Making a Real Difference
Impact and Achievements
EmployabilityUK has a proven track record of delivering impactful programs that address the employability skills gap and create meaningful opportunities for young people. Across the West Midlands, we have deployed over 1,000 volunteers and we have delivered our programmes to over 4,000 learners.
Some of Our Key Achievements and Impact
Coventry Building Society won the Responsible Business Education Partnerships Award for our Employability Skills Programme. Running for 8 years, we impacted over a thousand students and deployed over 700 corporate volunteers.
In 2024, we partnered with NCFE and DofE to shape our flagship employability programme, making a significant improvement in our programme and providing continued personal and professional development opportunities.
Our Inspiring Young Birmingham launch at Birmingham City University was attended by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. Over 3 years, the programme helped 1500 young people to be ‘Games Ready’ in preparation for thousands of volunteering opportunities at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
We commenced collaboration with Active Communities to blend the impressive ambitions of this initiative with raising the confidence, aspirations and employability skill levels of young people in Birmingham. This enabled us to work with non education providers such as the Scouts and The Air Training Corp.
Key Metrics From Our Largest Partnership, Coventry Building Society
Over 1,000 students have taken part in the programme
15 students successfully secured summer internships within CBS
More than 735 volunteers have taken part – accumulating over 4000 volunteer hours
1040 students were reached in 2021 through online webinars developed as our response to the pandemic
And countless students have gone on to secure their dream job.
Our bespoke programmes evolve to account for the highest standards in employability skills provision, meeting significant elements of the Gatsby Benchmarks. The 2022 CBS programme enabled us to revise our measurement processes to incorporate a new social impact framework. The B4SI standard is globally recognised and resulted in:
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100% of students reporting a positive impact in their employability skills
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87% of students reporting improved confidence
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100% of students confirming that the programme had improved their attitude and raised their aspirations
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100% of students and teaching staff surveyed said they would recommend the programme to other students and schools
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100% of volunteers surveyed said that they would recommend the programme to colleagues
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We work with businesses across the UK to improve their social value offering, boost their volunteering proposition and to help encourage the workforce of tomorrow.
