The collaboration enables the HEYLEP to recruit another Enterprise Co-ordinator, which will enable the HEYLEP to engage 15, as yet, unreached schools within the region, and work with them to help improve how they prepare young people for the next steps on their career journey.
The Enterprise Coordinator sits at the heart of a local network to help schools and colleges improve their careers and enterprise programmes and to engage with the world of work. They provide a route to engage young people and educate them about the paths and roles available in future careers, including STEM, and BAE Systems’ support means further schools in the region have had access to an Enterprise Co-ordinator.
We’re delighted to be able to support the HEYLEP and the region’s young people. BAE Systems is committed to providing opportunities for young people through our fantastic apprenticeship and graduate programmes. Collaborating with the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) on this activity will ensure young people have help understanding the meaningful careers they can have, which ultimately delivers a benefit to the local community.”James Hardstaff, Site Lead for BAE Systems at Brough
BAE Systems are investing in the future of the young people in Hull and the East Riding; this is a huge asset to the region. Their commitment, sharing of knowledge, support and advice has been invaluable as the HEY Careers Hub goes from strength to strength, enabling our young people to consider rewarding and productive careers to support the local economy. This significant engagement of a key regional employer has enabled our future workforce to make informed decisions that will maximise individual potential and talent. We look forward to further developing our relationship together as partners over the coming years.”Spokesperson for the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership
To help further the collaboration between BAE Systems and the LEP, James has also joined the HEYLEP Employment & Skills Board as a full board member helping provide a major employer’s perspective to the Board.
We Discover Careers Conversations
Brough recently participated in the ‘We Discover Careers Conversations’ project alongside other businesses in the Leicester, Leicestershire, Hull and East Yorkshire, hosting a careers engagement event back in June.
Devised and set up between the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) and the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEYLEP), the project aimed to strengthen relationships between businesses and schools, specifically those schools where there had been little to no outreach or engagement in the past. The event brought in teachers, parents and young people from four schools around the Brough area, providing opportunities to discuss careers possibilities and pathways.