We connect young people from state secondary schools and colleges with life-changing and career-enhancing work experience opportunities with leading employers at a regional and national level.
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Speakers for Schools
We are the UK’s leading social mobility charity who exist to level the playing field for 14-19-year-olds from state schools and colleges by providing the kind of work experience placements that are usually only available for top independent schools.
We gain funding to be able to deliver our programmes to ensure that there is no cost to our educators or young people. We offer opportunities across the UK and our dedicated education team support schools and young people through the process of application, to ensure we can support those young people who need our opportunities the most.
Why Speakers for Schools?
Since 2010, we have supported more than 1.6 million young people to expand their network and develop the necessary confidence, skills and knowledge to become better prepared for the world of work and their future.
- Here to help students expand their career knowledge and build their confidence via exclusive work experience opportunities with world-class employers.
- Our programmes are open to all young people, aged 11-19 from state secondary schools and colleges, with no cost to them or their school.
- Our opportunities align to CEIAG objectives with placements that meet Gatsby Benchmarks 5 and 6, and use the Skills Builder Universal Framework.
- We provide a dedicated education team to help educators make the most of our services, saving time and making the process simple and straightforward.
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