We are pleased to announce that our Chief Executive, Diane Vernon, will be taking to the stage at the ESG Future Growth Forum 2024. Taking place on Wednesday, 10 April 2024, and delivered in partnership with Colmore BID, GFA Exchange, and City AM, the event will focus on helping attendees adapt to economic uncertainty. Through […]
We are delighted to announce our brand new flagship programme that will transform outcomes and place employability skills at the heart of young people’s learning. Over the past few months, we have been developing the Ultimate Employability Skills Programme (UESP) – taking the best features of our award-winning programmes, especially the interventions the learners themselves […]
Our personal development days continue with our fantastic new partner, Goldman Sachs. Representatives from EmployabilityUK will be joined by eleven volunteers from Goldman Sachs, led by Isaac Kurira, on Wednesday 11 October to deliver our unique, bespoke programme content to over 200 young people at Fortis Academy. Commenting on the upcoming event, Isaac Kurira said: […]
The commencement of a new academic year is often met with anticipation and excitement, especially for the senior students. This year, for the Year 13 students of Coundon Court School in Coventry, it was not just about textbooks and assignments but an opportunity to prepare for their future. A Day of Personal Development We at […]
Today marks the launch of EmployabilityUK’s most ambitious but potentially most revolutionary programme yet as we embark on the next phase of boosting confidence, increasing skills and raising aspirations of young people through Powerful Partnerships. The project is designed to make it easier than ever before for businesses across the country to work with schools, […]
Our Chief Executive, Diane Vernon, was in attendance at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, 7 March, to officially receive her MBE medal from the Prince of Wales. The honour, awarded for Services to Disadvantaged Young People, marks the culmination of decades of work raising aspirations and encouraging career-focused opportunities, including the formation of EmployabilityUK. The ceremony […]
EmployabilityUK kicked off the new year with another fantastic session with the air cadets from Sutton Coldfield 495 Squadron. Fittingly, and with resolutions at the fore, the year began with a focus on vision boards. While ideal at any time of year, we discussed how vision boards can help bring clarity to goals and plans […]
EmployabilityUK had the opportunity to do what it does best towards the tail end of 2022, as we attended the Careers Day at Hadley Learning Community school in Telford. The evening session in November was attended by over thirty companies, universities and colleges. More importantly, over 400 young people were in attendance, looking to engage […]
A note from Diane Vernon MBE, Chief Executive at EmployabilityUK, heading into the new year. We’ve made some excellent progress this year and completed some truly exciting programmes, notably the Tech Boss Challenge with Kagool, the conclusion of Inspiring Young Birmingham around the Commonwealth Games and the continuation of our longstanding partnership with Coventry Building […]
The EmployabilityUK team was delighted to have been invited to attend the Birmingham Children’s Trust Care Leavers Conference at The Lighthouse Young People’s Centre in Birmingham. We joined 25 other exhibitors as we spoke to young people that are either in or recently left the care system, with a firm focus on their futures and […]
On 29 September, EmployabilityUK, as part of our Roots to Success programme, delivered one of our fantastic Vision Board sessions to a group of young people from Birmingham CIC, Sports Key. The young people Sports Key works with are looking to progress their careers or pursue further or higher education. Our longstanding supporter and volunteer, […]
September saw the EmployabilityUK team visiting Ash Green School once again, where our Programme Manager, Krys Nosek, was on hand to present an Employability Award to Jenna Virdee. Jenna was recognised for her active focus on her own personal development during the Covid-19 pandemic, during which she actively sought out virtual workshops, webinars and discussion […]
EmployabilityUK’s celebration events across the region continued recently with a visit to 495 (Sutton Coldfield) Sqn RAF Air Cadets. The event marked the culmination of the Bring the Power programme, managed by EmployabilityUK in conjunction with Birmingham 2022. Head of Programmes for EmployabilityUK, Krystyna Nosek, said: “It was fantastic to see such driven individuals. Air […]
The EmployabilityUK team joined the Explorer Scouts of Marston Green this week to celebrate the culmination of our Bring the Power programme. Young people from the area enjoyed evening sessions spanning vision boards, The A-Z of Super Confidence and Be Your Best You. Beyond nibbles, drinks and networking, vision board displays from those undertaking the […]
Our CEO attended her first visit after being appointed an MBE in the Birthday Honours List for 2022, taking in the uniquely British surroundings of Morgan Motor Company in Malvern. Di had the opportunity to see first-hand how Morgan automobiles are hand-built at their factory in Worcestershire and was invited to share in more than […]
The EmployabilityUK team today had the pleasure of a session with students from Ash Green School in Coventry as they work towards the Kagool Tech Boss Challenge. Employability Skills Programme Officer at EUK, Ethan Bloss, said: “The Tech Boss Challenge is a great way to engage young people about their prospects and career ambitions. It […]
EmployabilityUK is beyond delighted to announce the appointment of Chief Executive Diane Vernon as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Diane receives the award in recognition of her ongoing passion and commitment to supporting disadvantaged young people in the community; a fitting tribute […]
EmployabilityUK award-wining employability skills programme created in partnership with Coventry Building Society (CBS) is now back in schools following the easing of Covid 19 restrictions. The programme that won CBS the Business in the Community award for Education Partnerships in 2018, enables around 60-80 employee volunteers to support almost 100 students from three secondary schools […]
Yesterday, 8th March, was International Women’s Day, a day of action which aims to make the world more diverse, equitable and inclusive and celebrate the achievements of women from across the globe. This year’s theme is #breakthebias, which aims to knock down the walls of inequality and see everyone as equals. At EUK, this aligns strongly […]
After working with Sport Birmingham through the pandemic and lengthy lockdowns by delivering virtual workshops to a number of different schools and year groups, EmployabilityUK was able to get back into a classroom environment and deliver face to face sessions on the 7th and 10th of February, which was a great experience for both our […]
EmployabilityUK awarded £10,000 grant from The National Express Foundation to inspire young people everywhere At EmployabilityUK, we are thrilled to have been chosen for a funding award of £10,000 by The National Express Foundation. The Foundation is a charity that helps disadvantaged young people in a variety of different ways, reaching those most in need […]
In 2014, Diane Vernon took a risk. A risk many said would not pay off. She started a charity with the purpose of helping young people gain employment skills and experience. 7 years on, and the outcome of this risk has resulted in more opportunities for young people to excel in personal and professional […]
How exciting was that? On 1st July 2021, as part of a Sixth Form Induction programme, a large group of soon to be Year 12’s gathered in a lecture theatre at Ormiston Shelfied Community Academy to take part in a presentation given by EmployabilityUK. It was EUK’s first encounter back in a classroom environment. After […]
Our first webinar focusing on the Kickstart scheme is now in the books, and we are delighted to report that it was a huge success. Our Trustee and MC for the event, Diane Burdett, was joined by our Chief Operations Officer, Daljit Ghai, alongside DWP Director of Delivery for Kickstart, Nick Riddle, and the UK’s […]
Thursday 13 August saw the delivery of EmployabilityUK’s final virtual workshop in the pilot series delivered in collaboration with Active Communities. With in-classroom learning rendered impossible by lockdown measures, this pilot provided the impetus and momentum to transfer our programme delivery to the online space. Volunteer Andrew Carter attended the majority of the workshops, even […]
EmployabilityUK is today proud to announce the launch of the A-Z of Vision Boards, in collaboration with Andrew Carter. Following on from the success of the A-Z of Super-Confidence by Alan Matthews, which helped to shape our virtual workshops, we sought to build on that success with a new entry in the series. Andrew, who […]
Today sees the start of our wonderful team effort to bring the A to Z of super confidence to life. Starting with the letter A with Alan Matthews and more to follow on Monday with the brilliant Jackie Handy
We are delighted to share the next article in EmployabilityUK‘s #BeInspired series which is a feature from a brilliant supporter Lauren Salter. Lauren is an Executive Coach and has been developing website and online content for several years. Lauren has a successful career in the recruitment sector and here she shares her secrets for excelling […]
You may have heard of our fabulous A-Z of Super Confidence booklet. Well, not only can it be purchased as a pdf right now (as well as a paperback) by visiting the EUK Store on the website below, Volunteers have teamed up to bring a special video edition to you from Friday and throughout the […]
We are immensely proud to announce that our Chair of Trustees Keith Fraser has been appointed as Chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. The Secretary of State has announced the appointment of Keith Fraser as Chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB). Mr Fraser – formerly a […]
Following the Government’s recent advice on Coronavirus, the team at EmployabilityUK is working remotely. Individual team members can be contacted via mobiles and email. Alternatively, contact info@employabilityuk.org or telephone 0345 601 5551 The Education sector has already been significantly challenged by coronavirus and this is only likely to continue in the coming weeks. More importantly than […]
We are delighted to be named one of the founding Community Partners with Birmingham 2022 who launched their fabulous ‘United by Birmingham 2022’ programme in Birmingham on 4 March. EmployabilityUK was a frontrunner in immediately recognising the opportunity and ambitions that Birmingham 2022 brings to the community. We were out of the starting blocks instantly as we realised […]
EmployabilityUK is excited to announce its’ first programme with Active Communities. Active Communities is a new and exciting initiative, led by The Active Wellbeing Society, Birmingham City Council and Solihull Council, that aims to create innovative solutions to make it easier for people to access social and physical activity. This means working to find lots […]
We are delighted to announce our next Volunteer Briefing Workshop is in March 2020. This is a great opportunity for our registered volunteers to learn about our fantastic Inspiration Programmes and prepare them to deliver on the next series which starts later in the spring. It is essential that all speakers and presenters wishing to […]
Watch our Chief Executive, Diane Vernon talking on ITV News Debate about the need to re-think the current stance on apprenticeships. https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-02-07/the-granada-debate-does-fall-in-apprenticeships-mean-time-for-radical-rethink/ We have already received a great deal of valuable feedback on this debate and would love to hear your thoughts, either through our Social Media Channels or directly at info@employabilityuk.org and we will […]
We are thrilled to celebrate our 5th Anniversary! What an amazing journey it has been so far. Packed with positive milestones, our timeline provides a glimpse of some of our achievements along the way https://www.employabilityuk.org/our-timeline/ Every single milestone contributing to ‘finding the seed of potential in every young person and helping to make it grow” […]
As young people prepare to embark on their future career, they should know what to expect from an employer, what their rights are and what to do if something should go wrong. Equally, to prepare them to know how to deliver on their responsibilities to their employer. The two-way street. It can all seem very […]
We are delighted that Liberty Support Services has committed to a further 2 years of funding to EmployabilityUK. Based in the West Midlands, Liberty provides services to people with learning disabilities, autism and Complex Care. They also support people with behavioural needs and mental health issues. The well-being and aspirations of people are at the […]
The National Express Foundation, a charity that helps disadvantaged young people, has once again pledged life changing sums of money to young people via community groups and educational institutions this month. We are absolutely thrilled that EmployabilityUK has been chosen for a funding award of £20,000. Since it was launched in 2012, Foundation funding has […]
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Reeves to our Board of Trustees. (L to R Keith Fraser-Chair of Trustees, Lynn England-Vice Chair, Di Vernon-CEO EUK, Paul Reeves) In July 2019 Paul left Clydesdale/Yorkshire Bank Group after a staggering 39 years’ service. Paul’s impressive career started at the age of 16 as an […]
Are you interested in giving something back and developing your own skills at the same time? Our next round of Volunteer Briefing Workshops start in 2020. This is an opportunity for our registered and prospective volunteers to learn about our fantastic Inspiration Programmes and prepare them to deliver on the next series which starts in […]
We are proud to announce that EmployabilityUK in partnership with Coventry Building Society has launched its 5th year of delivering our employability programme to 11 schools in the Coventry area. A further 200 plus students will benefit from a programme which will enhance their confidence and work readiness in 2020. The programme is delivered through […]
One of the UK’s leading social care entrepreneurs and renowned sector experts Ravi Bains has been appointed by education charity EmployabilityUK as its first brand ambassador. Employability UK designs bespoke employability skills programmes for businesses to help them deliver high quality employee volunteering opportunities that raise the aspirations and career prospects of the young people […]
“Impressive on every level”, the prestigious launch of our initiative ‘Inspiring Young Birmingham’ was held at Birmingham City University on 3rd October. With the Commonwealth Games arriving in Birmingham in 2022, EmployabilityUK has seized the unique and powerful opportunity to showcase the very best the region has to offer. The 2022 Games will need […]
Attend this launch event on the 3rd October to hear from supporters of the charity including our Patron – Ninder Johal, Paul Faulkner – CEO of Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, and Ian Reid – CEO of Birmingham 2022. You will get the chance to meet some of the young people that took part in […]
EmployabilityUK announced today that following the success of their Inspiring Light project, they will be working with even more young people with special education needs and disabilities in the the East Midlands over the next year. The expansion of the charity’s work has been made possible by the generous support of Ravi Bains (CEO) and the […]
What an inspiring day the EUK team has had. We have been working at the incredible Dorothy Goodman Academy in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Everyone involved from the school staff, the EUK team and most importantly the students were amazing. We are so very proud to be working with such dedicated, caring professionals who make such a […]
We are excited to be kicking off our brand new programme – Inspiring Young Birmingham at UCB in #Birmingham on Wednesday 12th June. Would you like to be involved in our work? We are looking for forward-thinking schools/colleges and motivated volunteers! Call us Now on: 0345 601 5551 or email us at: info@employabilityuk.org #100percentemployable #inspiration #makingadifference #IYB2022
Volunteering opportunities in the West Midlands Are you interested in giving something back and developing your own skills at the same time? We are starting our next round of Volunteer Briefing Workshops at the end of March. This is an opportunity for our registered volunteers to learn about our fantastic 360 Inspiration Programme and prepare […]
We are proud to introduce our brand new initiative ‘Inspiring Young Birmingham’. A fantastic opportunity for young people in Birmingham to discover their talent and stand out from the crowd. Contact us for details of how you can help transform a young person’s life! info@employabilityuk.org #100percentemployable #inspiration #makingadifference #birmingham #Bis4brilliant Download our Brochure Here! Photo […]
Power to stand out from the crowds, Don’t go home without it! … And they most certainly didn’t! Birmingham City University students who attended the workshop, delivered by EmployabilityUK at the city centre campus on the 9th of November, took away a boost of confidence and their newly created vision boards giving them clarity of […]
National Express Foundation Award! Everyone at EmployabilityUK is extremely proud to have been awarded a grant by this prestigious foundation to help support and improve the lives of young people in Sandwell, Dudley and West Bromwich. Follow the link below for more detail. Foundation Award! “I am both delighted and immensely proud of this award […]
Coventry Building Society has won the 2018 Responsible Business Education Partnership Award for our ‘Employability Skills’ programme, which is a wide-ranging, bespoke programme run in partnership with EmployabilityUK to give students in one of the UK’s most deprived areas a chance to stand out from the crowd in the recruitment process, and be better prepared […]
I’ve been a teacher, head-teacher and worked in Local Government in education-related areas. The majority of my work has been with young people who faced challenges that have worked their way to the surface, all too often in “acting out” behaviour. Then there were the young people who “acted in”, they built a fortress on […]
In May, we embraced Mental Health Awareness Week, a topic which, at EmployabilityUK, we feel is worth supporting, being educated in and ensuring is taken into account in all of our programmes. We strive to encourage young people to understand their own capabilities and to achieve their full potential, Mental Health issues and a lack […]
We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Senior Education Advisor, David Wallace. David joins us at an important point in our strategic growth when we are broadening the reach of our work across the Midlands region. David will be a key member of the Advisory Team bringing current and relevant information from […]
We are delighted to announce that Paul Cadman is EmployabilityUK’s first Patron. Paul joins at an exciting time in our growth and we are thrilled that he wants to be part of our plans. Paul said of his recent appointment: “… The work they are doing to help transform young people’s lives is impressive; It […]
If not, you may be interested in Inspiration Extra from EmployabilityUK. Inspiration Extra is a 360 degree transformation in 360 minutes – a brand new programme of professional employability skills training for young people. It gives your child a head start when it comes to applying for jobs or preparing for that all-important first interview. […]
Do you know a young person aged between 16-25, not in education, employment or training that would be interested in joining the Prince`s Trust team programme?. Melanie and Gary at West Midlands Police are now recruiting for the next 12 week programme which will start on 15th January 2018 at Digbeth Police Station. This course […]
We are delighted to announce that our partnership with Coventry Building Society will continue in 2018 with a third Employability Skills Programme. Work is currently underway to brief the volunteers and the programme will start with schools from across Coventry in the new year. By the time our next Celebration Event takes place in July, almost […]
During 2017 we extended our Inspiration portfolio to include a new programme specially designed for 18-24 year olds. There was a mix of coaching, business etiquette workshops, CV building and Teamwork exercises. Watch the highlights here If you would like to know more about our Inspiration range or support our forthcoming programmes, please get in […]
Introducing EmployabilityUK’s first guide in a series designed to help you, your team or your students grab the advantage and really stand out from the crowd. Written by top professional trainer, Alan Matthews, this A-Z provides hints and tips on how to make the most of your skills and achieve your ambitions. Priced at just […]
Today was day 3, the final day of our pilot of our brand new ‘Inspiration Plus’ programme. Too many photos, terrific presentations, great work, thank you’s… where do we start? Amazing mentors, guests, volunteers, speakers… So – to be going on with, here’s a lovely picture of our group and our brilliant winner of the […]
MSc students at the University of Wolverhampton have been working in partnership with EmployabilityUK to develop a ‘secure platform’ for students and mentors to exchange emails in a safe environment.
Coventry Building Society has launched a programme – in partnership with Employability UK – to help over 100 Coventry students gain skills for the workplace.
EmployabilityUK’s exciting partnership with Coventry Building Society continues with more than 80 employee volunteers involved in bringing their knowledge and expertise to almost 100 students from six secondary schools in Coventry.
EmployabilityUK’s exciting partnership with Coventry Building Society continues with more than 80 employee volunteers involved in bringing their knowledge and expertise to almost 100 students from six secondary schools in Coventry.
EmployabilityUK has developed an exciting partnership with the Coventry Building Society. It’s one that will introduce around 80-90 employee volunteers to almost 100 students from six secondary schools in Coventry.
Whatever knowledge and experience you have, if you can spare a few hours each month, your support could save us a fortune. Whether you’re self-employed, working for a small or large organisation or are in between jobs/retired, you will have skills and knowledge we can use. We may need the expert opinion or advice of a professional such as a solicitor or an accountant on occasions.
We are delighted to welcome Kevin Rogers to our team of supporters at EmployabilityUK. With more than 25 years senior management experience across organisations within the manufacturing, automotive and construction sectors.
Employers and education professionals agreed unanimously that the continued decline in advice and guidance in schools was adversely affecting both the career choices of young people and their development of the necessary employability skills employers seek.