Renowned education provider Unloc is expanding its wide range of specialist programmes, courses and events into the Leeds area.
If you’ve never heard of Unloc, we’re one of the UK’s most dynamic and engaging educational training and skills providers – working in schools, colleges, and with the community to empower young people to become a generation of young changemakers.
We’re bringing our innovative programmes to the Leeds City Region, where we aim to make a lasting difference in the lives of young people and equip them with the skills they need to thrive in a fast-changing world.
Unloc’s vision for Leeds is clear: to help young people build confidence, become young changemakers, develop entrepreneurial mindsets, and create a brighter future for themselves and their communities.
Unloc believes that every young person has the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, and work to level the playing field by connecting talent to opportunity, tackling inequalities, using their voice for the good of all, and promoting social justice.
Bringing our mindset, skills and knowledge to Leeds is an exciting new journey for the organisation, and we can’t wait to meet and empower young people in the region. Unloc’s facilitators will be based in Leeds City Centre, ensuring that our programmes are responsive to the local needs and aspirations of young people in the area.
Firmly believing in the power of partnerships, Unloc will work closely with local youth organisations, businesses, industry, and the local authority to ensure that programmes complement existing efforts in the community.
Unloc have already partnered with Burberry and are also working with the Luminate Education Group. By collaborating with local partners we can amplify their impact and create a more supportive network for young people to grow and flourish.
Volunteers from local businesses will play an active role in the organisation’’s programme roll-out. These volunteers will bring real-world knowledge and expertise to Unloc’s initiatives, providing young people with valuable insights into the world of work, behind the scenes experience across a range of industries, and the ability to connect and communicate with professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds and careers.
Unloc will be taking a multi-faceted approach to empower young people in Leeds, tailoring our programmes to the needs of the young people in the region, reaching all ages and levels of knowledge. This will involve a series of dynamic Changemaker Challenge Days for both primary and secondary schools, Enterprise Events aimed at growing the mind of an entrepreneur, plus Changemaker Moments Events and Leadership Bootcamps.
Each event is focused on developing confidence and an entrepreneurial mindset, as well as employability skills, incubating a ‘changemaker outlook’ and encouraging career aspirations. They’ll enjoy skills workshops where they will develop core employability skills, learn from professionals, engage with reverse-mentoring and network with local entrepreneurs, all the while developing the mindset of a changemaker – recognising how to make positive change and effect impact in their communities and wider society.
The skills they acquire will help empower young people but also connect diverse talent with industry, through networking with professionals and career experts, creating clear pathways to employment, entrepreneurship by becoming an empowered changemaker.
“We could not be more excited to bring the Unloc method of creating, developing and empowering young changemakers to the Leeds area. We know from our previous events just how passionate and engaged young people in the region are, and we have heard from them directly on the issues they face and the changes that they want to see, and create in society.”
“At Unloc our speciality is not just equipping young people with a changemaker mindset, but also empowering them with the confidence, the skills and the tools to create the positive change they want to see. Not just see the change – be the change.““If you’re a business owner, a skilled professional or an entrepreneur in the Leeds area, and you’d like to be involved in inspiring future generations – then we would love to hear from you. Involving the industry, professionals and community of Leeds is so important to what we want to achieve. Whether you’re interested in sponsoring a programme, engaging young people with your business, being a guestspeaker, providing opportunities, or engaging with creating positive change in the community – we’d love to hear from you.”
Unloc’s programmes and events offer businesses, industry, partners and entrepreneurs an opportunity to make a tangible, positive impact on the community while also reaping the benefits of increased visibility and engagement.
There are opportunities to sponsor an Unloc programme or event and become an active part in nurturing young talent and empowering young people. Your sponsorship helps Unloc to deliver our vision – offering young people exclusive opportunities and connections with industry which inspires and empowers them on their career path.
It also gives you the opportunity to engage your employees with a greater aim, share knowledge and experience, champion your brand, and raise awareness of your journey, what you do and what you stand for. The inspiration and motivation your knowledge and experience can provide to young people is invaluable.
Whilst Unloc won’t be officially launching until autumn this year, we’re currently building out our strategy and roll-out. We firmly believe it’s those on-the-ground local stories and professionals that make all the difference, people that can talk face to face, answer questions, and share lived career experience.
If you’d like to get involved and do something inspiring for the generation of tomorrow, be a guest speaker, attend a session or sponsor a programme or event, Unloc would love to hear from you.
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