Advisers needed to help Ladder
More enterprise advisers are needed across the Black Country to help young people in secondary schools and colleges find out about the world of work.
The Black Country Consortium, which set up the area’s original Enterprise Adviser Network, is among organisation supporting the Ladder for the Black Country campaign.
Advisers play an important role in explaining the range of careers opportunities and apprenticeships.
Angela Moore, head of the Skills Factory at the consortium, explained: “If we turn the clock back to 2016, when the Careers and Enterprise Company and the Black Country Consortium Ltd joined together to bring the Enterprise Adviser Network to the Schools in the Black Country, we could never have imagined the positive driving force this network and subsequently the Careers Hubs, would become.
“76 mainstream schools at that time all working completely in silo with very little interaction with the world outside their gates – those grey sheds they passed each day on their way into school a complete mystery to the teachers and pupils alike.
“Fast forward to 2020 and the Enterprise Advisers and the team now support 115 secondary schools and colleges across the Black Country – the Black Country is no longer the UK’s coldest spot for careers education.”
She said that the enterprise advisers are all volunteers from the world of work who give up some time each month to support the careers leader in their local school.
“Our local network of over 90 volunteers are from a variety of different industries and they are truly reflective of our local communities within the Black Country, but they have one thing in common, they are all passionate about making a difference and inspiring young people about the world of work.
To get involved contact enterprisecoordinators@blackcountryconsortium.co.uk
