Empower local students
Young people can learn from the experience of successful entrepreneurs, employers, and employees. Hearing your story could help them to decide on a path or understand the skills they’ll need for the future.
You could also take part in activities such as mock interviews and CV workshops. Or, make virtual work experience placements available at your organisation - young people will be able to apply through the Workfinder app!
Joining Founders4Schools gives you the chance to put yourself and your company on the map, via our insights reports which celebrate the business volunteers and companies volunteering their time.
Build your talent pipeline
Helping students to develop employability skills is a great way to start closing the skills gap, ensuring that young people can start preparing for a career in your industry.
Share your experiences by visiting a local school - virtually or in person, or give young people experience of their own through the Workfinder app: a great way to prepare the next generation for a role in your company or sector.
Give young people the support they need to gain soft skills such as resilience and time management. A lack of these skills can often be one of the biggest barriers to recruitment.
How it works
It takes just a few minutes to sign up and make yourself available to local schools using Founders4Schools and young people using Workfinder. Remember, you're always in control of the events that you accept and the opportunities that you offer!
Once registered, you’ll receive invitations for events being organised by teachers and F4S. You can accept as many or as few as you wish.
If you accept an invitation then we’ll send out materials to help make preparation a breeze. Find out more about the different types of encounters below.
Here are some of the events you could take part in...
Emilie Kelly, The Leadership Factory
“This is exactly the kind of thing I would have wanted when I was at school, giving pupils a proper context for why certain subjects are useful and how they can fit into a working environment. It's often left too late, until university, but starting earlier can make a huge impact. The students had great questions and wanted real-life situations to help them understand. It was a great experience.”
Steve Tainton, Wincanton
“I had been looking for a straightforward way to engage directly with young people to encourage and, hopefully, inspire them to consider engineering and business careers. Founders4Schools provides this. They take care of the hard work of liaising with schools and organising the events allowing me to focus on describing what I know best.”
Dr Eben Upton CBE, CEO, Raspberry Pi
“Placements provide students with valuable insight into the world of work. They are particularly valuable in fields such as software and electrical engineering, which are seldom taught explicitly in school. This new initiative from Founders4Schools is very welcome news for all of us in the UK engineering sector.”We know that Founders4Schools works
96%
of students felt inspired and would attend an event again.
54%
of students want to find out more about business planning or technology skills.
100%
of teachers recommend Founders4Schools.