IN4 Group

🎉£44M Social Impact and 3,000+ Lives Transformed! 🎉 We are thrilled to share the remarkable results of our ongoing mission to empower individuals and communities through tech, as highlighted in our 2023-24 Social Impact Report produced by Social Value Business, in partnership with the Social Value Quality Mark CIC. Key Highlights: - £25.3M in social impact delivered in 2023-24. - Every £1 invested in our programmes has generated an impressive SROI of £3.98. Over the past three years, we have generated more than £44M in social value, supporting over 3,000 individuals into tech careers and creating pathways to brighter futures. This incredible milestone reflects the power of collaboration and shared commitment to driving meaningful change. Together, we are building a tech industry that is inclusive, impactful, and transformative. A heartfelt thank you to our partners, supporters, and communities for being an integral part of this journey. Read more, and see the full impact report here: https://lnkd.in/e-vQ8JRg Salford City Council Greater Manchester Combined Authority The Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub Department for Education National Cyber Security Centre GCHQ CyberFirst Northwest and West Midlands - IN4 Group BAE Systems Stockport Council Roke BT Group KPMG Northrop Grumman UK CGI Amazon Web Services (AWS) Ithra Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Inzpire #SocialImpact #Economicempowerment #TechForGood

"Going beyond the spreadsheet" Here's a snippet of our IMPACT...

✨ Merry Christmas from all of us at IN4 Group! ✨ As we celebrate this joyful season, we want to express our gratitude to our incredible community, partners, and supporters who have been part of our journey this year. Wishing you peace, happiness, and prosperity this festive season and throughout the year ahead. Here's to continuing our shared success and creating a brighter future together!

🎄 Celebrating the festive season with our amazing IN4 Group Team! 🎄 Yesterday, we gathered for our staff Christmas lunch at Habibi Restaurant, Manchester, reflecting on a year of hard work and success. We’re excited to see our team grow by 50% - all talented individuals, united in making a real impact. At IN4 Group, we unlock human potential through proven programmes that drive sustainable regional prosperity, and this year has been a year of incredible growth. This is thanks to the dedication and hard work of our team, and all who support us. We look forward to our plans for 2025. Wishing all our staff, partners, and community a joyful holiday season and a successful year ahead! #purplearmy #culture #humanising #belonging

This week, we kick off IN4's '12 Days of Giving'.... Our focus is on supporting our local community, during what can often be a difficult, and lonely time for many, and allows us to bring joy and companionship, to those we can. Our aim is to is to make a meaningful impact in our community, during this festive season, by supporting local charities and care homes. Along with donations, we are committed that for every hour an employee spends volunteering over this period, IN4.0 will donate a further £2...so the more time we volunteer, the more money we can donate to these incredible charities. Day 1 started with hamper making HOST Salford with Julie Chadwick, Darren O'Brien, Anna Louise Birbeck and Matt Cuerden. These were then delivered, with love, to The Laurels Care Home, in Salford, by Mike Wilkie, Saniya Malkan Ahmed, David Gordon and Rachel Melton. They laughed, they sang, they danced...but most of all, they brought a smile and joy to the residents, which is what it is all about. Some of the other charities/care homes we will be supporting are:- 🫱🏼🫲🏼Wood Street Mission - IN4 are donating £200 worth of toys and gifts to support local struggling families to give children a happy Christmas, along with staff donations. 🫱🏼🫲🏼Salford Loaves & Fishes Limited - supporting the homeless, isolated and vulnerable in Salford, supplying free hot meals, advice on finances, health and accommodation, and run a life centre which includes employability support, IT training, and even yoga and art classes! 🫱🏼🫲🏼Visit from the Stork - providing support to families in need across the cities of Salford and Manchester, and are the support network for parents and their children who have no one else to turn to. 🫱🏼🫲🏼LifeCentre - This is a Salford based Christian charity. Since 2000 they have been working with children, young people and their families to see transformation in the city for everyone. Watch this space, for the next 12 days, as our staff share their adventures! #Charity #Volunteer #Give

The Power of MIND (Mums in Data)... Meeting the needs of the economy without compromising the responsibilities of society. We have announced our plans to train 1,000 career break mums and female carers for in-demand data roles though our new Power of MIND (Mums in Data) programme. The goal is to equip women, particularly mums, with the skills to succeed in high skilled data roles while supporting local economies by building a more inclusive, future-ready workforce. https://lnkd.in/eSbyEgNb #mumsindata #dataroles #upskilling

IN4 Group Ranked 11th on Insider’s ScaleUp 75 List... IN4 Group has been recognised as the 11th most scaling business in the North West in the 2024 Insider’s ScaleUp 75 report. This acknowledgment reflects the consistent growth we’ve achieved, expanding by over 53% year-on-year for the past four years. More importantly, it highlights the impact we’ve been able to make: ➡️ Supporting over 2,500 people into careers in technology. ➡️Delivering £14.3M in social impact in 2023. ➡️Promoting diversity with 41% women, 53% ethnic minorities, and a focus on underrepresented groups and career changers. A big thank you to our team, partners, and community for their continued support. Together, we’re driving positive change and fostering growth in the region. Mo Isap Laura Cleverley Lauren Monks Julie Chadwick Alana Borkwood Sufian Kaki Aslam Roxana Lawton (MBA) Darren O'Brien Tamima Mulla-Shah Anna Louise Birbeck #ScaleUp #NorthWestBusiness #TechnologyCareers #SocialImpact

As platinum sponsors of the British Embassy in Saudi Arabia, we celebrated the second leg of the King’s Birthday Party in Riyadh. Earlier this year, we expanded our Amazon Web Services (AWS) partnership to launch AWS re/sStart training for an all-female cohort in the Kingdom, supporting AWS's goal of upskilling 4,000 women into tech in line with Vision 2030—a key step that inspired the creation of Madinat Almahart. Through our joint venture with Backyard Symphony and the apprenticeships licence and funding provided by Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, Madinat Almahart will continue training young Saudi talent in AWS cloud, and other technologies required in the modern workplace, growing local talent to meet the demand of companies operating in the Kingdom. Great to celebrate with graduates Doaa Alotibi and Taef Mersal - excited for your bright futures! Here’s a glimpse of the Riyadh celebration. #vision2030 #apprenticeships #talent

This week, IN4 Group, as a proud competition organising partner for WorldSkills UK, delivered the first-ever Cloud Computing Demo at the National Finals 2024 in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Over two exciting days, six talented competitors tackled real-world cloud challenges, with their innovative solutions, judged on architecture and ingenuity. This first-of-its-kind tech track marks a significant milestone in developing future-ready digital skills. The #WorldSkills 2024 Finals showcased over 400 competitors across 40+ categories at venues across Greater Manchester. At the heart of the action, Oldham College hosted nine prestigious finals, bringing together the nation’s best students and apprentices. A huge thank you to AWS, WorldSkills UK, Oldham College, and the judges for supporting the next generation of cloud innovators. Congratulations to all competitors—here’s to a future of excellence and innovation! 🏆 #WorldSkillsUK #CloudComputing #Skills

Tonight, we celebrated the expansion of our Saudi operations with Backyard Symphony and the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation under the Madinat Almaharat (‘Skills City’) brand. We were honoured to attend a special gathering at the British Consulate in Jeddah, to commemorate King Charles III birthday, while introducing our Apprenticeship Programmes. Madinat Almaharat has secured the prestigious license through TVTC (KSA Government) as an accredited apprenticeships training provider, to deliver tech and creative media apprenticeships, the first of their kind in the Kingdom. Pioneering for Vision 2030. These government subsidised roles empower businesses to employ and invest in localised talent in line with vision 2030. #TechTraining #LocalTalent #Vision2030