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Phenomenal local support results in funding for new student entrepreneurship programme

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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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Year 5 students wowed by digital and green technology at Cambridge LaunchPad event

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Over 70 Year 5 students from Abbey Meadows Primary School took part in the first Cambridge LaunchPad event for this academic year. The STEM outreach programme, managed by Form the Future CIC, brought business volunteers from Cambridge Cleantech and Cambridge Regional College together to host a fun-packed day learning about digital and green technology. Anna

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Long Road sixth form students get to grips with potential careers in Health and Social Care

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On 6th December 2017, we brought together business volunteers, healthcare specialists and medical professionals from across East Anglia, to showcase the exciting opportunities available for young people in the Greater Cambridge region. Organisations taking part included Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Bluebird Care and the University of East Anglia. The event aimed to introduce over 120 Year 12

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Schools from across Cambridgeshire take part in Inspiring the Future 2017

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Form the Future brought together schools, community leaders and business volunteers from across Cambridgeshire to celebrate the exciting opportunities available for young people in the region, with a particular focus on the creative and technology sectors. Over 300 local school students were in attendance from both primary and secondary schools. The Inspiring the Future event aimed

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Amazon celebrates opening of new Development Centre with donation to Cambridge LaunchPad

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Photograph: Amazon Today Amazon opened the doors to its new Development Centre site in the heart of Cambridge. Located at One Station Square adjacent to Cambridge Station, the new building is a 60,000 sq. ft. development that will when at full capacity be home to over 400 highly-skilled employees including machine learning scientists, knowledge engineers,

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Mentoring can help young people be more confident, enthusiastic and motivated

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As we prepare for next year’s mentoring programme, we wanted to find out what impact we had on some of our mentors and mentees from this past year. A survey completed by our mentees found that they felt more confident and enthusiastic after meeting with their mentor regularly, and found the meetings to be motivating

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Gamlingay students pitch their business ideas

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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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Careers & Enterprise Company invests in Cambridge

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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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