Wiseup Blog

On Friday 14th March, Wiseup joined forces with Kantar, IBM, Efficio, Hays, Blackbullion, Chain IQ, Birlasoft and Kyndryl for the launch of London Intern 25 – a transformative programme combining mentoring with hands-on work experience within each company’s offices. The launch event, held at Kantar’s offices, marked the beginning of an exciting journey for 55 students from four London schools, who met their mentors and embarked on their first mentoring session in breakout spots around Kantar’s open plan office space.

For the third consecutive year, Wiseup has partnered with Kantar for London Intern 25, a programme that offers mentoring and work experience opportunities to 16-18 year olds. Growing year on year, Intern 25 welcomes over 50 students onto this year’s programme, with mentors from Kantar, IBM, Efficio, Hays, Chain IQ, Blackbullion, Kyndryl and Birlasoft volunteering their time to mentor students.

Wiseup is committed to improving young people’s cultural capital in order to improve their prospects. But what exactly is cultural capital, and why should it be prioritised as a means to promote social mobility? Let’s explore!

Over the last three years, Wiseup has proudly partnered with the Harris Federation, a multi-academy trust of over 50 primary and secondary schools around London. This collaboration has allowed us to work closely with several Harris academies, offering invaluable work experience and mentoring opportunities to their students through our Pathfinder Programmes.

Last month, ten 15-16 year old students from Leytonstone School had the chance to embark on a week-long work experience at LondonEnergy, offering them a glimpse into the professional world and a taste of the various career paths available.

Wiseup is extremely proud to announce that we had the honour of winning the People and Community Award at GMCC’s Excellence Awards last week. The event, held at Manchester’s Albert Hall brought together some of the region's finest businesses for a celebration of achievements. It is truly an honour to be recognised for our hard work and social impact, and we couldn’t have done this without all our wonderful business partners.