Workspaces and Placements
Forward 25 is delivering project-based work experience that enables young people to be part of real projects and deliver real outcomes in their time spent with the Forward 25 team. We provide the project, supervision, workspace, task management and the resources whilst young people are encouraged to bring their energy and talent to deliver...
Setting deadlines for moving on career and work
The steps that you need to take to make you next move on career and work needs a deadline. Sometimes the deadline is the application submission date, and sometimes we just let it pass by waiting for the next best moment. Missing the moment can take you further away from where you want to be and time just keeps ticking away. We know it is...
Sketchbook
“While I draw stuff pops into my head – like words or phrases, ideas for a project, or ideas for another drawing. I jot these down as I draw and then leave them. They just exist as little ideas written down until a few weeks, a month or years later I find them again and get an idea of a way in which I would like to use them.”...
Introduction
“Employers have more to do to bridge the gap between the classroom and the world of work if British business is to find the talent, creativity and skills needed for our future…Many companies already offer work experience, but it’s now more important than ever for young people’s first taste of work to be as relevant, meaningful and inspiring as possible.”
(Sir Stuart Rose, Chairman of Business in the Community, Work Inspiration)
Forward 25 promotes creative action on future careers and work for young people aged between 9 and 25 years old. We are working to connect businesses, organisations and entrepreneurs to young people through careers advice, information, and guidance, providing workspaces and inspiring projects. As a social enterprise which opened in May 2010 based in Exeter, Devon, our story is unfolding today for tomorrow’s generation. Find out more about our projects or contact us for more information.