To mark Careers in Ideas Week (16-22 November 2020), we’ll be running a series of posts featuring outreach and social mobility organisations.
Many of these were represented at a 23 September 2020 “think tank” meeting, co-hosted by the IP Federation and IP Inclusive, to discuss social mobility and access to the IP professions. They all have an interest in promoting social mobility as well as, in many cases, other forms of diversity.
They’ve kindly provided information about the work each of them does and how the IP professions can get involved. Their suggestions will help you identify opportunities to give back to the community whilst also improving diversity within the IP sector. Perhaps more to the point, working with and through these organisations will help ensure that the support you provide reaches the right people, in the right way.
We kick off with a post about the charity Teach First. One of the things this charity could do with is employers willing to provide work experience opportunities to school students who wouldn’t otherwise have access. This can be tricky to do under Covid-19 restrictions, but by no means impossible: Teach First can provide guidance to help people organise work experience events on a virtual platform (please contact [email protected]).
You can access a full Careers in Ideas directory of outreach organisations here – and look out for further information about the listed organisations as Careers in Ideas Week approaches.
What does Teach First do to improve social mobility and access to the professions?
The UK is failing to unlock the potential in all our children. It leaves their future at risk – and our society’s. At Teach First, we’re working to change this. It begins with getting great teachers and brilliant leaders into the schools that need them most. But it doesn’t stop there. We’re growing a powerful network of talented people committed to change – in education and beyond. Together we’re creating the results we all want to see: every child reaching their potential. In the classroom, in work, and in life.
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