 10 13
Oldham 18 17 16 16
Stoke-on-Trent 26 20 18 24
West Somerset 3 3 3 3
* Figures at July 2018
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Cornerstone Employers
A Cornerstone Employer is a business that is invested in the successful and sustainable delivery
of careers education for young people and commits to join a leadership group of local businesses
to support the schools, colleges and young people in their area. The Cornerstone Employers work
together with their networks and the wider business community to ensure all young people have
the opportunities they need to be prepared and inspired for the world of work.
They range from large to small employers, operating at a local or national level.
However, they are all:
• experienced in engaging with education and so can lead by example and share their experience
with other businesses;
• dedicated to investing time and resource to benefit schools, colleges and young people;
• committed to working with other Cornerstone Employers in an Opportunity Area or Career Hub;
• willing to galvanise their business networks in the area, to collaboratively meet the needs of
schools, colleges and young people; and
• focussed on sustainability and act as an ambassador and champion for social mobility.
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3 Year One Delivery
Encounters delivered
Over 300,000 encounters have been delivered across 2019. Wave 1 areas will continue to receive funded
Opportunity Areas. activity through the CEF in Year 2.
Encounters in Wave 1 Opportunity Areas comprise of This chart shows the proportion of funded and non-
The Careers & Enterprise Fund (CEF) activity and non- funded encounters within each Opportunity Area.
CEF funded employer engagement activity, delivered The total number of encounters achieved in Year 1
locally by schools. The school will use its Compass is detailed in bold text.
self-assessment and the support of its Enterprise
It is important to note that the Opportunity Areas
Coordinator and Enterprise Adviser to identify the type
shown in the bar chart above are not relative to one
of activity that best meets their needs.
another. They are proportionate to their individual
Encounters in Wave 2 did not include any activity targets.
funded through The Careers & Enterprise Company’s
A full breakdown of encounters delivered can be
investment fund which commences in Year 2 with
found at Appendix 1.
activity scheduled to run from September 2018 to July
Progress towards 3 year target in each OA
Blackpool 5,777 23,094 28,871 46,123
Derby 12,633 54,937 67,570 89,976
Oldham 8,887 45,551 54,438 94,395
Norwich 7,433 17,387 24,820 36,837
North Yorkshire Coast 10,469 14,587 25,056 31,747
West Somerset 2,269 9,982 6,730 12,251
Bradford 37,710 155,333
Doncaster 11,560 96,208
Fenland and East Cambs 10,653 46,936
Hastings 3,295 21,697
Ipswich 10,753 43,148
Stoke-on-Trent 14,845 70,111
Non-funded encounters Funded encounters Current Total 3 year encounter target
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Funded encounters delivered
In Year One, we have delivered over 150,000 encounters through directly funded providers specifically targeting
support for Gatsby Benchmarks 5 & 6. Providers were awarded following a robust assessment process, ensuring
well evidenced and high quality programmes reached areas of most need.
Encounters by Activity Type - Funded Activity to Sept 2018
60,000
54,937
45,551
45,000
30,000
23,049
17,387
15,000 14,587
9,982
0
Blackpool Derby Norwich Oldham Scarborough West Somerset
Work place visits Work experience Volunteering Transitional Skills Mentoring Enterprise Education Careers Talks
Careers Talks
including employer/alumni talks i.e. Future First CV workshops and mock interviews.
alumni programme, World of Work days.
Volunteering
Enterprise Education volunteering courses and opportunities frequently
including enterprise competitions and enterprise delivered with employability skills training i.e.
activities i.e. Young Enterprise Company Programme. Volunteer It Yourself’s volunteering programme
Employer led Mentoring/Career Learning Work Experience
employer led mentoring i.e. Engineering first-hand experiences of the workplace through
Development Trust, Go4Set programme work experience i.e. EBP North West’s specialised
supported by industry mentors. work experience programme.
Transition Skills Workplace Visits
including mock interviews, CV workshops, employer first-hand experiences of the workplace through
delivered employability skills workshops i.e. Derby visits and employer shadowing/talks i.e. Oldham
City Council’s Education for all programme delivering Youth Zone’s Business Breakfasts.Focus on
Funded Providers
The Magic Club project in Claremont, The centre was officially opened in March 2018 and is now a bustling
Blackpool (one of the poorest wards in youth club, the only one in Claremont. The club already has 140
the UK), involved the refurbishment and members aged 8-16 regularly attending and currently runs three
repurposing of an old, derelict magician’s sessions a week, covering activities such as sports and drama, and
theatre as a new youth club/youth workshops on relationships, sexual health and identity. The centre
centre. also continues to host ‘hands on’ VIY workshops to engage new
cohorts of young people wanting to learn vocational trade skills.
More than 50 young people volunteered
on the project, recruited via The Prince’s VIY Magic Club project was also visited and commended by Dame
Trust and also, in partnership with The Julia Cleverdon, Vice President of Business In The Community and
Careers & Enterprise Company, local board member at The Careers & Enterprise Company.
schools and colleges. Working with a
team of VIY Mentors, the participants
took on a variety of jobs, including
stripping out old fittings and furnishings,
installing a new kitchen and toilet,
50%
installing a new disabled access doorway of the school students who took part in
and ramp, relaying and levelling the main the project were on the brink of exclusion.
hall floor, and painting and decorating All of these students remained successfully engaged at school
throughout. In the process, participants six months beyond the end of their VIY experience.
worked towards achieving a City &
Guilds Entry Level 3 employability skills
qualification.
Project activities were principally funded
by Blackpool Council, The Careers &
Enterprise Company and Wickes, with
Wickes also providing all tools and
materials at no cost.
50% of the school students who took
part in the project were on the brink of
exclusion, or had recently returned to
school having been excluded, and the
schools subsequently reported that all
of these students remained successfully
engaged at school six months beyond
the end of their VIY experience.Focus on Cornerstone Employers The Enterprise Adviser from Sirius Minerals (siriusminerals.com), linked to We have been excited about this project since we first met with the Caedmon College Whitby, organised a school to discuss the idea. It has taken some time planning, but we six-week programme called Inspiring found our staff more than willing to put themselves forward to get Girls for a targeted group of Year 9 involved, which has really developed and enhanced what we have girls who were at risk of disengaging been able to offer the students. The students have been a credit to from their studies. The aim being to the school and we hope it is something we can continue for other inspire them and provide a glimpse into students in the future”. potential future careers. The school worked with Sirius Minerals to develop a programme that saw the Year 9 girls have weekly visits to Sirius Offices, as well as a visit to the mining site currently under construction. The girls visited various departments at Sirius Minerals and undertook a range of tasks intended to help them build employability skills, including: team work, communication, resilience, problem solving and punctuality. Additionally, the girls had an opportunity to explore the potential careers and different pathways available to them. Caedmon College Whitby were delighted with the programme: “It’s a fantastic opportunity for our students to gain first-hand experience of what it is like inside such a large organisation. The girls have reacted very positively and the feedback we have received from their tutor coordinating the project and visits has been excellent”.
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4 Spread the word
45 30
pieces of coverage generated engagement and learning events delivered
Amber Rudd MP visits Saxon Mount School bringing the world of work to life
for young people in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings
Amber Rudd MP (middle) & Christine Hodgson (right) (Chair of The Careers &
Enterprise Company)
Roundtable meeting at Norwich, Open Academy with the
Norwich Opportunity Area report.
Anna Frazer (Head of Employer Engagement, The Careers and
Enterprise Company), Steve Muncey (KPMG) & Chloe Smith MPOpportunity Areas Impact Report careersandenterprisecompany.co.uk 12
Employers play a crucial role in supporting
young people to understand the world of
work. KPMG are proud to work closely with
schools, colleges, and fellow employers to
improve the social mobility of children and
students in Opportunity Areas. Together
Roisin Sharkey, with our fellow Cornerstone Employers, we
Roisin Murphy encourage all local businesses to contribute
Directors,
Head of Corporate where they can in supporting the needs of
Responsibility,
KPMG
our schools, colleges and young people.13 Opportunity Areas Impact Report careersandenterprisecompany.co.uk With thanks to our partners Cornerstone Employers:
Opportunity Areas Impact Report careersandenterprisecompany.co.uk 14 Funded providers: Local Enterprise Partnerships: Strategic Partners:
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Appendix 1: Delivery in Year
One by Opportunity Area
Area Local Coordination
No. schools/ % Schools/colleges
Opportunity Area No. schools/colleges No. Matched to EA
colleges in EAN matched to EA
Blackpool 13 13 13 100%
Bradford 44 43 34 79%
Derby 23 19 16 84%
Doncaster 28 28 25 89%
Fenland & East
14 14 6 43%
Cambridgeshire
Hastings 7 7 6 86%
Ipswich 16 16 15 94%
North Yorkshire
13 13 10 77%
Coast
Norwich 16 14 10 71%
Oldham 18 17 16 94%
Stoke-on-Trent 26 20 18 90%
West Somerset 3 3 3 100%
Total 221 207 172 84%Opportunity Areas Impact Report careersandenterprisecompany.co.uk 16
School Need Encounters Delivered Cornerstones
No. No. CEC Y1 No. of
% Completed No. other Total
Completed funded Encounter Cornerstone
Compass encounters encounters
Compass encounters7 Target Employers
13 100% 23,094 5,777 28,871 14,105 4
39 89% 0 37,710 47,504 47,504 4
18 78% 54,937 12,633 67,570 27,516 6
29 104% 0 11,560 11,560 29,422 3
13 93% 0 10,653 10,653 13,195 4
7 100% 0 3,295 3,295 6,635 9
13 81% 0 10,753 10,753 13,195 11
11 85% 14,587 10,469 25,056 9,709 5
13 81% 17,387 7,433 24,820 11,265 5
16 89% 45,551 8,887 54,438 28,868 6
24 92% 0 14,845 14,845 21,441 9
3 100% 9,982 2,269 12,251 2,058 7
199 91% 165,583 136,284 301,822 225,764 73
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Appendix 2: Careers &
Enterprise Providers supporting
Wave 1 Opportunity Areas
CSW Group Limited helps students to explore a range of learning/employment opportunities,
including enterprise and work experience opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and
Maths (STEM).
Derby City Council offers the Enterprise for Education (E4E) programme, which includes mock
interviews, CV workshops, careers talks and mentoring.
Derbyshire Education Business Partnership Ltd provides support from an Employability Worker
to develop students’ skills to assist sustainable positive progression.
Education Business Partnership (NW) Ltd provides a variety of programmes to students
supporting career education, world of work transition skills and work experience.
Engineering Development Trust provides young learners with exciting and enriching hands-on
activity days within the school/college environment through First Edition STEM Days.
EngineeringUK provides inspiring and effective employer-led STEM related outreach activities.
Future First helps state secondary schools or colleges involved to build an alumni network by
providing the necessary infrastructure, expertise and training.
Hull City Council provides a work experience programme in the Humber region offered to SEND
and at risk of NEET students.
Learn By Design / By Design Group offers its iRail programme which includes a rail industry
enterprise/ careers activity workshop, enterprise competition and a sponsored event.
Mahdlo (Oldham Youth Zone) offers business networking breakfasts for young people from
Oldham.
Medway Youth Trust delivers a STEM careers package to support schools, colleges and young
people, including real-time webinars and 1-2-1 interventions.
Norfolk County Council provides its Norfolk Employability For All programme, offering work
experience to young people at risk of becoming NEET.
NYBEP Ltd provides a range of activities from modular careers and enterprise activities through
their Successful Futures programme.
OnSide Youth Zones offers an enterprise and employability programme – ‘Aspiring Futures’,
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Teentech C.I.C. increases the reach of the national TeleTech Awards programme, providing an
industry STEM volunteer to each school.
URPotential C.I.C. provides a supported volunteer programme where students’ needs are
assessed before being matched to a volunteer role.
Volunteer It Yourself C.I.C. offers the chance for young people to learn about skills and job
pathways in the building and construction sector, while volunteering in the community.
Young Enterprise offers a variety of programmes including Learn to Earn, Tenner Plus and a
Company/Team programme.19 Opportunity Areas Impact Report careersandenterprisecompany.co.uk
Appendix 3: Careers and
enterprise providers supporting
Opportunity Areas in Wave 2
from September 2018
A Potential Diamond facilitates realistic employment for students in Hastings with learning
disabilities.
Ahead Partnership’s programme includes careers and labour market information, pathways and
study options activities.
All Together offers opportunities for enterprise activities, work experience, employer mentoring,
mock interviews and personal development.
Business Enterprise Support encompasses the UK’s largest Enterprise and Employability
Competition and a full year group enterprise programme which sets the students the task to
develop a new ‘Perfect University’.
Business in the Community ‘Employability for Everyone’ is a modular programme that brings
together local employers with students and teachers.
Connect Education & Business provides a work experience service to schools, colleges and other
education institutions including pupil referral units, children in crisis, prison service and special
schools.
Culture Shift encompasses half day events where students meet a range of employers in an
informal café style setting.
Doncaster Chamber of Commerce provides the Doncaster Skills Academy, a programme of
activities to deliver relevant opportunities for young people aged 11 to 18 in key areas of
career advice and guidance, employability skills, workplace engagement, and enterprise skills.
East Sussex County Council providers a work experience service which supports schools and
colleges to effectively manage the process for arranging placements for their students.
Engineering Development Trust provides opportunities for young people to enhance their
technical, personal and employability skills through industry-mentored projects, industrial
placements and specialised taster courses.
Form the Future CIC engages business volunteers to educate young people about the
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Founders4Schools Workfinder enables young people to access work experience without being
dependent on parental networks or schools.
Future First providers schools & colleges a Future First Alumni Programme Officer who provides
expert, hands-on support to help kick start and grow their alumni network.
National Literacy Trust Words for Work gives young people from disadvantaged backgrounds
the communication skills they need to be successful in the workplace.
NYBEP provides schools access to a range of flexible Careers, STEM and Enterprise activities
that deliver multiple encounters with employers, Successful Futures enables young people
to acquire the skills and knowledge that better prepare them for the workplace.
RSPCA’s Hastings Wild Things uses wildlife and nature to help young people engage with animal
welfare issues and engender a positive attitude towards personal development, learning and the
natural world.
Teen Tech brings the world of contemporary industry to life for students, teachers and parents.
Their programme changes outdated perceptions of STEM, particularly amongst girls.
The White Room Consultancy’s Digital Advantage programme brings together employers
and industry experts with schools and colleges to deliver real-world digital employability skills,
enterprise development and work experience into the classroom.
University of Brighton’s the STEM Sussex Hastings programme aims to support young people
in Hastings to raise awareness, improve perception and inspire young people to consider careers
in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM).
Volunteer It Yourself works with schools and colleges to promote jobs in the building and
construction sector and encourages students to develop employability skills by volunteering
on a local community building refurbishment project.
Young Enterprise offers a variety of programmes including Learn to Earn, Tenner Plus
and a Company/Team programme.The Careers & Enterprise Company 2-7 Clerkenwell Green Clerkenwell London EC1R 0DE www.careersandenterprise.co.uk
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