On our recent online world-of-work programme, funded by Opportunity Lambeth, we connected 22 young people with local Lambeth employers and opportunities in Lambeth!

Over the course of 12 days young people developed their employability skills, networked with industry professionals, and gained industry qualifications.

To enable the Trust to be able to support the greatest range of young people in Lambeth, the programme was tailored to cater for young people at different stages of their construction career journeys:

Networking with local employers – By connecting...

So that we remain able to offer high quality school sessions and programmes, we have been discovering exciting new ways of delivering our Schools Partnership Programme.

In the uncertain light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in preparation for the new academic year, we’ve adapted our sessions to suit online, remote and socially distanced face-to-face delivery to ensure that we are able to cater to the needs of every school and student.

Our online sessions are designed to take place in school IT suites. Sessions remain interactive and engaging by using polls, quizzes and the...

When Shahnawaz joined our Higher Level and Degree Apprenticeship programme in 2019 we were immediately struck by his drive and motivation. He was studying for his Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Construction & the Built Environment and A-Level Maths qualifications and came to us with a career goal in mind, to be a Quantity Surveyor. Shahnawaz immediately threw himself into all the opportunities the Trust had to offer.

We helped secure work experience for Shahnawaz with Sir Robert McAlpine, which consolidated his passion for his chosen career. He took full advantage of the...

Our laptop loan scheme ensures that none of our young people miss out on vital careers support!

To ensure that as many young people as possible are able to benefit from our online sessions, no matter their circumstance, the Trust secured funding from the London Community Response Fund’s ‘Delivering Differently’ grant for 30 laptops, along with data packages and dongles, which can be loaned to young people in need.

As we moved all of our delivery online, we were acutely aware that not all of our young people, especially those on our targeted support programmes,...

We caught up with Max to find out how he’s finding his move to the Partnerships team, being caught up in a pandemic and life working from home!

I have been with the Trust since September 2019 on the Jack Petchey Internship programme, and since the government lockdown I have changed roles from delivery to fundraising and now work in the Partnerships team! It has been an exciting and challenging time to be working in fundraising. There has been a great response to COVID-19 with many new funding streams open to benefit youth organisations, and we have been incredibly busy applying for...

2020 has seen many young people miss out on opportunities for training and work experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We have been working to adapt our mode of delivery in response to these challenges, and have developed a range of remote delivery resources, including Mock Interviews, to add to our already established face-to-face sessions. Being able to give sustained remote careers support at this time is vital, particularly for young people facing the biggest barriers to employment.

With many real-world interviews taking place remotely moving forward, adapting our Mock...

We have engaged 68 young people in July alone on our new five day online World of Work programme! The programme is designed to support young people who have missed out on work experience opportunities this year, to give them an insight into construction and built environment careers!

Designed to inspire young people about the wide range of career opportunities in the sector, each of the five hour long sessions is supported by a diverse range of industry volunteers from Civil Engineers to Sustainability Managers. Young people have the chance to ask live questions to experts in their field,...

After six years of chairmanship at the Trust, we say a fond farewell to Andy Wates and welcome in our new Chairman, Edward McAlpine.

It is with gratitude for all his support that we say goodbye to Andy Wates. We have valued his direction and dedication to the Trust over the last six years.

During his time as Chairman, Andy has helped the Trust adapt to new challenges and seen our reach grow to 25,891 young people in 2019. Andy will always remain a firm friend of the Trust and we look forward to the new ways in which we will work together.

We are proud and delighted to...

In order to continue engaging and inspiring students as part of our L&Q Learning to Succeed programme, we’ve been delivering a suite of online employability and careers networking sessions.

A major part of the Learning to Succeed programme, which recently won the Community Impact category in this year’s Business Charity Awards, is facilitating meaningful engagements between young people and industry professionals. L&Q Chief Executive David Montague has been leading by example and generously donated his time to take part in a recent online Interview Skills masterclass...

We have created a catalogue of online sessions to ensure that we could continue to support and inspire young people about careers in construction and the built environment and we’ve welcomed 357 young people to the sessions so far!

Delivered through interactive webinars, the online sessions combine the development of employability skills with industry networking sessions.

“The online sessions have given our students a daily purpose. The sessions reinforce the skills the pupils need in the future and have also got them thinking and talking about their career goals again...