Explore Your Future

Led By: Chloe Bolton – Enterprise & Skills Executive (Careers), Portsmouth City Council

The aim of this programme is to support students from years 9 to 11, to better understand the world of work and the local labour market, providing an early employer intervention for students to encourage career conversations and support improved student aspirations.

Business leaders and industry professionals will share their personal and professional journeys with students in an informal and relaxed setting, fostering a comfortable atmosphere.

Each workshop will be developed in collaboration with a Shaping Portsmouth partner. Schools will have the option to choose from a range of sectors, and can work with Shaping Portsmouth to build a bespoke session that meets the needs and requirements of the school and their students.

Objectives

  1. To inspire Portsmouth’s young people from Year 9-11 through the real-life experiences using a diverse pool of role models.
  2. To connect the future workforce with local businesses, support schools with motivating employment stories.
  3. To provide students with a better understanding of local business sectors and industries to help them gain a better understanding of how they operate.  
  4. To inspire students to think about their future careers.
  5.  To create networking opportunities for students by allowing them to meet and interact with local business and industry professionals.

Current Initiatives

Impact

  • Successful sessions delivered across five schools. 
  • Video library of 42 career stories from a variety of job sectors.

Explore Your Future is delivered in partnership with:

The latest news from Explore Your Future:

Testimonials

“Finding new and exciting extra-curricular opportunities to inspire and engage our students career aspirations can be challenging with so much information available. Finding ways to present this in a way our students can relate is our main focus. Shaping Portsmouth are always available to help support us with this by running events such as this. The students who took part in the pilot really enjoyed it. They got a wealth of knowledge about a major employer in the city and have been inspired to look into careers in design, marketing and events management. Thank you to Sam and the team from Shaping Portsmouth.”
Lucy Passmore
Lucy PassmoreHead of Student Enrichment, Trafalgar School
“Every one of the students was a fabulous credit to the school and I am convinced every one will be a future leader and or mover and shaker! What an education Georgina and I got – it was a cross between getting a grilling on Question Time and being run over by a bus!”
Dave Green
Dave GreenManaging Director, Lightning Safety Systems

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