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About Kier Group

Kier Group is a leading infrastructure and construction group, with 10,000 colleagues across the UK, including hundreds of young people in early career roles.

Working with Youth Futures

Kier Group is helping build the evidence on what works in the recruitment and retention of young people.

By working with us, Kier not only gains insights to strengthen their practice and support the future of their workforce, but helps create evidence that can be used by employers across the country, so more young people can access and thrive within employment.

About COMPAS

The University of Oxford’s Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) conducts high-quality research, develops theory and facilitates knowledge exchange in the field of migration. COMPAS research covers a spectrum of global migration processes and phenomena, from conditions in places of migrant origins to institutions and activities that affect mobility to social and economic effects in receiving contexts.

Working with Youth Futures

COMPAS are one of a small number of trailblazing partners we’re working with to build the evidence on what works in the recruitment and retention of young people. We’re conducting a Randomised Controlled Trial with COMPAS, investigating hiring discrimination against young people from marginalised backgrounds. We’ll use the robust evidence generated to provide practical guidance for employers across the country, so more young people can access and thrive within employment.

About Severn Trent:

Severn Trent is one of the UK’s largest water and wastewater companies, providing fresh, clean drinking water and wastewater services to over eight million people across the Midlands every day. The company supplies around two billion litres of water daily, then safely treats and returns wastewater to the environment. Alongside investing billions in critical infrastructure, the company is deeply focused on sustainability, community impact and creating opportunities for people from all backgrounds to build meaningful, long‑term careers.

Working with Youth Futures

Severn Trent are one of a small number of trailblazing employers we’re working with to build the evidence on what works in the recruitment and retention of young people. We’re conducting a Randomised Controlled Trial at Severn Trent, testing a promising recruitment/retention intervention and evaluating its impact. The results of this trial will help Severn Trent to strengthen their practices and support the future of their workforce. And we’ll use the robust evidence generated to provide practical guidance for employers across the country, so more young people can access and thrive within employment.

About

Amazing Apprenticeships is a leading organisation in the education sector, working with large employers, schools and colleges to tackle misconceptions and promote the benefits of apprenticeships and technical education.

Working with Youth Futures

In our Increasing Apprenticeship Supply partnership, we are supporting Amazing Apprenticeships to increase the number of Level 2 and 3 apprenticeships by mobilising large employers to expand early-career routes.

About

Youth Employment UK is a leading employer membership organisation changing the youth employment landscape for young people and employers.

Working with Youth Futures

We are working with Youth Employment UK to understand how its existng Youth Friendly Employment Framework, endorsed by Goldsmiths, University of London, can be built upon.

The partnership provides a data collection and analysis infrastructure through which evidence can be gathered on employer practice with respect to youth employment.

About

Workwhile is a small charity with a mission to create a more equitable world of work, working with employers to create more good work, and to ensure everyone can access it.

Apprenticeships are at the heart of Workwhile’s mission, and since 2020 they have created over 2,100 apprenticeships by supporting SMEs to navigate the apprenticeship system successfully.

Working with Youth Futures

In our Increasing Apprenticeship Supply partnership, we are working with Workwhile to increase the number of Level 2 and 3 apprenticeships through their SME Champion Providers programme, which equips training providers to better support SMEs.

This builds on our successful work together since 2022, where supported Workwhile to create apprenticeships for marginalised young people in London; to pilot the DevelopMentor programme of training for  line managers; and to create a definition of good work for young people.

Business in the Community is a pioneering organisation dedicated to driving positive societal change through responsible business practices.

As a leading force in the corporate social responsibility landscape, Business in the Community collaborates with businesses of all sizes to champion environmental sustainability, promote diversity and inclusion, and address pressing social issues.

By providing valuable resources, expertise, and networking opportunities, Business in the Community empowers companies to make a tangible difference in their communities. With a strategic focus on creating a more sustainable and equitable future, Business in the Community serves as a catalyst for meaningful impact, inspiring a new era of purpose-driven business practices that prioritises people, planet, and prosperity.