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City of London
Business Traineeship Programme
Other ways to help…
If you represent a City business which is not able to offer a Traineeship
this year, there are several other ways in which you can help local
young people to raise their aspirations and improve their prospects.
Host a City Careers Open House workshop
The City of London Corporation funds City Careers Open
House, which offers groups from City fringe schools the
opportunity to visit City businesses. Students find about
the City and its opportunities, meet staff from the host
company, tour the workplace and participate in
exercises and games to help them to understand the
skills needed to work in the City. The groups range in size
Recruit from local communities
Fringe Benefits is the City of London’s free recruitment
service which matches up talented local candidates to
entry level employment opportunities in the City.
Candidates often come from disadvantaged
backgrounds, and the focus is on social mobility
and widening access to employment opportunities in
City-type businesses within the Square Mile. Fringe
Benefits also supports participating firms to host interns
and get involved with aspiration-raising workshops
on routes into different financial related sectors.
Commission a bespoke programme
The Brokerage Citylink designs and delivers bespoke work
experience programmes for City companies, to enable
them to offer fair access to opportunities for young
people attending local state schools. Our programme
includes the Royal Bank of Canada Academy, a long
term programme to select talented and ambitious young
people from selected state schools. It offers young
City businesses can also participate for free in a range of
activities for our funded programmes by;
■ hosting a workshop, presentation or Master Class
■ providing employee volunteers to guide workplace
tours or speak to students, one to one or in groups
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from 15 to 50 and visits last between 1 and 3 hours.
Participating companies are asked to provide a room
and a few volunteers. Volunteers take part for no more
than an hour, and no preparation is required The
programme is delivered by the Brokerage Citylink for
secondary schools, and by Prospects in the City for
primary schools.
For more information, please see:
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/talent
Support a workshop or Master Class for local young people
The Brokerage Citylink also works with City employers to
match our diverse pool of local talent with school
leaver, apprenticeship and graduate vacancies, and
to promote internship and graduate programmes in the
business and finance sectors. To find out more please
visit the Brokerage website, or contact Graham
Hopgood at graham@thebrokerage.org.uk
people skills development and financial support,
mentoring and paid work experience from 6th Form
through to graduation by helping businesses forge
relationships with local schools and delivering workshops
as part of existing work experience and internship
programmes.
For more information please contact:
Jonathan Ray at jonathan@thebrokerage.org.uk