Brightside Spotlight: High-quality careers provision in Newport school

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

    150 pupils on the career game and 100 with mentoring

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Newport is one of the most deprived areas in Wales, and young people risk missing out education and career paths. Our comprehensive programme provides high-quality career guidance, empowering young people to make more confident and informed decisions about their future. The programme surveys pupils, to find the ones who need our intervention most, includes a career game, to engage younger students around careers, and 1:1 online mentoring for 100 pupils focused on next steps.

BENEFICIARIES REACHED ANNUALLY

250

150 pupils on the career game and 100 with mentoring

SIZE OF PROJECT PER ANNUM

£10,510.00

TIMELINE

Jul 2025 - Dec 2025

Project Outcome Targets

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

Project Activities

  • 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

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Resources Needed For The Project

Resource Description Quantity needed When needed How this donation supports the project (Enabling Actions or KPIs)
MONEY We need funding to cover staff time and other resources to deliver the programme in schools 10520 Flexible We need funding to cover staff time and other resources to deliver the programme in schools
Project details
GEOGRAPHIC REACH

Wales: Newport

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

Frameworks

Support for students at local educational institutions