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Careers Drive calls on businesses to pledge the gift of work experience

Careers Awareness, Employability Skills, Students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Work Experience / By Bethany Hutson

Form the Future is proud to support Cambridge 2030’s Careers Drive campaign – calling on the Cambridgeshire business community to unite in supporting young people by pledging in-person work experience placements when workplaces and offices are fully open again. By July 2021, the global pandemic will have deprived thousands of young people, currently in Year …

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Local students peek into publishing industry to celebrate World Book Day!

Apprenticeships, Careers Awareness, Employability Skills, STEM, Students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Cambridge University Press celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 7 March, with 50 Year 9 and 10 students from 6 schools across Cambridgeshire for the sixth year running. Form the Future managed the event, which provides a platform for the Press to showcase the diverse range of careers within the publishing sector and to give …

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New apprenticeship service to provide routes into employment for Greater Cambridge residents

Apprenticeships, Careers Awareness, Employability Skills, STEM, Students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Form the Future will be working with Cambridge Regional College to manage a new apprenticeship service on behalf of the Greater Cambridge Partnership, who want to increase the number of apprenticeships to help businesses attract and develop highly skilled staff and create career opportunities for residents. The new service will act as a bridge between …

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Give a gift of careers inspiration this Christmas

Cambridge LaunchPad, Careers Awareness, Employability Skills, Entrepreneurship, Mentoring, Students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Form the Future has launched a Christmas fundraising appeal. We need to raise £20,000 so that we can inspire and guide even more young people towards the skilled jobs of the future. £5,000 could give 10 vulnerable young people access to a year-long mentoring programme to provide the additional support they need to succeed in …

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Form the Future welcomes accomplished Fundraiser to the team

Careers Awareness, Employability Skills, Mentoring, STEM, Students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Form the Future CIC are delighted to welcome Tariq Sadiq to the team as our first Fundraising & Development Manager. He is passionate about supporting young people and giving them the opportunity to fulfil their potential. “Form the Future seemed like the perfect fit since they understand that we need to work directly with school children …

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Happy International Women’s Day! #IWD2018

Careers Awareness, STEM, Students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Today is International Women’s Day, which celebrates the incredible achievements of women across the world and marks a call to action on issues of gender equality. Some of the important topics that should be discussed on International Women’s Day, in addition to gender equality, are girls and women in leadership, personal and family safety, poverty, …

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Influential Cambridge CEO joins our mission to empower young people and prepare them for their future careers

Careers Awareness, Employability Skills, Students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Form the Future CIC are delighted to welcome Jane Paterson-Todd to their Board as Non-Executive Director. As CEO for Cambridge Ahead, a prominent business and academic member group in the region, she is aware that many organisations are struggling to find and recruit appropriately skilled people locally. This is an acute problem that is felt …

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Phenomenal local support results in funding for new student entrepreneurship programme

Enterprise Day, Entrepreneurship, School Event, Students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Following a public vote in November, Form the Future CIC is one of 12 organisations in the Midlands and East region that has been awarded a grant from the NatWest Skills & Opportunities Fund. The £12,111 grant will enable us to develop a new enterprise programme that will benefit over 400 students from local schools. …

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