Over the last 12 months, Cumbria Careers Hub has worked with employers of all sizes, from micro businesses to large organisations, to test and explore new approaches to work experience.
Join this practical and engaging workshop to discover how workplace experiences are evolving and how your business can benefit. Explore flexible ways to connect with young people through activities ranging from a few hours in the workplace to project-based challenges, workplace visits, and traditional placements.
You’ll learn how to:
- Engage and inspire future talent
- Offer meaningful experiences that work for your business
- Build a talent pipeline for the future
- Design flexible opportunities that are easy to deliver
- Support social mobility and inclusion
This is a new era of workplace experiences: fairer, more inclusive, and more beneficial for both employers and young people. Rather than relying on a single placement model, employers can now offer a range of experiences, whether that’s a few hours, a day, a project, or a longer placement. Each interaction helps young people build confidence, develop skills, and gain a sense of belonging in the world of work.
Leave with practical ideas, real examples from local employers, and actions you can put into practice straight away.
Whether you’re a sole trader, SME, or large employer, this workshop will help you discover simple, impactful ways to support young people while meeting the needs of your organisation.
Meet your Workshop Facilitators
Peter Gaul
Peter was a Headteacher in Liverpool for ten years. He has worked in some of the most under-resourced communities in the country and is now CEO of Belonging Schools Ltd. He is working with the CEC and a number of Combined Authorities across the country on the national Equalex pilot for modern work experience.
He has delivered keynote presentations at many national conferences on inclusion, school improvement and careers education. Belonging Schools also offers coaching and mentoring services for leaders in schools, community organisations and the careers education sector.
He has a passion for equity and place-based change and is the chair of the Steering Group for Right to Succeed’s Cradle to Career Project in Bootle on Merseyside. His belief is that humane and inclusive school, civic and business leadership can drive the change society needs now more than ever.
Lauren Jackson
Lauren has over 20 years’ experience supporting young people through youth work, education, careers guidance, and employer engagement.
Her career has spanned roles in youth services, Further and Secondary Education, the National Citizen Service programme, and Higher Education.
Over the last year, Lauren has led 16 work experience pilot programmes with Cumbrian employers and schools, exploring innovative approaches to modern work experience that help prepare young people for the future and support the Government’s ambition for every young person to access two weeks of meaningful workplace experience.
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