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Positive Footprints partners with Gentoo, continuing to raise aspirations in primary schools across Sunderland

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Hundreds of school children have continued to benefit from Positive Footprints’ Raising Aspirations career programme. Our programme inspires young people to identify their natural talents, believe in themselves and visualise a positive future. It builds on natural curiosity and shapes how children perceive the world they live in. During National Careers Week, children from Dubmire […]

Springing Forward: Our Latest Milestones and Inspirations

Two pupils smiling while working with a positive footprints workbook

As the Spring Term unfolds, we are thrilled to welcome a further 872 young people to our Network who have begun their adventures in self-discovery, resilience building and the world of work. We can’t wait to create lightbulb moments! Before diving into their new adventures, we listened to the voices of our future leaders. Their […]

Shining Bright: Tegan’s Apprenticeship Success

Tegan Positive Footprints

We caught up with our customer service assistant, Tegan, who completed a Customer Service Apprenticeship with The Learning Foundry in 2023.  Before beginning her apprenticeship with The Learning Foundry, Tegan worked with DFN Project Search who supported Tegan’s learning difficulties and helped her hunt for her perfect career. To our joy, Tegan joined the Positive Footprints […]

Ørsted inspires the next generation with Positive Footprints

Positive Footprint’s partnership with Ørsted has created fantastic opportunities for children to explore their aspirations and discover careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths). It is widely recognised that the UK will have a shortage of technical and engineering skills needed to meet future needs. With this in mind, Ørsted’s East Coast Fund provided […]

Make a ‘positive’ difference in 2024

girl talking to her teacher

It’s the start of a new year – A lot of us are all thinking about how we’d like to develop and give back through work – don’t worry we’ve got your back!! Why not get involved in supporting our Raising Aspirations programme?Our programmes support schools to help kids learn more about careers. ?️Do a […]

Wrapping up for Christmas

“It calms me down because I thought it was gonna be stressful. It makes me feel happy and relaxed ready for when I grow up and get a job.” – Elise, Year 6 – East Yorkshire What better way to finish the year than seeing the positive impact our network is having on pupils who feel […]

Positive Footprints, has been named one of the best places to work in the UK!

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This year’s Best Companies survey, has named Positive Footprints as part of The Regenda Group, one of the top 100 organisations to work for in the UK with a two-star award! The Best Companies survey is an annual independent evaluation of organisations that recognises excellence in employee engagement. They believe that staff who are fully engaged […]

Shaping Brighter Futures: Celebrating Our Impact at Housing23

Positive Footprints Network Pupils on stage at Housing 2023 event

We are thrilled to share the remarkable success of Positive Footprints at CIH’s Housing23, Europe’s largest housing festival! The event was a resounding triumph with our keynote session serving as a significant milestone for us and our partners, highlighting the positive impact our network has made on 11,000 children and young people across 300 schools […]

Shaping Brighter Futures: Celebrating our impact with partners at Housing 2023!

Positive Footprints are thrilled to announce we’re heading to Europe’s biggest housing festival, Housing 23, in Manchester on 27th – 29th June. We’re even happier to say that our keynote is open to all to attend; From delegates to visitors, all are welcome!   We’ll be proudly shouting about the positive impact our network has had […]