Despite the City of London being one of the world’s biggest financial centres, it and London’s other financial districts are surrounded by areas of severe deprivation, disadvantage and income inequality. The diversity of the workforce within business and finance is not reflective of the local communities it serves, in terms of gender, ethnicity and socio-economic background.

Despite constant revisions over many years, careers provision in schools remain inconsistent and often too narrow. Schools now face, with reduced budgets, new work related learning obligations to provide independent advice and guidance. Our Outreach project is an essential and flexible service for teachers and schools, allowing the experienced team to deliver careers and enterprise sessions for free. Each year, we engage with more than 3,000 young people through Outreach sessions in schools.