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F4S
Talent and Skills
Impact for scaleups
710,000
students, teachers, career leads connected
30,139
Hours volunteered
2,156,003
Brokered student-employer encounters
12,000
SME employees involved
Key sectors
Founders4Schools (F4S)’ mission is to empower individuals in schools and small businesses with life-changing inspiration, experiences, and learning opportunities.
This is done through the creation and curation of world-class learning content, for students or employees of small businesses and charities and help individuals, and their employers and educational institutions monitor and verify the advances in skills.
F4S supports young people to develop entrepreneurial mindset, social and problem-solving skills along with an understanding of growing sectors with a focus on STEM and business and finance.
It gives insights into roles available in these sectors, career paths and educational and vocational routes into these careers. F4S also runs a number of initiatives like the ‘Maths4Girls’ (M4G) programme, which invites educators to invite female (and male) role models who work within maths-based sectors such as finance, computing and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) into the classroom.
83% of students said the programme raised their optimism about their future, 78% cited a positive impact on their well being and sense of belonging and 100% of volunteers surveyed said that they would recommend Maths4Girls to colleagues and friends.
To date, F4S has facilitated skill-enhancing connections for over 710,000 students, teachers, career leads and 12,000 SME employees providing invaluable mentorship and guidance. Programmes like Digital Boost, OakNorth, Maths4Girls and Sustainable Futures have opened better horizons for individuals aged from 6 to 60, contributing to quality education and reducing inequalities.
This year, F4S delivered their 2 millionth encounter between volunteers and students. 12,550 young girls were given assistance with maths and 30,000 disadvantaged students were assisted with STEM skills, alongside introducing 10,000 students to role models working in climate change. F4S has also provided mentoring to 15,000 individuals working for small businesses.
