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Impetus Wrapped! As 2024 comes to a close, we’re excited to share some of the moments that have defined our year, from welcoming new portfolio organisations to our most liked LinkedIn post. Join us in unwrapping our biggest highlights of the year 🎁

The December edition of Impetus Insights is here! 🎅 This is our monthly newsletter, bringing you the latest updates and analysis on education and employment policy, curated by our brilliant Policy team. In this video, “six things in sixty seconds” (or “6 in 60” as we like to call it), Ben Gadsby shares six key highlights from this month’s edition of Insights: 🔸 Get Britain Working: new White Paper talks about the work of the Youth Employment Group we co-founded, and the Young Persons Guarantee it produced 🔸Ofsted annual report: Our previous research found working from home wasn’t a major driver of school absence, contra media coverage of this report 🔸Delivering well: The New Britain Project summarises lessons from tutoring that should shape the delivery of breakfast clubs 🔸ChatGPT: Quality Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) research shows it can save teachers time in lesson planning, without sacrificing quality 🔸Poverty: The cost of going to school, the Social Metrics Commission finding a rise in child poverty, Andy Harrop trying to explain it – we’ve got it all 🔸It’s impossible to do anything important in the world and not have someone in the world upset at you. A joyful end to 2024...! Read the full edition of Impetus Insights here: https://lnkd.in/gEDkU-79

Impetus selects the most promising organisations supporting young people in the UK to succeed at school and in work. We have a unique approach to working with our partner organisations. We provide them with long term, unrestricted core funding, the expertise of our dedicated Investment team and access to our world class pro bono network. We work shoulder-to-shoulder with their leaders to help them become stronger organisations. Learn more about how we support our portfolio partners: https://lnkd.in/ej8kepQn #NGO #YouthEmpowerment #Education #Employment

🚨New job alert🚨 Do you enjoy combining research, strategic insight and creativity? We’re hiring a proactive Senior Research and Insights Manager, who is passionate about driving social change for young people through strategic philanthropy and impactful partnerships. You will establish and lead a new research function within our Philanthropy and Partnerships team, which will drive our efforts to secure high-value donations that fuel our mission. Interested in applying? Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dnQNbCZJ Deadline: rolling

A #throwback to this important discussion on why it's not enough to be merely 'non-racist' - and how #leaders can embed anti-racism into their work and organisations. Read the full blog to catch-up here: https://lnkd.in/gPAEAv_b

We were really pleased to see Secretary of State Lisa Nandy visit our portfolio partner, Empire Fighting Chance this week. She was there to hear from young people and youth organisations from across Bristol as part of the launch of the new National Youth Strategy: https://lnkd.in/eWMb3snC  Empire Fighting Chance is a leading sport for development charity fighting the impact of inequality on young people’s lives. Using a powerful combination of non-contact boxing and intensive personal support through coaches and therapists, they give young people the skills, knowledge and inspiration they need to make positive changes to how they think and behave, and to improve their lives.    Find out more about our partnership: https://lnkd.in/eZdZjsJq

Yesterday, the Government released revised attainment statistics for key stage 2 national curriculum assessments. https://lnkd.in/enishE3M 📉 The issue: We know that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are 30% less likely to leave primary school ready for the next stage of their education, with the majority falling short of the expected standard in English and maths. 🔑 The solution: As a way to address this issue and make progress towards the Government's mission of breaking down barriers to opportunity for young people, we need to embed oracy in the curriculum as the fourth R - alongside reading, writing and arithmetic. In October, we supported the launch of the Oracy Commission’s report, “We Need to Talk”, which details the critical role of oracy education for building up young people to become citizens that live happy, successful lives - in addition to it boosting educational attainment in early years. 📖 Read more about why oracy matters: https://lnkd.in/g8xZtjhN

🎥 Have you seen our 2024 film? Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are every bit as ambitious and talented as their better-off peers. But too many are missing out on the opportunities they deserve. Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are: 🔸 40% less likely to get GCSE English and maths 🔸 40% less likely to go to university 🔸 Twice as likely to be out of a job or study after school It doesn't have to be this way. We work closely with organisations tackling the knottiest problems affecting young people today, building strong organisations that are delivering the most promising interventions supporting young people. Together, we can ensure that all young people have the opportunities they need to succeed. Discover how: www.impetus.org.uk

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