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Mobile Skills Hubs
Bring themed buses onto site for esports, trades, automotive, salon, STEM, media, food or other hands-on activities.
Youth Futures Partnership can complement existing pastoral, careers, enrichment and prevention work with practical experiences that young people actively want to engage with. From mobile skills buses to employer-led workshops, our aim is to turn interest into confidence, skills and progression.
Youth Futures is not designed to replace school staff, careers teams, safeguarding leads or specialist services. It adds a flexible layer of practical engagement and external opportunity around them.
Bring themed buses onto site for esports, trades, automotive, salon, STEM, media, food or other hands-on activities.
Create tailored programmes for groups who may be disengaging, struggling with attendance or not connecting with traditional routes.
Introduce sectors through practical experiences, employers, mentors, work-readiness activities and real progression routes.
Give pupils a low-pressure first experience of trades, technology, hospitality, creative industries, sport and other vocational areas.
Use positive activity as part of a wider response to emerging concerns around harmful or risky behaviour.
Help young people build a visible record of skills, activities, achievements, employer encounters and progression milestones.
The same model can support universal enrichment or a much more focused intervention depending on the school's need.
Careers weeks, enrichment days, STEM events, enterprise activity and themed practical sessions that broaden pupils' experience.
Small-group activity for pupils who would benefit from a different way to engage, build confidence or explore future options.
Structured practical activity that can complement existing alternative provision or reintegration plans where appropriate.
Help pupils connect interests to college courses, training providers, employers and apprenticeship opportunities before they leave.
A school does not need every bus. Delivery can be matched to year group, careers priorities, pupil interest or a particular local challenge.
Team competitions, PC building, coding, streaming, content creation and online safety.
Links to: IT, computing, media and digital careers.Hands-on tool skills, joinery, construction tasters, health and safety and employer demonstrations.
Links to: vocational learning and apprenticeships.Mechanics, diagnostics, detailing, vehicle technology, EVs and motorsport-related careers.
Links to: engineering and technical pathways.Hair, barbering, beauty, hygiene, customer service and professional skills.
Links to: college and salon pathways.Robotics, electronics, 3D printing, coding and engineering challenges.
Links to: STEM aspiration and further study.Podcasting, DJing, music production, photography, film and editing.
Links to: creative and media industries.The strongest school partnership connects an engaging activity to something the pupil can pursue afterwards.
A pupil tries an activity they would not normally encounter in the classroom.
Interest creates a reason to return, participate and build confidence.
Practical skills, projects, badges or recognised training build evidence of ability.
The pupil meets employers, colleges, training providers or mentors.
Interest becomes a realistic next step into education, training, work experience or an apprenticeship.
We would work with each school or college to understand the intended outcome before deciding what delivery makes sense.
Clarify year groups, priorities, barriers, pupil interests and the outcomes the school wants to achieve.
Select the right activities, delivery format, partner organisations and progression routes.
Agree safeguarding, supervision, consent, risk assessment and information-sharing arrangements before delivery.
Measure engagement, feedback, achievements and progression so the school can understand the value of the programme.
Give pupils another route into learning and positive participation.
Expose young people to sectors, roles and possibilities they may not have seen before.
Allow pupils to experience success through doing, creating and problem-solving.
Connect interests to realistic post-16, training and employment pathways.
We want to work with secondary schools, colleges, alternative provision settings and education partners interested in practical engagement, careers, prevention and progression.