Meet The Team - Cumbria Careers Hub

Our skilled team work with Careers Leaders in schools and colleges across Cumbria. We offer practical assistance and resources to help schools and colleges develop effective careers programmes. In addition we will deliver the Careers Hub Strategic Plan.

Our key strategic priorities for 2023-24 to ensure the Careers Hub achieves maximum impact are:

• Priority 1: Improve careers provision in schools and colleges against the Gatsby Benchmarks through support, training for the education workforce and quality assurance
• Priority 2: Provide more high-quality experiences with employers for students and teachers – with a focus on current ‘cold spots’
• Priority 3: Amplify apprenticeships, technical and vocational routes – including supporting the implementation of the Provider Access Legislation (PAL)
• Priority 4: Target interventions for economically disadvantaged young people (Free School Meals (FSM)) and those who face barriers
• Priority 5: Connect careers provision in schools and colleges to the needs of local economies (as articulated through Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs)

We will link a school or college to an Enterprise Adviser, a local business volunteer, who can help to bridge the gap between education and the world of work and other support agencies or networks who will add value to a careers education programme.