Lauren Seager-Smith FRSA AIRL

📢 🎉 Turning evidence into employer practice - Celebrating Youth Employment Week and Enhancing Employer Support 🎉 📢 Join us for an insightful The Apprenticeship Diversity & Social Mobility Forum for the conclusion to Youth Employment Week with a special webinar designed to celebrate key activities from the week and delve into effective strategies for enhancing youth employment, inclusion, and diversity in the workplace. ✨ FREE Webinar on Friday 19th July 10:00 - 11:30 ✨ Hosted by me Jagdeep Soor FIEP, this session will feature pivotal contributions from Youth Employment UK and Youth Futures Foundation, leaders in youth employment initiatives. Hear from the amazing guest speakers who are some of the leading national, if not international leaders in youth employment Laura-Jane Rawlings MBE, CEO Youth Employment UK Dive into an interactive session on the Good Youth Employment Benchmark, a collaborative tool co-funded by the Youth Futures Foundation. This session will focus on how employers can leverage this benchmark to measure and enhance their youth employment practices, emphasising supporting marginalized youth and bridging the practice gap with the latest and most effective strategies. Eleanor Marsea, Engagement Manager at Youth Futures Foundation Learn about their role in supporting the Benchmark and the critical importance of building a strong evidence base in the youth employment sector. The discussion will also cover their research on race disparity and introduce practical resources like the employer toolkit to improve employment practices. Martin Chandler, Chief Engagement & Enrichment Officer at Pathway Group Tackling Youth Unemployment, highlighting the critical issue of youth unemployment, exploring innovative strategies to empower young people in today's dynamic job market. This webinar is a must-attend for employers, providers, stakeholders and commissioners looking to improve their youth employment strategies and for those interested in the latest research and tools in the field. Don’t miss the opportunity to gain valuable insights and practical solutions to drive meaningful organisational change. Registration Link: ➡ https://lnkd.in/gJbGhN4j #youthemployment, #apprenticeships, #apprentices, #careers, #earlycareers, #AmplifyApps, #Multiculturalaa, #equity, #diversity, #inclusion, #socialmobility Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance, Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards, Multicultural Apprentice Network, Apprenticeship Branding Conference, Festival of Apprenticeships, Pathway Group

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Each month UK Youth pose a question and ask youth practitioners to respond so that our voice can be heard in decisions that affect us and young people. May's question is, "How can the youth sector better work together to support youth voice and advocacy?" Since this is an issue I have been active around for over 40 years, I chose to respond as follows: "We often speak about empowering young people but that doesn't work without enabling them. This requires helping them gain the communication, planning, team working, presentation and other skills they will need to effectively use their voice along with the knowledge and understanding of a wide range of issues, depending on the role they wish to undertake. Only then can they be supported to develop the structures and carry out roles effectively. Of course, once young people are in these roles and have developed their structures, they also need the financial support, either directly or through helping to raise funds, so that they can implement what they have decided to do. Ongoing support is also necessary to help with access to decision makers, recruiting more young people and being a sounding board. Ultimately it is all about setting up such opportunities to maximise their chances of success rather than likelihood to fail."

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