Brightside Spotlight: High-quality careers provision in schools on the South Coas...

Beneficiaries

  • Children / Young People

    We work with less advantaged young people facing barriers including (but not limited to) those from low-income families, on free school meals, or on pupil premium. We also survey all students to make sure we're supporting those who need it most.

  • Number of beneficiaries - 250

    100 with mentoring and 150 with the career game

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

The UK's social mobility challenges are well-documented, perpetuating inequality from education to career paths. Our comprehensive initiative provides high-quality career guidance, empowering young people to make more confident and informed decisions about their future to work towards a more equitable society. The programme surveys pupils, to find the ones who need our intervention most, a career game, to engage younger students around careers, and 1:1 online mentoring focused on next steps.

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BENEFICIARIES REACHED ANNUALLY

250

100 with mentoring and 150 with the career game

SIZE OF PROJECT PER ANNUM

£10,000.00

TIMELINE

Oct 2024 - Jul 2025

Activity goals

Increase in pathways knowledge – mentees are more aware of the options available to them

Increase in self-knowledge - mentees are more aware of their own interests, strengths & future goals

Confident career decisions - mentees have more confidence in their ability to make career decisions

Activity Actions

  • A whole-school survey to identify the pupils who would benefit most from mentoring

  • A career game puts Year 7/8 pupils in front of different employees to help understand careers

  • 1:1 online mentoring for Year 10/13s, matching them with a mentor to chat about their career options

Activity details
GEOGRAPHIC REACH

England: East Sussex

England: West Sussex

England: Hampshire

England: Kent

England: Essex

IMPACT REPORTING

Bi-annually

March 2021

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
UN SDG 4: Quality Education UN SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth UN SDG 10: Reduced Inequality
How we monitor the quality and results of our work

We track progress using self-assessed baseline & exit surveys against our theory of change outcomes