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…
We asked a number of our Ablaze supporters from a wide variety of sectors to talk about their career pathways, what they did at school and how their current job relates to what they thought they’d be doing when they were 16. The results are not really that surprising…not many are doing what they thought…
The January lockdown put a pause on the start of our 2021 partnerships but Catherine Young, Careers Lead at Kingsbury Green Academy, remained undeterred, and shifted the programme to be delivered to her Year 9 students at home. Their business partner Herman Miller also rose to the challenge with Alex Hemns, Senior HR and Talent…
Ablaze (including West of England Mentoring) and Mentoring Plus are coming together to support young people across the South West in Bristol and Bath. Our online quiz builds on successful online events held in the past. We encourage you to enter either as a team, perhaps from work or friends and family or enter as…
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…
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…
We are delighted that WEM has been shortlisted for ‘Mentoring Programme of the Year’ at the National Mentoring Awards, the award ceremony is in London on Friday 1st March. This is part of our application as to why we think WEM should be recognised. “There is compelling evidence that a young person who has…
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…