Youth Careers Collective
What we do

We work to enhance young people’s employability skills, knowledge, experience and access, so that they are better prepared for and able to transition into the workplace and rewarding careers.

We do this through meaningful employer engagements and employability skills development activities, high-quality workplace experiences, inspiring one-to-one career mentoring, employment transition support and impactful place-based partnerships

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Our core services
Employer engagement

Employer engagement

Meaningful and multiple employer engagement is key to young people broadening their career horizons, raising their career aspiration and building their career confidence.

Workplace experience

High-quality workplace experiences ranging from short industry insight visits and week long-work placements, to extended T Level placements and Internship, building career confidence, labour market knowledge and work readiness.

Workplace experience
Career mentoring

Career mentoring

One-to-one career mentoring provides young people with the opportunity to develop their employability skills, build their confidence, set career goals, grow their social capital and ensure they are well-prepared for work.

SEND and Alternative Provision

Young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and those in Alternative Provisions are amongst the most likely to become ‘Not in Employment Education or Training’, which is why supporting these young people to have access to skills development, role models and workplaces, is at the very core of our work.

SEND and Alternative Provision
Pathways Partnership Programmes

Pathways Partnership Programmes

Bringing together the most impactful elements of our work into one extended programme for young people with barriers to entering employment, currently delivered in partnership with GSK, SEGRO, Notting Hill Genesis, Peabody Housing and Heathrow Airport.

Training & consultancy

We know that change often doesn’t happen quickly, which is why we work with schools/colleges, businesses and local councils, supporting them develop the expertise, systems and approaches they will need to address the challenges of youth unemployment.

Training & consultancy
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Youth Career Awards

Every year we come together with all of our partners, friends, volunteers, and young people, to recognise and celebrate their commitment, achievements, passion and inspirational journeys.

In March 2026 we are proud to be hosting the first ever ‘Youth Career Awards’, alongside our headline sponsor – Heathrow Airport.

Some of our recent employer partners
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