Tag: UK Youth
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14 July, 2021Leading Youth charities join forces to solve the biggest post-pandemic barriers for young people
Leading Youth charities join forces to solve the biggest post-pandemic barriers for young people Speakers for Schools, UK Youth and Young Enterprise come together in a historic partnership to launch, ‘Youth Card’, the social mobility app packed with thousands of career and life preparing opportunities. Leading social mobility charities Speakers for Schools, UK Youth and Young Enterprise have joined forces to solve the biggest post-pandemic barriers facing young people. Today they are launching Youth Card, a free app that places career preparing opportunities directly into the hands of young people across the UK. The app aggregates the three charities’ own […]
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22 March, 2021Young people in Birmingham first in the UK to have access to thousands of life-changing virtual work placements
Young people in Birmingham first in the UK to have access to thousands of life-changing virtual work placements Youth Card rollout will help to tackle social mobility and educational inequality Young people in Birmingham and Solihull will be the first in the UK to have access to thousands of life-changing virtual work experience, volunteering, learning, and entrepreneurship opportunities as part of a pilot scheme being launched by educational equality charity Speakers for Schools. Working with the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP (GBSLEP), the Youth Card will allow young people to access a database of virtual work experience placements being offered […]