Our goal is to engage business to inspire and prepare young people to prepare for the world of work.
We seek to support a society where the most disadvantaged achieve their full potential through enhanced skills and aspirations, and fewer people are in poverty due to increased skills and opportunities provided by business.
We will do this by:
- Providing role models for young people and the most disadvantaged to raise aspirations, support educational attainment and skills development
- Engaging with business and key partners to broker support for schools
How we can help you
- Primary school interventions – Volunteer for one hour per week to help inspire Key Stage 2 children with their literacy, numeracy and coding.
- Time 2 Count – Time 2 Count aims to help pupils enhance their basic skills in maths and numeracy while boosting their self-confidence and self-esteem.
- Time to Code – Join this volunteering initiative for children at Key Stage 2, helping to teach them how to code, build their confidence and develop their social skills.
- Time to Read – Be part of Time to Read, our ground-breaking literacy programme. Scientists have found that children who can read well by the age of seven are more intelligent in later years. Time to Read bridges the gap in literacy skills for children up to the age of ten.
- LifeSkills – An amazing, free-to-access resource to help educators, parents and young people better understand the needs of the workplace and help prepare young people for the transition into working life.
- Work Inspiration – Work Inspiration works with employers to develop quality, interactive experiences of work to help young people develop skills for the workplace, and make more informed subject and career choices.
- Generation Green Schools – A free sustainability leadership initiative for post-primary students in Northern Ireland, delivered by Business in the Community and funded by SSE Airtricity’s Generation Green Community Fund.
- Career Connect – Career Connect is a Business in the Community and Include Youth initiative funded by the Bright Path Fund, that aims to prevent homelessness for care experienced young people.
- Cross-Border Careers – Cross-Border Careers is a collaborative initiative, led by Business in the Community Ireland and Business in the Community Northern Ireland, designed to improve social mobility for young people (age 16-18) in marginalised communities across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland’s border counties – Armagh, Monaghan, Fermanagh, Cavan, Tyrone and Donegal.
Please get in touch and let’s have a conversation about education: info@bitcni.org.uk
