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IMPACT REPORT
Circle Sports Training Programme
January – December 2014
Circle Sports Training Programme is a social enterprise that
gets disadvantaged young people not in education,
employment or training (NEETs) into work by delivering a
10-week training programme designed to equip young
people with transferable skills and gain permanent
employment.
We exist to help
young people and
the wider
community get the
best out of
themselves
Our 10 week course aims to change mindsets and improve
confidence with workshops on goal setting, confidence building,
presentation and interview skills, CV and cover letter writing. These skills are then put into practice in the Circle
Sports shop, offering young people a chance to experience the reality of a working environment servicing
customers.
This report sets out what we have achieved so far and what we plan to achieve with the growth of our business
and expansion of our programme. It sets out 10 things you need to know about Circle Sports Training
Programme:
1: Circle Sports Training Programme delivered 3
courses in Hackney in 2014, working with a total of 45
young people. We provided 28 pre-employability
workshops, 18 accreditation workshops, 5 corporate
days and 250 hours of training.
7: In 2014 2 of our trainees won the Land Securities
employee of the year and the Ultimate Securities
employee of the year awards.
2: Over the last year, 33 young people completed the
full 10-week training programme. Next year, we aim to
engage 64 young people to complete the course.
"My journey with Circle Sports gave me experience in
customer relations, marketing and business
management."
3: 89% of the young people who completed the course
went on to secure full time jobs and 80% said that they
left the course with increased confidence.
4 : In a case study, the average social value provided
by Circle Sports is £246K per year. The new Circle
Creative course will increase outcomes by
approximately 20 young people, adding £73K+ more
social value each year.
5: What our partners say about us:
‘Our partnership with Circle Sports has provided a
great opportunity for our service partners to
collaborate together with a meaningful initiative to
inspire young people into the hidden sector of facilities
management. As a result we have seen some
wonderful case studies of young people overcoming
barriers and moving into successful careers working
within our buildings in roles such as security, reception
and office services. This is an important contribution to
the wider Land Securities Employment Strategy which
aims to support disadvantaged people into
employment opportunities.'
8: What our trainees say about us:
Denis Denisov, PR Assistant at Land Securities
9: By listening to our young people, we realised we
needed to mentor the young people regularly and
ensure a more structured approach is built into the
programme. As a result, this year we are providing
ongoing support through one-to-one allocated time,
where young people can come in and discuss their
individual barriers to employment.
10: Circle Sports Training Programme aims to work
with 100 young people in 2015, an increase of 222%.
We plan to diversify the training programme and launch
a new pilot course tailored to help young people into
employment within the creative industries.
Circle Sports is a company Limited by Guarantee and
registered CIC. Trading since February 2011, the
business was originally established with a mission to
change the lives of young people and at the heart of
what we do lies five core values that are instilled in all
our staff and trainees: Passion, Enrichment, Respect,
Community and Results.
Philip Barron, Corporate Responsibility Manager at
Land Securities
6: To date, Circle Sports Training Programme are
ranked 100 (out of 1,146) in the RBS SE100 social
enterprises index and 11 (out of 89) in the RBS SE100
social enterprises employment and training sector.
Registered Address: 136 Kingsland High Street,
London, E8 2NS. Registration Number: 07376785
For more information, please contact:
T: +44 (0)207 249 2442
E: [email protected]
W: www.circlesports.org
Impact report produced
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