Become an employer partner

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Our employer partners are vital to the success of our programmes.

Wherever we work we find community-minded employer partners who want to make an impact on their own doorsteps, and who become vital parts of the village that we create to support our young people. From providing work placements to fabulous role models to sponsorship, the opportunities that our employer partners offer change futures.

Hear from our employer partners

National Trust

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Xplore Science

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Solvay Engineering

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Create a life-changing opportunity

Sponsor one or more of our gappies for £18,000 each

Sponsor the salary

Cover a wage for one or more of our gappies for six months for £7,500 each

Choose us

Choose WeMindTheGap as your Charity of The Year

Work experience for one

Provide one or more of our gappies with 10 days of meaningful work experience

Work experience for all

Provide all ten of our gappies on one of our programmes with meaningful work experience

Apprenticeship placements

Guarantee a place on your apprenticeship scheme for one or more of our graduate gappies

Guarantee an interview

Offer an interview for any entry-level jobs for any of our graduate gappies

The benefits of being an employee partner

Active demonstration of your commitment to the community as well as an inclusive and diverse workplace.
Mentoring our young people provides inexperienced team members with valuable mentoring skills and experiences.
An understanding of the challenges faced by our young people informs company recruitment and apprentice schemes.
A recruitment stream – many employer partners want to offer opportunity to young people but otherwise don’t have the opportunity to meet and assess them in a work context.
Movement towards achieving the UN Social Development Goals – WeMindTheGap answers nine of the 17 UN SDGs.
Availability of any WeMindTheGap young people and team as volunteers to support your own company and charity activity.
A source of great pride for your team.

Click here, or call 0333 939 8818 and speak to our team about becoming an employer partner.

For all of our employer partners,
WeMindTheGap will:

Provide support for you and your team at every step

Train your employees as mentors where appropriate

Evaluate your involvement and impact so that you can demonstrate your community impact

Provide third party verification as ESG evidence

Welcome your team to graduation events that celebrate our young people’s achievements and allow us to thank you publicly for your support

Develop local and regional PR and publicity opportunities in partnership with your marketing team

Welcome and promote you as a valued part of the WeMindTheGap family

WeMindTheGap addresses 9 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals

Download an employer partner pack here

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