Norfolk Chamber, is working in partnership with New Anglia LEP, BITC and the Enterprise Advisor Network to support the work being done in the Norwich Opportunity Area to create greater engagement between business and schools.
The Norwich Opportunity Area is one of 12 Opportunity Areas in the UK and has received £6m investment from the Department of Education to ensure that all young people in our city can reach their potential.
The ambitious target of the Opportunity Area is for every child in a Norwich school to have a meaningful encounter with an employer each year that they are at school. While many of our schools already do great work in this area with many businesses and providers, to improve social mobility we must scale this up significantly – in 2016 Norwich was ranked 323rd out of 324 local authority areas for social mobility.
The Norwich Opportunity Area and its supporting partners are looking to create a cohesive and effective approach to raising aspirations and equipping young people with the skills that they need to succeed but we need the help of the Norfolk business community
To hear more and find out how your business can help – you can attend a free event on Wednesday 20 September 2017 in the Auditorium at The Forum in Norwich from 5.30pm – 7pm.
You will be able to hear how Norwich City schools and colleges will now be supported by the Department for Education and the Careers and Enterprise Company to engage more strategically with local employers and organisations. We’ll show you how you can get more involved in a city school
Who should attend this event?
- Are you a business that would like to support young people in a Norwich school to think about careers and prepare for working life?
- Do you already have a strong relationship of supporting employability, careers or enterprise in a school in Norwich?
- Do you have an engaging company programme that you would like to share with schools and colleges in the city?
- Does your organisation promote and/or broker employer engagement through a wide range of activities?
Nova Fairbank, Public Affairs Manager for the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce said:
“Through our Young Chamber programme, we are working to help bridge skills gap, using our extensive connections with the local business community and the strong relationships with our school members.
We have recently launched our Young Chamber Enterprise Recognition Award to recognise and celebrate education establishments in Norfolk who are committed to improving the employability skills of young people in our region. We would encourage any business, looking to engage and support schools, to attend on 20 September to find out how to they can help deliver their workforce of tomorrow.”
