Our education programmes aim to raise the aspirations and improve the educational attainment of disadvantaged young people. With our community partners, we drive social mobility through the development of life, employability and interpersonal skills.
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Arrival
The Arrival youth development programme aims to transform social mobility outcomes for 16 -18-year-olds through a series of skills workshops and one-to-one coaching sessions at the Investec offices.
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Morpeth School
Morpeth School is a mixed comprehensive school in Tower Hamlets, east London. It serves young people aged 11 to 19 who reflect the diversity of the local community.
London
Arrival
The Arrival youth development programme aims to transform social mobility outcomes for 16 -18-year-olds through a series of skills workshops and one-to-one coaching sessions at the Investec offices. In 2023, we celebrated 15 years of successful partnership with Arrival.
With the support of over 500 employees, this enduring partner has significantly impacted the lives of over 2,500 young people by empowering them to unlock their potential and pursue fulfilling careers. With nearly 10,000 hours of volunteering completed, we are proud of the dedication of our people in helping to shape the careers of aspiring young people and their contribution to championing diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
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Morpeth School
Morpeth School is a mixed comprehensive school in Tower Hamlets, east London. It serves young people aged from 11 to 19 who reflect the diversity of the local community. We’ve supported Morpeth School since 2002, helping pupils to develop skills, overcome barriers they may face and achieve their life goals. Our support extends to helping fund the morning breakfast club which provides pupils with a nourishing breakfast every morning. For the fourth consecutive year, we have partnered with Future Frontiers to deliver a four-week career coaching programme for 13 pupils in year 10.
Over the course of the programme, 13 Investec employees volunteered to take part in four in-depth, one-on-one coaching sessions each, crafting a nurturing environment where young individuals could delve into their passions, unearth potential career paths, engage with professionals from their fields of interest, and strategically map out their future educational and vocational journeys. Over the past financial year 2023/24, Investec volunteers donated more than 61 hours of their time coaching the pupils in person. This has been instrumental in guiding students towards ambitious career goals in diverse sectors such as audit, engineering, business development and real estate, thereby unlocking a world of possibilities and setting the stage for their continued success beyond education.
“Pupils have learned skills in a real workplace environment and the impact on both their academic work and aspirations is tangible.”
Jemima Reilly, headteacher at Morpeth School
Celebrating success and a new chapter with Arrival
We have partnered with Arrival for over 15 years and have run several programmes and initiatives with them to support developing young people's career aspirations. This financial year 2023/24 marked the end of our nine-year programme Invest for Success that was run in partnership with Arrival. Delivered in a hybrid format across the UK, Invest for Success has been a cornerstone programme, that brings together students from Leeds, Liverpool and London to learn about the fundamentals of portfolio management across the five-month investment education programme. Over the years, more than 100 Investec volunteers have nurtured talent within the financial sector, enabling students to gain confidence, improve core employment skills, enhance their understanding of financial markets, and connect with business professionals.
We are grateful to all the wonderful volunteers involved in the programme, and the Arrival team for their continuous involvement in making this programme such a success. The legacy of Invest for Success will live on, and we are confident that it has made a lasting impact on the lives of the students it has reached. We are now working alongside Arrival to develop a flagship programme that will launch in the last quarter of 2024 that will be even more impactful than Invest For Success, focusing on how Investec can bridge the gap for young adults from underrepresented backgrounds and how we can support their journey into the workplace.
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