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Impetus - Backing the best
We transform the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed.
About Impetus - Backing the best
Impetus transforms the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed in school, in work and in life. We find the most promising charities and social enterprises that work with these children and young people. We help them become highly effective organisations that transform lives; then we help them expand significantly so as to dramatically increase the number of young people they serve.
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Signals from Impetus - Backing the best
14 published signals
Research & Knowledge
Impetus - Backing the best revealed regional disparities in GCSE and A level results days with more young people getting top grades in London and the southeast than their counterparts in the Midlands and north of England.
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Research & Knowledge
Impetus - Backing the best received recent findings from the DfE highlighting the importance of belonging in school attainment.
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Research & Knowledge
Impetus - Backing the best received a new briefing from Catch22 and the Centre for Young Lives setting out how the government's Young Futures Hubs can be designed to genuinely reach young people most at risk of becoming NEET.
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Research & Knowledge
Impetus - Backing the best asked if remote and hybrid working could be a reason for the decline in entry level jobs.
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Research & Knowledge
Impetus - Backing the best announced new technical pathways for 14-to-16 year-olds to combine core academic subjects with local job-focused technical training and real-world employer experience.
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Products & Services
Impetus - Backing the best launched a new Youth Jobs Gap digital tool showing how NEET rates vary across England and between different groups of young people in each area.
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People
Impetus - Backing the best is hiring a Head of Engagement to lead and develop the engagement programme across both volunteering and pro bono support.
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People
Impetus - Backing the best is hiring a new employee to join the organisation supporting young people into life-changing apprenticeships
Reported by Caitlin Ross
People
Impetus - Backing the best employee Reece Okezie became Youth Work Manager at THE WINCHESTER PROJECT.
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Products & Services
Impetus - Backing the best launched a new interactive tool called Who are NEET young people? that shows how NEET rates vary across England and between different groups of young people in each area using the Department for Education's Longitudinal Education Outcomes dataset.
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Products & Services
Impetus - Backing the best released a new data tool that makes available longitudinal data from Youth Jobs Gap research, allowing users to explore NEET populations across local and regional levels.
Reported by Claire Leigh
Presence & Recognition
Impetus - Backing the best is taking over Clapham Common for the Impetus Relay in just 10 days.
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Research & Knowledge
Impetus - Backing the best published a Youth Jobs gap report providing a ready-made roadmap for the UK government to address the Youth Employment crisis and NEET young people.
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Strategy & Corporate Development
Impetus - Backing the best helped IMO Charity enter a new stage of growth and strategic focus on improving health and employment outcomes for Blackburn's young people.
Reported by Caitlin Ross