• Careers development programme supporting young black men, aged 16 to 25 within Newham who are unemployed/underemployed
   
• Courses will run for six months and include bespoke workshops, one-to-one support, and professional mentoring
   
• Working with participants with the aim to secure employment or career progressions for those involved
   
• Collaborative approach, partners include: ELBA, Newham Workplace, Newham College, NLP Sports, New Direction
   
• To find out more, please contact Temisan Williams [email protected] 

To date the programme has delivered:

• 31 employers engaged in contributing to employment outcomes: 46 mentors and business champions  
• 16 employer engagement events 
• Circulated 116 paid opportunities 
• Enrolled 68 young black males onto the programme 
• 11 securing jobs with average starting salary of 16.7K 
• 100% felt supported through the programme  
• 95% would share it with their friends
• ü85% are now more confident in their chances of finding work