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How your company can help
Companies and organisations can help Platform 51 make a real difference to the lives of young women from disadvantaged communities.
By working with Platform 51 your company can strengthen links with your local community and help young women overcome barriers to employment, raise aspirations and help shape a future workforce.
Platform 51works to tackle social and economic disadvantage. A corporate partnership with Platform 51will show your commitment to social responsibility to your shareholders, customers and employees, helping you stay competive and profitable. Community investment is more important than ever in the current economic situation.
Platform 51, women and work
Our programmes provide young women with support and information about education, skills and employment. We help girls and young women to:
- move into employment, education or training
- learn new skills
- engage in education
- gain experience through volunteering
Our recent campaign called for young women to get the skills they need to work their way off the bottom rung of the career ladder. In 2008 young women from Platform 51 tried out non-traditional careers at a skills day. Read the news story.
For more information read our briefings and information sheets about girls and women.
Ways we can work together
Platform 51 will work with your company to help you make a positive impact on your local community. Find out how your company can support Platform 51.
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"British Gas are proud to support Platform51's efforts to inspire women to be the future workforce in engineering. It is important for young women to discover they have the skills or aptitude that could help them reach their full potential in a career in building services."
Carole Willsher, Recruitment and Diversity Specialist, Centrica Plc
who we help
When she first came to Platform 51, Natasha was battling drink and drug addictions and had recently spent a lot of time in prison.
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"Platform 51 is a lovely place to be, the principles of respect and self-esteem run through whatever they do."
Dr Louise Massey, Consultant in Public Health, Wolverhampton
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