On the 23rd May, students at Gamlingay Middle School met with professionals from the community in an exciting careers day managed by Form the Future. The event kicked off with ‘What’s My Line?’, where students had to guess the jobs of the professionals, through a series of questions. Students were delighted to learn all about the […]
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Form the Future has secured £75,000 worth of investment from the Careers & Enterprise Company to support young people in Cambridge and surrounding areas. The investment will help us expand our careers and enterprise programme to help young people make the transition from education to the world of work. With this we will provide 50 enterprise and employability
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WE DID IT! With only two weeks to raise £7,500 to unlock a £75,000 fund we reached out to our network – and you made it happen! We’d like to thank everyone who has donated as well as those who have helped spread the word. The Form the Future community is what makes us strong,
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In March, local business professionals visited Stratton Upper School Year 12 students to speak about their careers and fields, during a Careers Carousel event run by Form the Future and funded by Forward Gamlingay. Showcasing the range of careers available in the local Bedfordshire area, the event aimed to equip students with information on how
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Students at Comberton Village College got the chance to learn about Women in Science during a Careers Carousel held to coincide with British Science Week. The aim of the event was to encourage the girls from years 7-13 to consider sciences, technology, engineering and maths as a careers option available to them. Meeting the professionals
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Form the Future was pleased to be invited to the Tech Nation 2017 event held at the Trinity Centre on Tuesday evening. The event was part of a national tour and was designed to highlight the findings of the recent Tech Nation report which provides the most comprehensive guide to the current health of the
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Creating a future vision for Cambridgeshire that will benefit all was the task for more than 200 participants from the county’s business, academic, public sector and community organisations who gathered at the region’s first ever ‘Live Lab’ event, hosted by financial and business advisers Grant Thornton UK LLP in collaboration with Cambridge Ahead. Darren Bear, from Grant
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It’s awards season – not the BAFTAs, the Grammys or even the Oscars. Here in Cambridge it’s all about the Business Weekly and Cambridge News & Media Business Excellence Awards. Form the Future is a finalist in two categories. We were delighted to learn we’d made the short-list for the Allia Social Enterprise of the Year
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Welcome to our series Meet the Professional, where we get to know our Form the Future volunteers a little more! This time, we sat down for a chat with Emmanuel from AppChocolate, at his first event with us at Chesterton Community College. Through the Careers Carousel event, Emmanuel, along with other fantastic volunteers, met with
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In February, we held our second Annual Conference at the brand new Trumpington Community College. Over 100 guests joined us in celebrating our achievements from the past year, to learn about our focuses moving forward, and to gain new insights in the workshops available at the event. Speakers included Robert Marshall, speaking passionately about Cambridge LaunchPad
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Our goal is that all young people move successfully from education into employment. As a social enterprise, we are reliant on grants and corporate funding in order to work with the schools across Cambridgeshire. Even the smallest donation helps us to provide careers inspiration for every child. Click below to find out more about what your donation could do for young people in your community.
