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The starting point
PwC already ran New World, New Skills days for school students: talks from PwC staff, a tour of the offices and a team challenge, with travel and lunch paid. When we met PwC’s community team in October 2023, we asked what it would take to open the same day to care leavers. PwC had the building, the people and the programme. We had the relationships with councils and young people that get the right people into the room.
What we heard
In October 2024 we sat down with PwC to go through the day. PwC said the mix of young people from different councils made for a good atmosphere, and that the team challenges drew out real ideas and passion. Young people gave plenty of good feedback out loud at the close, and PwC collected written feedback forms after the day.
What we did
- October 2023AgreeA 2024 programme with the PwC Foundation: bring around 30 care leavers to New World, New Skills
- 2024RecruitInvitations through councils’ own leaving care and participation teams; we ran promotion and RSVPs
- 19 September 2024The dayA tour of More London, VR headsets, time with PwC staff, team challenges, and Luke’s story
- October 2024ReviewWhat worked, from PwC and from us
How we worked
Their building, our networks
PwC brought the offices, the professionals and the programme. We brought the councils and the young people.
Staff came too
Council staff came with the young people they support, so the day carried on after they left the building.
Lived and professional experience
Luke spoke as someone with experience of care who now leads The Care Leaders, after the speaker who opened the day set the tone.
What we added was the route in: invitations through the councils’ own teams, and staff on the day who knew the young people.
What changed
A global firm opened its doors to care leavers.
30 young people from four councils spent a day at PwC London, the number we set out to reach.
See the work
Open any piece to look through it page by page.
The invitation
Calling all care leavers and youth participation workers.
- Explore A day inside PwC’s London offices
- Meet PwC professionals and the careers open to care leavers
- Challenge The Inclusion and Diversity Challenge and the Sustainability Challenge
Finding the young people
Invitations went through the councils’ own leaving care and participation teams, so young people heard about it from someone they knew.
19 September 2024, More London
- Tour Of PwC’s offices at London Bridge
- VR Headsets and a look at the technology PwC uses
- People Time with PwC staff and the careers behind them
- Challenges Team challenges that drew out real ideas
- Story Luke on his own route from care to leading The Care Leaders
Our workshop: your roadmap to success
50 minutes on aiming high, built around one question: what is your next step?
- Hear it A guest speaker’s own journey: the steps, the barriers, how they got past them
- Map it Small groups plot short and long-term steps, and the support they need
- Share it Each group gives one step to the room
What worked
- The mix Young people from four councils made for a good atmosphere
- The challenges The team tasks drew out real ideas and passion
- Staff came too Council staff came with the young people they support
