£3.5m for mentoring programmes to support young people at risk of disengagement
The Careers & Enterprise Company is to invest £3.5million in mentoring programmes to support young people at risk of disengaging from education
The government-backed Careers & Enterprise Company announced the successful bidders for its latest round of funding from its Investment Fund which will target almost 20,000 students across the country.
The fund will focus on students who are about to begin their GCSEs but risk under achieving and falling behind their peers. This can impact on their future earning potential and career later in life.
The successful applicants include The Diana Award; The Prince’s Trust; Young Enterprise; East London Business Alliance; and RTC North.
In total, 39 mentoring organisations have secured funds following a competitive bid process to scale up tried and tested employer mentoring programmes. The investment is part of a wider first tranche of a £12million fund administered by the Company which aims to boost social mobility by creating a new generation of mentors from the business community.
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