Form the Future brought together twenty of their Early Career Ambassadors for a vibrant Lunch, Learn and Networking event in The Street at The Works, Unity Campus (Sawston) on Thursday 19 October. It was the first such get together for several years and an opportunity for Form the Future to engage with a small portion of their …
Cambridge Unlocked, a week-long programme that began on 24 July 2023, provided 16-18 year olds with an opportunity to gain invaluable experience in businesses from the Cambridge Cluster. In collaboration with partners from the local business community including Cambridge Future Tech, Cambridge GaN Devices, Goodwin Law, Kalium Health, Neuro XR, Qkine, Robok, Xampla, Aqdot, Mills …
Last academic year, Form the Future delivered two Employability Workshops to 55 enthusiastic Year 10 students at Trumpington Community College. The recently refreshed workshop helps students to identify their skills, covers CV writing, interview skills, job searching, self-employment/entrepreneurship and preparing for work. One student said, “The session was very interactive, and it helped me recognise …
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Niki Hughes, Opening Doors Project Coordinator at the University of Cambridge Museums has been an Ambassador with Form the Future for around four years. She tells us why she’s still so enthusiastic about inspiring the next generation through volunteering. There are so many options when it comes to volunteering. What made you choose Form the …
Thanks to funding from Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership Skills and the Region of Learning projects, Form the Future can offer mentoring to young people across the greater Cambridgeshire region. Mentoring plays a pivotal role in shaping the lives of young people, leaving an indelible impact that reaches far beyond the mentor-mentee relationship. This guiding influence provides …
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Form the Future started delivering one-to-one career guidance sessions in Ely in April thanks to funding from Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership Skills and the Region of Learning projects. The funding enables Form the Future to provide the right support over a long period of time to adults. This allows us to build a good working relationship, …
Adults offered bespoke career guidance at Ely Job Centre Read More »
170 students at The Joyce Frankland Academy benefitted from an Employability Workshop and Enterprise Day, delivered by Form the Future and funded by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Region of Learning, on Thursday 6 July 2023. The day began with a recently refreshed Employability workshop that helps students to identify their skills, covers CV writing, interview …
Success at Joyce Frankland Academy for the first Region of Learning Enterprise Day Read More »
Form the Future has just launched its annual Ambassador Survey. As a Cambridge-based social enterprise, we have supported more than 18,000 students this academic year (up to June 2023), at 69 academic institutions across the county. At our core is an invaluable community of 250 active ambassadors, who have a passion for connecting young people …
Calling all Ambassadors! Tell us what you think about volunteering with Form the Future Read More »
Innovation and creativity were at the forefront of Cambridge LaunchPad‘s first Project Day with Cambridge Design Partnership on 4 May 2023. Students from St Bede’s Inter-Church School designed, pitched, built, and tested solar-powered ambulances. The event kicked off with an introduction to the project and a briefing on the expectations. The students were divided into teams …
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With an aim to counteract the inequality gap in Cambridge felt by young people who are without connections and contacts, Cambridge Unlocked invites businesses to participate in offering sixth-form students a paid internship for one week this July. Businesses and organisations from the dynamic Cambridge cluster are encouraged to join this important movement. Offering the …
Cambridge businesses invite local sixth-form students in, with Cambridge Unlocked Read More »
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.
