Be the Change... Breaking Down Barriers and Raising Aspirations
Be the Change... breaking down barriers and raising aspirations. A collaboration between LoveLocalJobs.com and social enterprise humanutopia, Be the Change is a ground breaking, inspirational programme aimed at year 9 students who may face challenges and difficulties in school or with school life. The programme focuses on happiness, confidence, hope, relationships and employability and encourages students to identify their personal barriers to success, before helping them find ways of overcoming them. Supported by the Be the Change team, business representatives from organisations across the local area are invited to be involved in the programme as business guides and positive role models – they work closely with the students, sharing their experiences and stories of their career journey’s, as well as encouraging the students and listening to their day to day struggles. Meeting on up to 6 separate occasions during the academic year (including large scale conferences, 1:1 sessions and workplace visits), the programme helps students to understand what positive changes they need to make in order to realise these aspirations, and what qualities are required to be successful in business and the workplace. Be the Change helps open student’s eyes to the world of work and wealth of the possibilities and career opportunities in their hometown and beyond. It also provides a great opportunity for businesses to engage with their future workforce, building awareness of their employer brand amongst young people in their local area. Where it all began and a bit about us… Be the Change was created in 2015, in partnership with social enterprise humanutopia, in response to 5 years’ worth of feedback from employers about the gaps they were experiencing in their talent pipelines.
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