Teach First exists to tackle educational inequality in the UK and does this by placing newly qualified teachers in schools in the most disadvantaged communities across the UK. Teach First is the UK affiliate of Teach for All and the partnership in the UK aligns with Deutsche Post DHL’s global GoTeach programme.
Teach First champion the idea that it only takes one brilliant teacher to change a child’s life. The charity has placed more than 10,000 teachers in low-income communities across the UK, supporting more than one million children to have a better quality education.
The DHL UK Foundation has been working in partnership with Teach First since 2015 helping the recruitment, training and support of Teach First teachers across the UK.
Colleagues have supported with the following activities;
- Delivering an inspiring classroom career talk
- Mentoring teachers
- Supporting students with CV & Interview skills
- Development of employability skills
- Hosting students on site visits
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Street League help unemployed 16-24 year olds to move into sustained employment using the power of physical activities such as football and dance. Supporting the young who we help who need help the most, means that their programmes focus in areas with the highest youth unemployment rates where up to 1 in 5 16-24-year-olds are unemployed. With 80% of participants from the top 40% most deprived areas of the UK, Street League are tackling this problem head-on using the incredible power of sport.
Through their award-winning sport and employability ‘Academies’, unemployed young who we help gain the necessary skills, experience and confidence needed to gain sustained employment, often for the very first time. Street League have established 38 academies in 14 cities across the UK. The DHL UK Foundation is working with Street League to provide support across key locations throughout the UK.
DHL colleagues have supported with the following activities;
- Sport sessions to support skill development
- Supporting young who we help with CV & Interview skills
- Hosting young who we help on site visits
- Paid 100-hour work placements for over 140 young who we help
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The Outward Bound Trust is an educational charity that inspires young who we help to fulfil their potential through taking part in challenging outdoor experiences.
The DHL UK Foundation have worked in partnership with The Outward Bound Trust for over 10 years, making a lasting impact on the lives of disadvantaged young who we help local to DHL sites across the UK.
The outdoor education residential experience supports students to build resilience, confidence and to raise their aspirations. Young who we help who have taken part in the residential attend additional activities in school to gain an insight into the world of work, learn about the range of career opportunities available in the logistics industry and develop vital employability skills.
Colleagues have supported with the following activities;
- Running assessment centres
- Attending a 5-day residential in Wales or Scotland
- Delivering an inspiring classroom / virtual career talk
- Supporting students with CV & Interview skills
- Development of employability skills
- Hosting students on site visits
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City Year is a UK-based youth social action charity that recruits 18-25 year old volunteers who dedicate an academic year to working in a school in a disadvantaged community to support students and help them achieve their potential. City Year is working with schools across London, Birmingham, West Midlands and Manchester.
City Year volunteers work with the school to target “at-risk” pupils with complex barriers or challenges and work to improve attendance, behavioural issues, and curriculum attainment. DHL colleagues provide support to both City Year volunteers and the partner schools.
Colleagues have supported with the following activities;
- Delivering an inspiring career talk
- Mentoring volunteers
- Supporting volunteers with CV & Interview skills
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ThinkForward aims to prevent youth unemployment and partners with 18 schools across London, Nottingham and Kent. The charity works with schools to identify students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are most likely to leave school without having a clear pathway into education, employment or training.
ThinkForward appoints specially trained coaches who work with the selected students for a period of 5 years from the age of 13 to 18 years. The coaches help the students improve their attendance, behaviour, attainment, and to prepare for the world of work.
DHL colleagues support ThinkForward students through;
- Business mentoring programme for Year 10 students
- Delivering an inspiring career talk
- Supporting students with CV & Interview skills
- Hosting students on site visits
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The DHL UK Foundation teamed up with Coram Beanstalk in July 2019 to help improve the literacy of young who we help across the UK.
Beanstalk recruit, train and support volunteers that provide weekly 1-2-1 reading support to children aged 3-13 years through a series of structured programmes.
DHL colleagues are supporting through the following activities:
- Story Reader Days – a fun and inspiring team activity
- Reading Volunteers – targeting colleagues and pensioners who have the capacity and line manager support to commit to reading on a weekly basis with a child
- Reading Remotely – helping Beanstalk pilot a programme to deliver reading support remotely via video calls.
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The Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT) currently has 34 academies educating approximately 17,000 pupils across seven local authority areas in the UK including Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Leicester City, Northamptonshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Central Bedfordshire. All of the schools are situated in areas of high deprivation, with many students coming from very disadvantaged backgrounds. The DHL UK Foundation partnered with the Trust because many of the GAT schools are located close to DHL sites.
DHL colleagues support GAT schools and help students learn vital employability skills, to gain an understanding of the logistics industry and an awareness of the career opportunities available at DHL through the delivery of GoTeach activities.
Colleagues have supported with the following activities;
- Delivering an inspiring classroom / virtual career talk
- Mentoring students
- Supporting students with CV & Interview skills
- Hosting students on site visits
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