Bristol-based education charity Ablaze Bristol is calling for companies across the South West to invest in the development of secondary school pupils to avoid the next generation of candidates lacking the skills they need to thrive in the workplace. Read the Bristol Post article here Sally Melvin, CEO of Ablaze Bristol, said: “The unprecedented…
WEM is back! As for everyone, it has been a challenging time for WEM, but we have just started to roll out our virtual WEM programme (VWEM), starting with our first virtual training session for a new group of mentors at RPC Law. Our VWEM programme covers the same content as our WEM programme, but…
We are all now living in a virtual world where everything is being conducted online. This is fine with our friends, but how do we deal with more formal situations? One of our mentors from UWE, Louise Goux, has recorded a brief video on How to be Professional Onscreen. Have a look at what she…
Writing your first CV can be a daunting, confusing process. You may be thinking I’ve got no work experience? or I don’t know what I want to do yet? Don’t worry, you can still write a great CV. One of our mentors from RPC, Amy Taylor, has recorded a brief video to help you do…
Now we are all stuck at home it’s hard to make that distinction between not working and working and it’s too easy to let time slip by without doing anything really constructive. So how can we manage our time? One of our mentors from Bristol Energy, Georgina Elliott, has recorded a brief video to help…
Calling all of our WEM school students out there – our face to face programme might have been postponed at the moment but our business mentors have all been thinking about you and are eager to continue supporting you, so they have created some “How to” videos on various topics to support you during this…
Ecosurety a local company that plays an important part in UK recycling partnered with Patchway Community School and this is their experience in their own words. Getting involved with the next generation was an exciting prospect for our team, not to mention quite a challenge. We decided to get involved because the mentoring program offered…
How does mentoring help organisations reach the 5 Ways of Wellbeing ? Evidence suggests that a small improvement in wellbeing can help to decrease some mental health problems and also help people to flourish. The centre for well-being at nef (the new economics foundation) developed ‘five ways to wellbeing’: a set of evidence-based actions to…
There is compelling evidence that a young person who has four or more encounters with an employer is 86% less likely to become unemployed or not in education or training post 16 years. Currently less than half of schools nationally are providing these opportunities to young people and in parts of the West of England…