Charity boosts careers support in schools

Some of the funding will also be used to enhance the Mind the Gap Today website, so it can promote its work more effectively and fund similar workshops at other schools, funded by local employers and other bodies like charities.

Career prospects of students at Aylesford School in Warwick and Trinity School

Leamington are being boosted by a £1,500 donation from the Mat Davis Foundation, a local charity established after Mat passed away aged 18. The funding is for local not-for-profit company, Mind The Gap Today, to deliver careers workshops.

One of the workshops at Mat’s former school, Aylesford, will cover CV writing, introduce careers in the sport & leisure industry, and highlight personal qualities employers think are most important when recruiting young people. The other workshop at Trinity School will be introducing the world of work for students who are refugees and asylum seekers.

“Schools and colleges rarely have the funding to provide these work-related workshops, as they’re not part of the mainstream careers provision they’re required to provide,” says James Pink, of Pink Connect Limited, who gives his time freely as a Director of Mind the Gap Today. “Workshops like these are essential to prepare students for employment, especially for the most vulnerable, who may drop out of all education and training when they leave school at 16.”

James also sources refurbished PCs and laptops for schools where students don’t have access to them. To find out how your organisation could support these skills workshops or other careers support or to donate unused PCs or laptops, please contact James at james.pink@pinkconnect.com