This initiative is funded by Positive Futures Fund & Heart of England Community Foundation, designed to equip young disadvantaged young people aged 13 to 25 years old with the necessary skills, confidence, mentorship, support and guidance to navigate them towards Employment, Training and Education. Bridge to Success project, will offer tailored support to 18 disadvantaged young people in some of the most deprived parts of Birmingham’s inner-city areas, such as Lozells, Aston and Newtown.

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The Initiative is designed to help and support young beneficiaries through:

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a) Mentorship: Help beneficiaries explore career options, set goals, and develop strategies to achieve them as well as CV support and practical support with job interview and job application. Each beneficiary will get one-to-one support from the mentor

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b) Work Experience: Help the young beneficiaries gain work experience through volunteering, work experience and work placement that offer valuable work experience as well as arranging mock interviews with the employers.

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c) Wrap around services: Wraparound services promote resilience, therefore, we will provide young people a holistic, individualised approach to support their emotional, social, and educational/employment needs, such as mental health care, encourage them to take up physical activities, provide befriending and basic counselling, academic support through extracurricular activities, after school homework support and community programmes to encourage cohesion and work with people of different ages to promote intergeneration experience.  Furthermore, support with housing, universal credit, student loans and much more to support a young person who may face specific challenges.