Are you able to make a positive impact on young people’s lives?
Together we can keep costs affordable for young people and enable all, from whatever background, to participate and benefit from our work.
LEBC are indebted to our business partners and volunteers, for generously dedicating their time, skills, and energy to support schools and the local community through supporting LEBC’s work. Volunteering through LEBC can develop recruitment channels, strengthen your community profile, and contribute to your Corporate Social Responsibility, as well as developing your own personal skills. We would not be able to deliver our services without our Employer Partners’ continuous support and generosity. We are extremely thankful that they provide us support in our aim to inspire everyone to reach their potential.
A donation of any size will support us in our mission to create work opportunities for young people from any background and help employers discover new talent. Please see below information regarding how donations will impact young people and LEBC’s strategy.
Hear From Our Donors
“Cambridge & Counties Bank have long admired the great work that LEBC have been doing in our local Leicester community. Following our b-corp accreditation the bank has made a commitment further enhance our charitable efforts by supporting each employee with two volunteering days each year, meaning it was the perfect opportunity for us to formalise the partnership with LEBC, both in terms of a commitment of support and a monetary donation of £5000 to help them continue to do the great work in facilitating relationships. A number of our colleagues have already benefited from their volunteering with LEBC and have brought that energy and enthusiasm back into the office. We are excited by what the partnership will bring and the combined support we can offer in the areas where we live and work.” Cambridge & Counties Bank
Your donation will make a huge, often life-changing, difference.
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Over the last 30 years LEBC has organised over 220,000 work placements in Leicester and Leicestershire.
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Over the last 30 years LEBC has inspired more than 200,000 students through creating encounters with a STEM or wider industry representative through our school events.
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Together with LEBC, 10,500 young people in Leicester and Leicestershire have raised over £40,000 for over 60 local charities with 528,000 hours of volunteering hours given.
£5,000
Will enable us to:
- Find Health and Safety check and make arrangements for over 10 students who are at risk of becoming NEET, to access a 1 day a week, long term Work Experience placement in a sector of their choice, to help inspire them and provide vital experience to help secure an Apprenticeship/Job or Further education course.
- Inspire ALL young people to achieve their potential. Social Mobility is at the heart of our strategy, giving young people who are furthest from the labour market the opportunities and support to get inspired by work encounters from Mock Interviews, to Careers Talks and visits to workplaces. Your donation will go towards our work to engage more schools and companies to get involved in our programmes.
- Support our growth plans, including our ambition to help employers to see the value of a diverse workforce, through projects supporting young people with SEND and neuro diversity to access work taster and placement experiences.
£1,000
Will enable us to:
- Support more local young people, providing them with independent careers guidance and access to careers awareness and information events to help them reach their potential.
- Allow you/your business to sponsor a School Careers Event in a school local to you/your business. Together we can raise awareness of your sector and promote opportunities in your industry, in support of raising aspirations and boosting encounters between young people and professionals.
- Boost opportunities for more young people to become inspired by STEM and understand the careers available in the growing sectors – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
£100
Will enable us to:
- Support a young person to secure an Apprenticeship. We will mentor the young person to be Apprenticeship ready, with practise interviews, CV support and 1:1 guidance to ensure they apply for the right opportunities, this is a free service we offer to any Young Person in the City and County, help us to keep this a free service.
- Support an SEND student to access independent careers guidance and access to careers awareness and information events.
- Purchase more STEM kits that we loan to local schools for free, to ensure all students have access to inspiring STEM related kit.
Our Impact
Here are just some of the ways we’ve supported our community’s future workforce in 2022-23, with the support of local employers.
STUDENT LEARNING
13,352 students attended an LEBC careers-related learning event
EMPLOYER LEARNING
750+ local employers supported LEBC’s careers-related learning events
WORK EXPERIENCE
5,829 work experience placements were secured for students
CAREERS GUIDANCE
4,864 LEBC Careers Guidance appointments hosted with students
Are you able to make a positive impact on young people’s lives?
However you want to support us, we’re open to new partnership ideas and would love to hear from you.
“We truly believe in the importance of work experience for young people’s development and we are impressed by the positive feedback and the significant impact the placements have had. The statistic that 85% of students now feel they can make a positive contribution to the workplace is particularly inspiring. We would be delighted to help support more students going forwards.” Al-Waqas Medical Centre
