Career Ready in Greater Manchester

We work across the Greater Manchester region to empower young people through workplace opportunities and support.

Transforming young lives has never been so straightforward.

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Please note this form is only for employers, if you are a student, school, or parent you can fill in our general enquiry form here.


Career Ready in Greater Manchester

We work across the Greater Manchester region to empower young people through workplace opportunities and support.

Transforming young lives has never been so straightforward.

find out more

Career Ready in Greater Manchester

Career Ready is proud to work across Greater Manchester to boost social mobility and level-up young talent.

Our mission is to help young people from under-represented backgrounds develop new skills and confidence, kickstarting their futures.

We’re looking for more employers, volunteers, schools and colleges to get involved in the following regions to help make this possible.

Your Regional Manager

Lynne-Marie Betteridge, Regional Manager for Lancashire & Greater Manchester

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  • Bolton

  • Bury

  • Manchester

  • Oldham

  • Rochdale

  • Salford

  • Stockport

  • Tameside

  • Trafford

  • Wigan

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Since 2014, we have helped to provide over 420 paid internships to young talent in the North West.

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Over 1,600 mentor relationships have been created helping young people in the North West to gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to kickstart their futures.

We work with six schools and colleges across Greater Manchester to facilitate the Career Ready programme.

Career Ready in Greater Manchester

Career Ready is proud to work across Greater Manchester to boost social mobility and level-up young talent.

Our mission is to help young people from under-represented backgrounds develop new skills and confidence, kickstarting their futures.

We’re looking for more employers, volunteers, schools and colleges to get involved in the following regions to help make this possible.

  • Bolton
  • Bury
  • Manchester
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • Salford
  • Stockport
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Wigan

Continue reading to discover how you can make a difference.

Since 2014, we have helped to provide over 420 paid internships to young talent in the North West.

Over 1,600 mentor relationships have been created helping young people in the North West to gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to kickstart their futures.

We work with six schools and colleges across Greater Manchester to facilitate the Career Ready programme.

Your Regional Manager

Lynne-Marie Betteridge, Regional Manager for Lancashire & Greater Manchester

Contact

Career Ready in Greater Manchester

Career Ready is proud to work across Greater Manchester to boost social mobility and level-up young talent.

Our mission is to help young people from under-represented backgrounds develop new skills and confidence, kickstarting their futures.

We’re looking for more employers, volunteers, schools and colleges to get involved and help make this possible.

  • Bolton
  • Bury
  • Manchester
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • Salford
  • Stockport
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Wigan

Continue reading to discover how you can make a difference.

Your Regional Manager

Lynne-Marie Betteridge, Regional Manager for Lancashire & Greater Manchester

Contact

Since 2014, we have helped to provide over 420 paid internships to young talent in the North West.

Over 1,600 mentor relationships have been created helping young people in the North West to gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to kickstart their futures.

We work with six schools and colleges across Greater Manchester to facilitate the Career Ready programme.

Employers

Whether you’re a large or small employer, we have the power to build a partnership which unlocks young talent, boosts social mobility, and adds real value to your workplace.

Fill in our short online form

We’ll be in touch to discuss how we can partner together to #InvestInYoungTalent

Connect with young talent in Greater Manchester and help them to kickstart a rewarding future

We provide support and insights into the life-changing impact you’re making to young lives

Here are just some of the ways your business can support young talent:

Paid internships

Paid internships for SMEs

Mentoring

Research shows that our facilitated paid internships are an effective way for employers to boost social mobility, connect with young talent, and future-proof their business.

Find out more   |  Funding for SMEs

We’re proud to provide an Internship Investment Fund to enable eligible small and medium enterprises to host young people for paid internships during the summer holidays.

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Mentoring is a great volunteering opportunity for your team to provide life-changing support and insight to young people at a key stage of their education/employment journey.

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Skills masterclasses

Workplace visits

Masterclasses are a fun and engaging way to broaden the horizons of young people in the Tees Valley region and get them interested in your business or industry.

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Our facilitated workplace visits and enterprise activities are a great way to broaden the workplace knowledge of young people and inspire them about different job sectors and roles.

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Employers

Whether you’re a large or small employer, we have the power to build a partnership which unlocks young talent, boosts social mobility, and adds real value to your workplace.

Fill in our short online form

Fill in our short online form

We’ll be in touch to discuss how we can partner together to #InvestInYoungTalent

We’ll be in touch to discuss how we can partner together to #InvestInYoungTalent

Connect with young talent in the Greater Manchester region and help them to kickstart a rewarding future

Connect with young talent in the Greater Manchester region and help them to kickstart a rewarding future

We provide support and insights into the life-changing impact you’re making to young lives

We provide support and insights into the life-changing impact you’re making to young lives

Here are just some of the ways your business can support young talent:

Research shows that our facilitated paid internships are an effective way for employers to boost social mobility, connect with young talent, and future-proof their business.

Find out more   |  Funding for SMEs

We’re proud to provide an Internship Investment Fund to enable eligible small and medium enterprises to host young people for paid internships during the summer holidays.

Find out more

Mentoring is a great volunteering opportunity for your team to provide life-changing support and insight to young people at a key stage of their education/employment journey.

Find out more

Masterclasses are a fun and engaging way to broaden the horizons of young people in the Tees Valley region and get them interested in your business or industry.

Find out more

Our facilitated workplace visits and enterprise activities are a great way to broaden the workplace knowledge of young people and inspire them about different job sectors and roles.

Find out more

If you are unsure about how we can help, fill in the form at the bottom of this page and a member of the team will be in touch to discuss opportunities.

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Volunteers

Whether it’s as a mentor, masterclass presenter, or workplace visit host, we have a range of opportunities available. Each one inspiring and flexible so that it fits around a busy schedule while still having a life-changing impact.

Our simple process makes it easy for you to get involved and help to change lives:

Register with us

Apply for a role

Complete onboarding

Get involved

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This internship has been an eye-opener for many people here, a really positive experience. We have definitely felt the benefit of having a Career Ready intern and hope to continue to host them in years to come. Staff now understand that interns really can be a valuable addition to the team and have a lasting impact.
Ben Parsons, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Anyone who likes helping people should seriously consider becoming a Career Ready mentor. The knowledge that you can contribute to a young person going on to realise their ambitions and become the best version of themselves is immeasurable.

Gary Curzon, Mettler Toledo Safeline

Schools and Colleges

We currently work with six schools and colleges in the Greater Manchester region to facilitate the Career Ready programme.

  • Cheadle 6th Form College
  • Eccles 6th Form College
  • Marple 6th Form College
  • Oldham College
  • Stockport College
  • Trafford College

We are looking to expand our reach of the Career Ready programme. If your school or college would be interested in partnering with us, please contact us below.

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The impact of our partnerships

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Career Ready alumni have a network twice the size of their peers
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of alumni are in full-time education or employment
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of employers would hire their Career Ready intern given the opportunity
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of volunteers experienced a positive impact on their skills, wellbeing, or work life

Before I started the programme, I was nervous and pretty shy when it came to meeting new people, but I’m now much more confident and I feel ambitious and ready for what the future holds.

Enoma Ogor

Loreto College Sixth Form College

It is really rewarding when you start to see a student grow over a period – when they develop the belief and drive to work towards what they want it’s a great feeling.

Gary Curzon

Volunteer of the Year (North West)

Let’s get started…

Fill in the form and we’ll be in touch to discuss opportunities for your business. #InvestInYoungTalent

Let’s get started…

Fill in the form and we’ll be in touch to discuss opportunities for your business.

#InvestInYoungTalent

#InvestInGreaterManchester









Please note this form is only for employers, if you are a student, school, or parent you can fill in our general enquiry form here.


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Our Career Ready programme supports young people aged 16-18 who are in education.

As a social mobility charity we work with schools, colleges and young people who, research shows, face barriers in education and employment which cause their talents to often go undiscovered and unfulfilled.

We support those who need a platform to reach their potential, working with young people who meet a combination of criteria, including the following:

  • Eligible for Free School Meals in the past six years
  • Eligible for Educational Maintenance Allowance
  • Parental occupation indicating lack of access to professional networks and/or low household income
  • No parental history of higher education
  • Physical, mental or learning disability
  • Experience of Local Authority care and/or estranged from family
  • Caring responsibilities

Nothing has the same potential to transform young lives and boost social mobility as paid internships.

We therefore ask that each of our partner employers works with us to provide these life-changing experiences. We appreciate that this may not be suitable for all business environments, so we welcome the opportunity to discuss how else we can work together to deliver and grow our work across the UK.

We’ve worked with micro, small, and medium employers for nearly 20 years to deliver paid internships, mentoring, masterclasses, and workplace visits.

With employers finding that it quickly adds value to their business, team, and culture.

We are proud to offer an Internship Investment Initiative for SMEs, providing funding for them to host a paid intern. 

And our facilitated sessions and support mean that it’s an efficient and effective way of transforming young lives and future-proofing your business.

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