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Students praised by Mayor for innovative efforts to tackle Climate Crisis
Three groups of students from Leeds schools have been praised by the Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, for their innovative ideas to help reduce their school’s impact on the environment. Pupils from Carr Manor Community School, Co-op Academy Leeds and Cockburn John Charles Academy each created an idea for an app which could help schools across the region focus more on sustainable operations and address the climate crisis as part of a Green Tech Challenge delivered by Ahead Partnership.
Read more >>02 Nov 2022
National Mentoring Day: My experience from Rosie Walters at Trinity Leeds
Rosie is the Office Manager at Trinity Leeds shopping centre and has recently completed a secondary school mentoring programme as part of Landsec's social engagement programme with Ahead Partnership. For National Mentoring Day she tells us about her experience and why she recommends organisations and their employees take part in this type of social value work.
Read more >>26 Oct 2022
Four in ten students advised against pursuing their dream job as just 16% consider law
Whilst law can be a fulfilling and rewarding career for people from every background, young people in the UK are being discouraged from studying the subject according to research by leading law firm Walker Morris. The new research shows that four in ten (38%) young people have been advised against pursuing their chosen career path, with just 16% expressing that they had ever considered a career in law.
Read more >>21 Oct 2022
West Midlands employers invited to help create a more diverse future for digital
Goldman Sachs, PwC and John Lewis Partnership are among the forward-thinking business, education, community and public sector partners that met to launch a collaborative, large-scale new social value initiative last week. Delivered by Ahead Partnership, Growing Talent Digital West Midlands aims to address digital skills gaps, strengthen the digital talent pipeline and improve diversity in one of the region’s fastest-growing sectors.
Read more >>20 Oct 2022
Ahead Partnership and partners win Leeds Digital Festival Award
We are thrilled to reveal that our Growing Talent Digital Leeds programme was the worthy winner of the Diversity & Inclusion Award at this year's Leeds Digital Festival.
Read more >>05 Oct 2022
Leeds students win West Yorkshire green transport challenge
Five Year 7 and 8 students from Leeds have been named the winners of an exciting creative challenge launched by Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire. Delivered by Ahead Partnership for a third year, the Bus to the Future challenge was designed to engage young people in driving the future of greener, more sustainable travel, aligned with wider efforts to tackle the Climate Change Emergencies declared within the region.
Read more >>05 Oct 2022
Leeds inner-city primary schools learn more about the world of work
Primary school children from inner-city areas across Leeds have been inspired by the future career opportunities available to them by engaging with legal firms from across the city through a series of exciting World of Work Days that took place in June and July.
Read more >>08 Aug 2022
Clarion celebrates ongoing partnership with Dixons Trinity Chapeltown
Clarion is celebrating a successful first year of partnership with Dixons Trinity Chapeltown school in Leeds. Working with Ahead Partnership, the successful law firm has delivered a bespoke programme of activities over the last nine months designed to help enable students to fulfil their potential, as part of the business’ ongoing commitment to making a positive contribution to local communities and championing diversity and inclusion.
Read more >>18 Jul 2022
Employers inspire young people with green career opportunities
John Lewis, Waitrose and Avanti West Coast are among the list of forward-thinking employers taking part in a national festival designed to engage young people with exciting green career opportunities.
Read more >>13 Jul 2022
Ahead Partnership land in Portugal for European research project
Earlier this month Lola and Faron from the Ahead Partnership team flew to Lisbon to take part in a project partner meeting hosted by PIN - partners in neuroscience for the DesignMyFuture project. The aim of the project is to reduce early school leaving, promote positive decision making and prevent young people from entering the job market with insufficient skills.
Read more >>29 Jun 2022
My volunteering experience: Max from PwC
Max is a Associate Technology Consultant at PwC in Leeds and has recently completed a PwC-funded programme of volunteering with Ahead Partnership as a mentor for secondary school students. For #VolunteersWeek he tells us about his experience and why he recommends organisations and their employees take part in these social value programmes.
Read more >>01 Jun 2022
Initiative sees students experience health and care skills for the future
75 students from secondary schools in Calderdale and Kirklees have taken part in an exciting skills initiative designed to promote the career opportunities on offer in the health and care sector. Funded by Health Education England, and delivered by Ahead Partnership, the ‘Let’s Talk Health and Care Experience Day’ was designed to help young people understand the different roles and career opportunities on offer and help to fill future skills gaps.
Read more >>09 May 2022
Millennium Point and Ahead Partnership bring West Midlands employers together to inspire over 150 young women with careers in tech
Last week saw digital employers including Goldman Sachs, Avanti West Coast, Pinsent Masons and Intercity Technology meet with 165 young women from schools across the West Midlands, at an event designed to raise awareness of careers in digital and technology, and in turn help improve diversity and encourage social mobility in the sector.
Read more >>04 May 2022
Gunwharf Quays and Ahead Partnership announce the winners of their 2022 ‘Made in Portsmouth’ challenge
Team Welfare from Mayfield School have been proudly announced as the winners of the 2022 ‘Made in Portsmouth’ sustainability focused enterprise challenge. On 2nd March, 30 students from Admiral Lord Nelson School and Mayfield School were set the 2022 ‘Made in Portsmouth challenge’ by Ahead Partnership, Landsec and Gunwharf Quays: to create their own designs, pitches, and social media campaigns launches for a re-usable water bottle that reflects the Portsmouth community.
Read more >>12 Apr 2022
Female students across Leeds inspired by successful women in technology
Last week saw digital employers from across Leeds meet with 120 young women from 8 schools in the city, at an event designed to raise awareness of careers in digital and technology and break down barriers of perception, prejudice and unconscious bias around the sector.
Read more >>30 Mar 2022
Careers showcase brings manufacturing employers and would-be apprentices together
Manufacturing firms from across Leeds were given the chance to meet future employees and would-be apprentices at a Manufacturing Careers Showcase at Leeds City College Printworks Campus on 16 March.
Read more >>23 Mar 2022
Wellington Place and Ahead Partnership team up to inspire future generation of women
Wellington Place has again teamed-up with Leeds-headquartered Ahead Partnership to host its annual Women of the Future event, aimed at engaging with and encouraging students from schools across Leeds to learn key life skills and meet inspirational women at all stages of their careers from the businesses based at Wellington Place.
Read more >>09 Mar 2022
West Yorkshire Mayor launches challenge for young people to help drive future for greener travel
Young people across West Yorkshire are being challenged to help drive the future of greener travel, as part of a skills initiative from bus operators Arriva, First, Transdev and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) which has engaged over 8,000 young people to date. Aligned with broader ambitions to tackle the Climate Change Emergencies declared within the region, the latest exciting activity, the Bus to the Future challenge, has recently been launched by Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire.
Read more >>02 Mar 2022
Exciting year ahead for professional services initiative that has engaged over 25,000 young people in the West Midlands
Capsticks, PwC and Arcadis are among the high-profile business, professional and financial services (BPFS) firms celebrating success and looking ahead to another year of engaging young people across the West Midlands with the future of the sector. Now entering its second year, the Growing Talent BPFS West Midlands careers programme has engaged over 25,000 young people to date.
Read more >>22 Feb 2022
UK employers inspire almost 2,000 young people with digital career opportunities with Ahead Partnership
Digital employers from nine regions in England and Scotland recently joined forces with other forward-thinking businesses across the country through a nationwide online careers festival designed to inspire the future of digital talent at a time when UK businesses are facing significant digital skills gaps.
Read more >>11 Feb 2022
Manufacturing Festival to showcase careers in sector emerging in ‘strong position’ from pandemic
This year’s Leeds Manufacturing Festival kicks off on 1 February with a launch event that will celebrate the continuing strength of West Yorkshire’s manufacturing industry as it emerges from the challenges of the pandemic, highlighting the range and depth of career opportunities on offer for young people with the right skills in the sector.The 2022 festival will feature a series of manufacturing industry events scheduled across the coming months, including a manufacturing careers showcase delivered by Ahead Partnership for the second year.
Read more >>26 Jan 2022
Ahead Partnership builds on success and makes senior hire
Ahead Partnership has appointed a new chief operating officer to help drive forward its vision to help businesses to make meaningful impact within society through their ESG and social value initiatives.
Read more >>10 Jan 2022
