PROJECT
Our Future
PURPOSE
To enhance social mobility, improve gender equality and expand opportunities for primary school children
FUNDING
In 2021/22, £150,000 from Derby Opportunity Area Board plus £115,000 from the Government Equalities Office Equality Hub
BACKGROUND
In 2017, Derby was ranked the ninth worst social mobility “cold spot” across all local authorities, with serious concerns about the high proportion of 16- to 17-year-olds not in education, employment or training. The city was identified as one of 12 Opportunity Areas receiving government funding to boost social mobility. Initially a three-year scheme, the Opportunity Area programme has been extended twice and currently runs until August 2022
Research has found children as young as six often rule out career options because of their gender, ethnicity or socio-economic background. In March 2019, the Derby Opportunity Area Board commissioned and funded the Our Future Derby project to tackle this issue. A career-related learning programme was developed and delivered by charity Education and Employers, education outreach company Learn by Design and careers policy and research organisation DMH Associates.
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