New Primary School Programme to Help Children Dream Big
Lincolnshire County Council and the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership are rolling out a new primary school careers programme funded by the Department for Education and the national Careers and Enterprise Company.
The goal is to encourage children from disadvantaged backgrounds to dream big about their future careers and gain an understanding of the type of jobs available, and the scheme will run through to 2025.
Delivered by the LEP’s Careers Hub, which is already supporting secondary schools in the area, the initiative is part of a new £2.6 million programme – Start Small Dream Big – targeting 2,250 primary schools and 600,000 pupils in 55 Education Investment Areas (EIAs).
Lincolnshire primary schools are being invited to hear more about this brand new project that will start in March 2024.
The programme will bring learning alive by linking lessons to careers. It will provide opportunities for pupils to meet inspiring employers so they can explore different jobs and understand the skills they’ll need for the future. Primary school teachers will receive training delivered by Teach First to develop and deliver careers programmes.
Primary school headteachers are being invited to attend one of the Start Small, Dream Big launch webinars being run by the LEP’s Careers Hub in January:
Thursday 18th January 9.00am
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/771499805687
Tuesday 23rd January 4.00pm
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/773656536527
Thursday 26th January 9.00am
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/771536344977
Councillor Patricia Bradwell OBE, Deputy Leader of Lincolnshire County Council, said: “We welcome this new funding that means we can support our primary schools and help young people to explore the world of work in exciting and meaningful ways, raising aspirations and reducing barriers.
“The programme aims to inspire primary school children by connecting them with role models, showing them how different subjects relate to jobs and encouraging them to continue to dream big.”
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About the Greater Lincolnshire LEP
- We are a strong partnership of private, public and education leadersdriving positive economic growth across Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland.
- We areimproving the lives and opportunities of communities and businesses in Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland.
- We are 180+ leaders harnessing our economic ambitions for Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland.
- We champion Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland as a place to live, work, play and invest.
- We are the voice for business and we champion our four game-changing sectors:
- Ports and logistics and the Humber Freeport
- UK Food Valley
- Clean energy
- Defence and security
- We also work across the manufacturing, visitor economy and health and care enterprise sectors, and work on employment and skills, innovation and business support
- We work with investors in our area, support business growth and help businesses to develop the skills they need.
- We work with schools and businesses to develop strong careers programmes that reflect local opportunities.
- We set out what Greater Lincolnshire needs to grow its economy and we secure and deliver funding from Government for our area.
- We cover an area including North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Rutland and the administrative county of Lincolnshire.
- To find out more visit http://www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.ukor follow us on Twitter @greaterlincslep, Facebook or Linkedin.
LEP achievements
Since our creation in 2010 we have:
- unlocked over £279 million of addition investment through our funding programmes
- engaged with 20,000 businesses through the Growth Hub programme
- supported a successful Humber Freeport bid bringing 7,000 jobs and £2 billion plus investment
- begun to develop a Top 10 global UK Food Valley cluster
- provided 5,000 businesses with three or more hours of dedicated support
- created 3,108 jobs
- delivered 34 transformational growth projects and programmes
- supported 2,711 learners and apprentices
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