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Bankside Futures

By September 22, 2023News

This August Better Bankside commissioned Sculpt to run Bankside Futures, a summer programme for young people aged 16-18 years old, designed to get them ready for the world of work by meting a range of employers, developing employability skills and creating a social action project for the Bankside community.

Young people were supported by a wide range of Bankside Businesses, who ran tailored training workshops, career spotlights, a speed networking event and mini-mock interviews. In total the programme engaged with 51 corporate volunteers from 19 businesses.

The young people also developed a creative and innovative social action campaign about an issue they identified as being important – air quality in the Bankside area.

The programme engaged eight young people over the two-week programme, and:

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of young people increased their confidence in understanding different career options and job roles
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of young people increased their confidence in identifying and applying their strengths and potential to work
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of people young people increased their confidence in presentation skills
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of young people increased their understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion
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of young people increased their confidence in creating social change projects
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of young people increased their understanding of sustainability

We celebrated the achievements at our end of programme event where the young people proudly presented their social action campaign to friends, family, employers, and volunteers.

Businesses were delighted to take part in the project, and commented on how the young people who attended were so engaged and asked such insightful questions.

Watch this space for a more detailed evaluation of the project, and to find out how you can participant in future programmes.

This is what others say about us:

“The most important takeaway I would say is that my future isn’t set in stone and I shouldn’t be afraid to go out of my comfort zone.”

Bankside Futures Participant

“It's a great programme and it was an honour to take part in it and help young people work on their employability”

Bankside Business Participant