Our collaboration, which represented an investment of £40k pa, saw The Gym Group support our work with young people and local communities. The initial focus was on communities in South London, ensuring young people gained valuable employability skills, understanding what careers are available in the fitness and leisure industry, and gaining a Community Sports Leaders accreditation.

BT invested £115,000 over three years which was used to attract match funding of £72,800. The programme provided a development pathway, from grass-roots community activities to employment pathways including BT Traineeships.

The 3-year partnership won the Charity Partnership Award at the Business Charity Awards in 2019, and publicity from the two events, one in London and one in Belfast, reached audiences of 169,503,172 with a PR value of £326,556

Barclays Digital Eagles helped to bridge the digital skills divide by donating digital devices to young people across our regional hubs and providing a range of digital skills programmes delivered by their passionate employees.

Teaming up with the Foundation, Barclays Digital Eagles delivered their free digital education events aimed at building confidence and their full Digital Wings flexible online curriculum. Through this work, Barclays Colleague provided vital support to our young people teaching them how to stay safe online and get ahead in the digital world.

In 2020 we co-designed a programme with the Co-Op entitled Youth Voices. The programme helped the Co-op to understand the youth audience, and delivered a national skills-based initiative across the UK, with a focus on amplifying via the youth voice, to understand young people’s issues. The programme represented an investment of £60k over 6 months.

Young people who took part in the programme produced a variety of media campaign pieces, which were showcased across the foundation’s social media platforms and reached audiences of over 550,000.