Connectr Early Engagement

✨ Discover Finance is Live! ✨   Today marks a significant milestone as we launch our Discover Finance program! We're thrilled to bring 25 talented students to Birmingham in collaboration with Phoenix Group and LGPS Central. This initiative is all about empowering the next generation with vital knowledge and skills on careers in #FinancialServices : 💡 Engaging Workshops: Students will participate in hands-on activities that will build their understanding of the financial sector. 🗣 Mentorship Opportunities: They'll connect with industry professionals, gaining insights that can shape their futures. ⬆ Networking Events: Participants will have the chance to build valuable connections that can open doors in their careers.   Empowering the next generation starts with opportunities like these! Be sure to follow us for updates throughout the week. Talk to Rachel Morar to join Discover Finance in 2025, so we can make a difference together!

🎉 ✨ 🎂 27th October is our Connectr-versary! 🎂 ✨ 🎉 Connectr Early Engagement levels the playing field by helping young people to build up their career skills, knowledge and aspirations - and find the right career for them. So to mark our birthday this Sunday, we asked our team what careers advice they’d give their younger selves… Thank you Rachel, Will, Rebecca, Isabella, Charlotte for your words of wisdom 💥 What would you add to the list?

📢 Employers 📢 Join us next week for Discover Finance! Step inside the industry and shadow a work experience programme which is shaping young people's futures 💼 Next week Discover Finance invite you to a game-changing Work Insights Programme at The Phoenix Group in Birmingham & London. Forget traditional shadowing – this is a multi-firm immersion into the world of finance. Students will rotate across 2 companies, each offering unique insights into the industry and gain the hands-on experience they won’t find in textbooks. 📚 📍 Where: The Phoenix Group, Wythall, Birmingham 📅 When: Monday 28th October ⏰ Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 📍 Where: The Phoenix Group, City of London 📅 When: Thursday 31st October ⏰ Time: Anytime between 9:15 AM - 12:45 PM 📧 Contact Rachel Morar to come along! #DiscoverFinance #SocialMobility #Birmingham #London #EarlyEngagement #EmpowerYoungMinds

🌟 Exciting Week Ahead! 🌟 Next week, we’re proud to welcome 60 students for a hands-on experience with Discover Finance! 🎓 Hear from Anouska Ramsay at LGPS Central on how they're getting involved 🙌 This is more than just an event – it’s an opportunity for young people to explore the nuances of Financial Services and gain multi-employer work experience. When careers in finance are evolving rapidly, programs like this provide invaluable exposure, guidance, and the chance to develop critical skills for tomorrow’s workforce. Contact Rachel Morar to learn more. Here’s to the future leaders of finance! 🔑

We're so pleased to have 3 new team members join us recently, so we thought some introductions were in order 👋 Please join us in welcoming Ramina, Isabella and Hema to the team ✨

Yesterday Team Connectr Early Engagement had a breakfast social to celebrate our team’s work and welcome new faces 🥂👋🏻 A lovely way to start a Thursday 💚

❓ If financial literacy became a core subject in schools, what is the most important thing students should be taught?❓ 💳 Difference between debt and credit ✨ Financial psychology: Managing money and emotions 📈 The basics of investing 💰 Pension and Taxes   At the #DiscoverFinance Work Insights Programme in two weeks, students will build plans for their future careers, develop their core employability skills, and experience different parts of the world of Finance. They'll also explore what the future of Finance will look like & myth-bust about the sector. Cast your vote and share your thoughts in the comments below 👇

💰 Financial Services sector has the biggest class pay gap of ALL the sectors. 💼 Research by KPMG showed that 41% of those who worked in Financial Services had parents in the same sector, compared to a national average of just 12%. In just 2 weeks, #DiscoverFinance will run it's first multi-firm work experiences for sixth form students in Birmingham & London. With a focus on social mobility, forward-looking FS firms have joined forces to open up access to the sector, build skills and myth-bust. Phoenix Group and Aon are very generously opening up their October programmes to other employers, to see it all in action. Contact Rachel Morar to book your place.

🌟 We work with a fantastic group of employer partners, who believe in shifting the dial on UK social mobility, and who we couldn't run our projects without. Thank you to every project owner, volunteer, project sponsor and champion, who has put your time and passion into supporting young people this year. 🌟 Amongst our new partners this year, we've welcomed Accenture & White & Case LLP who are passionate about apprenticeship pathways as a positive mechanism for social mobility. 👀 See what we've been up to across 2023-24, in our full year of impact here: https://lnkd.in/ej334fvM

🏆 We're so thrilled that Kathryn Baddeley's work in the CSR and impact space has been recognised at the Global Good Awards this year, as she's awarded Silver for 'Individual Leader of the Year'. ✨ It's a privilege to work with you Kathryn and the fantastic team at Cisco (Sam! Melissa!) supporting young people through the Pathways schools programme.