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On Monday (17th April 2023), in the lead-up to Movement to Work (MtW)’s annual CEO Summit, the charity’s Chair and Trustee, Charles Woodburn, made an appearance on the Ian King show on Sky News.

During his appearance, Dr Woodburn discussed the work being done by the charity to support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in gaining meaningful employment. He highlighted the importance of providing training, work experience, and mentoring to help young people overcome barriers to employment and achieve their full potential.

He also discussed the challenges faced by the charity sector, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasised the need for more businesses to sign up and provide new opportunities for young people.

You can watch the full interview here

Featuring Movement to Work’s Ambassador Anastacia Jamfrey & BAE Systems

Former Downing Street adviser, Jimmy McLoughlin interviews top entrepreneurs about where they are creating jobs of the future. In this live on stage episode, recorded at the CBI Future of Work conference, Jimmy was joined by Ian Muldowney, COO of BAE Systems’ Air business, and Anastacia Jamfrey, a MtW ambassador and BAE Systems apprentice success story, now a Capability Portfolio Bid Manager / Senior Project Professional. 

Jimmy, Ian, and Anastacia delve into what social mobility means to them, why young people are struggling to access work, and how BAE Systems works to combat these through their programmes, emphasising  Movement to Work as a crucial facilitator in the design and delivery of these.

Highlights of the episode include Anastacia’s inspiring story; how she has risen through the company, acquiring professional qualifications, promotions, and leadership roles. It’s clear that the work of BAE Systems, in partnership with MtW, has helped many young people succeed, but crucially has resulted in a huge return on investment for the company. 

There’s also some exciting insight into the future of military aircraft, Tempest, and the use of drones!

To listen to the episode click here

 

One day, two key events: For the last few years, the charity has hosted an annual summit inviting young people and leaders from across its network to discuss the most pressing youth employment issues and make plans for tackling them in the year ahead. 

CEO Summit Aims to engage and expand the network to help more #YoungPeopleWork and promote a fairer world

1. Educate: our network on the current key issues regarding youth unemployment alongside gaining fresh insight from our attendees.
2. Debate: what works and what doesn’t. Providing opportunities for authentic storytelling, sharing lived experiences direct from young people, and honest conversation peer-to-peer.
3. Motivate: MtW employers to improve and expand their commitment and inspire new employers to join the Movement for the first time – seeing both the social need and business benefits. 
4. Activate: focus not on problem-finding but on problem-solving so that attendees are clear on what commitments and actions to take forward.

MtW Youth Employability Awards is an opportunity to inspire as many people as possible, to celebrate our collective successes and the people and organisations that have really made a difference. 

• Celebrate: the remarkable individuals and organisations across the network who have been particularly extraordinary. Whether you’re an employer, trainer, or charity – you have had a significant impact and we want to recognise your efforts! And if you’re a young person, you’ve bravely entered the workplace and your determination has been noticed! 

• Demonstrate: the power of quality employability programmes in driving positive outcomes for young people trying to find work and for businesses looking to diversify their workforce and give back to their communities.

Generate: increased support and raised awareness for Movement to Work and our collaborative efforts to drive more support and the growth of the network

To ensure that we continue to deliver high quality programmes and our work stays relevant to the lived experiences of young people, we need to include them in our decision making. Our annual Youth Summit is an important event to enable this, providing an opportunity for us and our employer network to hear first-hand the views of young people who have recently or are seeking employment.

This is an opportunity for us to collate insights from young people and use these to help shape the future of the Movement. We believe there is a place for work experience – particularly for those who are furthest from the job market – however the Youth Summit provides a platform for open and honest conversation with young people on what this should look like and how we can best support them to enter the workplace.

Latest ONS statistics (July 2022) show that youth unemployment has fallen on the previous quarter. Despite recent recovery, the number of workless young people (not in employment, full-time education or training) is 905,000 (increasing by 24,000 on the quarter), representing 13.3% of the youth population). With employers hiring at record levels but still struggling to fill their roles (there are now 1.0 unemployed people per vacancy), it’s imperative that we continue to do everything we can to help every young person fulfil their potential.

This event will bring together HR and youth outreach professionals from across the Movement to Work network (existing members and prospects), together with young people who are:

currently not in employment, training or education [how do we engage this group?]
currently job-seeking, in employability programmes, or have overcome barriers to work and are now in employment
recent graduates of a Movement to Work programme.

Aims and objectives

• Provide a platform for young people to share their lived experiences in a safe and supportive environment
• To collate insights from young people and:
  • Implement into the Movement to Work strategy
  • Share with key decision makers to drive responsive action
• Offer business leaders an opportunity to listen to young people, understand their journey to work and encourage them to use these insights to drive best practice
• To refresh and deepen Movement to Work’s understanding of what a quality job and career pathway means to young people today and the barriers that need to be addressed for more young people to enter the job market
• Demonstrate the power of quality employability programmes in driving positives outcomes for young people trying to find work
• Encourage more employers to join the Movement.

Please keep your eye out for more on our Youth Summit 2022

Huge congratulations to all the incredible organisations and individuals who submitted nominations for the upcoming Movement to Work #YouthEmployabilityAwards 2022. We have been blown away by the stories and cannot wait to celebrate all your achievements on the 28th March!

Employer of the Year

Accenture

BAE Systems PLC

Carers Trust

Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Transport

Greene King

Marks and Spencer PLC

Recruiting Group – Partnership between The British Army and Capita

Thames Water

The Princes Trust

Wates Group

Mentor of the Year

Nicholas Burnett, Standards Coordinator, Thames Water

Helen Goodman, Library Manager, Health Education England , Project Choice

Viviene Bish-Bedeau, Operations Director, Essex Youthbuild

Thomas Munn, DWP Movement to Work Delivery Lead, Department for Work and Pensions

Imogen Jones, Mentor, The Princes Trust

Samantha Bentley, CDIO, HMRC

Michelle Spalding, Early Careers & Talent Development Lead, Trust Payments

Victoria Rowland, Early Careers Manager, Sage

Partner of the Year

Children’s Book Project

Salesforce with Catch 22

The Princes Trust

Creative Alliance

Qube Learning

Carers Trust

People Plus

Springboard

The Launch Group

Premiership Rugby

Individual Impact Award

Daisy Falconer, Young Carers Programme Manager, Carers Trust

Kate Johnson, Store Manager, Marks and Spencers PLC

Rhian Lloyd, Regional Operations and Pre-Employment Partnership Manager, MOD

Michelle Spalding, Early Careers & Talent Development Lead, Trust Payments

Thomas Munn, DWP Movement to Work Delivery Lead, Department for Work and Pensions

Ketki Sawant, Business Operations Senior Analyst, Accenture

Anastacia Jamfrey, Project Manager, BAE Systems

Megan Stuart, HR Specialist, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Shelly Larsen-McHugh, Youth Programme Manager, Manpower Group

Mark Straker, Material Management Team Lead, NHS

Gee Uddin, Work Ready Design & Delivery Lead, BT

Chris Gallon, Programme Manager, Sage

Breakthrough Star Award

Naman Chandra, Data Analyst Apprentice, Thames Water

Jacob Adu, EYB Graduate, Essex Youthbuild

Megan Ferguson, Healthcare Assistant, Graduate of The Prince’s Trust Health and Social Care Programme in partnership with Health Education England and DHSC

Merry Selemun, Customer Assistant, Marks & Spencer

Josiah Davies, Customer Assistant, Marks & Spencer

Siobhan McManus, Outreach and Assessment Coordinator, Springboard

Jon Challis, Bar Tender, Diageo Learning for Life Graduate

Gavin Phipps, Work Coach, DWP

Kyle Lynch, Customer Assistant, Tesco

Ffion Owen, Customer Assistant, Tesco

Tommy Davis, Customer Assistant, Tesco

Luc Donaldson, Customer Assistant, Tesco

Rising Star Award

Natalie Taylor, Healthcare Assistant, East Lancashire Training Hospital Trust

George Haverhand, Support Worker, Graduate of The Prince’s Trust Health and Social Care Programme in partnership with Health Education England and DHSC

Jack Parker, Care Assistant, Project Choice, Health Education England

Yasemin Kose, People Experience Coordinator, Unilever

Aarushi Vishnoi, R&D Assistant Manager, Unilever

Aaron Christie, Temporaries Controller, ManpowerGroup

Yaamin Nanlawala, Engineering Aerospace Degree Apprentice, BAE Systems

Bernard McGeever, Software Developer, Resonate

Nikita Morris, Production Technician, BAE Systems

Gaby Day, Advanced Engineering Apprentice, BAE Systems

Reece Lee, Hospitality Intern, Ayrshire College

Chris McLarry, Bar Tender, Diageo Learning 4 Life Ambassador

Michelle O’Neill, Application Development Analyst, Accenture

Scott Keegan, Social Mobility Apprentice, DWP

Zara Khan, ESOL COVID Project Officer, Walsall Council

Blaise Hughes, Customer Assistant, Tesco

Hasan Alkhawam, Customer Assistant, Tesco

Harrison Marbrook, Dot.com Delivery Driver, Tesco

Aoife O’Reilly, Customer Assistant, Tesco

Innovator of the Year Award

The Launch Group

Recruiting Group – Partnership between The British Army and Capita

Greene King

Department for Work and Pensions

Access Generation

BAE Systems

Premiership Rugby HITZ

Gee Uddin, Work Ready Design & Delivery Lead, BT

Congratulations!

Please get involved on social media @MovementtoWork #YouthEmployabilityAwards and shout loud and proud about your involvement!

Check out the comms pack with social media images, email badges (for nominees and winners) and various other assets to help bring your posts to life! For further tips and guidance, please head to Page 10 in the full briefing document.

We would love your support by being active via your own personal social media channels and rallying the support of your organisations digital teams to further amplify content. Please ensure the right people have the pack to use this moment to celebrate the Movement and encourage others to join us!

⏰ Haven’t registered? Make sure you have your place confirmed by 22 March – tickets are going fast! Book here.

Key Details

 What: Brolly Marketing Presents: Digital Marketing 101

When: Tuesday 25th January 2022, 4-5:30pm

Where: This will be a hybrid event so there will be multiple locations:

• Online via Zoom (with informal networking/Q&A afterwards on Remo)
• In person at PwC Watford, Clarendon Road
• In person at Enemy of Boredom in Letchworth Garden City

The Mission:

To try and help young people understand, via an interactive workshop, what working in the digital marketing industry involves, what different areas and roles look like, and how to get into this sector. This will help them to better understand the type of marketing career that they may like to go into – you’ve got to see it to be it.

The Attendees:

Our target audience is young people who have an interest in a career in digital marketing.

We also welcome anyone else who wants to find out about this area, whether they are:

• Careers advisors
• Parents
• People looking to change careers
• Digital marketing professionals wanting to find out how to reach young people
• Those who work with young people.

The Speakers:

Speakers will include a range of young digital marketing professionals, including representatives from:

• eBay
• One YMCA
• Enemy of Boredom
• DWP
• Iconic Digital Marketing Consultants
• Creative Alliance
• Sage

The Agenda:

The speakers will collectively cover a range of areas within digital marketing, including content creation, the gaming industry, graphic design, and advertising, among many more.

There will be plenty of opportunities for Q&A sessions, so that the attendees can ask any questions and get the most out of the event.

After the main session, there will also be the opportunity to move onto the Remo conferencing platform, where all speakers and attendees will be able to ask and answer questions, hold private discussions, and network more informally.

We will also send out information packs to attendees after the event.

How to sign up:

Please sign up through Eventbrite:

Virtual Event  –  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brolly-marketing-presents-digital-marketing-101-tickets-216328282717

PwC Watford  –  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/227018437257

EOB Academy Letchworth  –  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/227039209387

Communications and Promotion

We would be very grateful if you could amplify and publicise this event within your own networks and social media channels – this will mean that we can reach as many young people as possible.

You are welcome to create your own content for this, however we have created some graphics and template posts for ease of use and consistency.

Please post and publicise before the event, to encourage attendance, as well as afterwards.

Please use any/all of the below suggestions, adapt our suggestions, or create your own, but please remember to tag Brolly Marketing on LinkedIn, as well as our speakers.

Comms Pack

Please download social and digital media imagery for use here OR here

Suggested Posts:

[POST 1]

Looking forward to the @BrollyMarketing Presents: Digital Marketing 101 event, where we’ll be hearing from young marketing professionals about their roles and finding out how young people can get into the industry.

[POST 2]

Digital marketing is a growing industry that a lot of young people are interested in – but how can they find out what it’s really like? This is what the @BrollyMarketing Presents: Digital Marketing 101 event aims to achieve – helping young people to get their foot in the door – which is why we’re proud to be partnering this event.

Contact Information

For more information about the event, please contact Sharon Shapiro (sharon@brollymarketing.co.uk) or Jessica Norton (jessica@brollymarketing.co.uk) at Brolly Marketing.

Movement to Work is delighted to formally announce that Sebastian Munden, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Unilever UK & Ireland, has joined our Steering Group.

Our steering group is a collective of senior leaders from public, private and the third sector, brought together by a desire to create systemic change and level the playing field for young people.

Whilst Sebastian is relatively new to our Steering Group, Unilever was a founding member of Movement to Work and are committed to helping to grow the programme and to offering more work experience placements every year. Their support of Movement To Work is part of their wider and long-standing mission to help boost social mobility in the UK and to support young people from all backgrounds to gain the confidence and experience to find long-term sustained employment. Earlier this year, Unilever announced a global target to equip ten million young people with essential skills to prepare them for job opportunities by 2030.

Unilever’s Movement To Work scheme offers a tailored work placement across a range of business functions at four of their UK sites. Alongside exposure to a real office experience the candidates receive formal training on CVs, LinkedIn and networking to support their future career progression. In addition to a one-to-one line manager, each candidate is paired with a buddy to provide a friendly face and extra level of support. As part of their commitment to create a fully inclusive workplace with equal opportunities, successful candidates on the Movement to Work programme could have an opportunity to be fast-tracked on to the Unilever Apprenticeship programme.

Sebastian has led Unilever’s UK & Ireland business unit since 2017, pioneering more agile ways of working, and building digital and data-driven capability which have enabled new growth for the business. He champions cross-industry collaboration on packaging, waste and decarbonisation, and is a strong advocate for diversity, youth employment and social mobility programmes.

Sebastian is also on the Champion’s Board of the Inclusive Economy Partnership (Government, business and civil society working together to unleash potential through a more inclusive society); and is Deputy Chair of the UK Advertising Association, and Chair of its Ad Net Zero Climate Change Steering Group.

Upon joining the Movement To Work Steering Group Sebastian said the following:

“I’m delighted to be joining the Movement To Work Steering Group, to have the opportunity to give back and be of service to young people. When young people are able to create a better future for themselves through work, in a way that is inclusive and meaningful, we all benefit. I look forward to being able to champion the movement and its continued growth even more at a time when getting work experience is so challenging for so many.” – Sebastian Munden – Executive Vice President & General Manager, Unilever UK & Ireland

Click here to visit Unilever’s website

Click here to view our full Movement to Work Steering Group

• SEB MUNDEN PROFILE ON MTW WEBSITE

https://www.movementtowork.com/our-leadership/sebastian-munden/