Benefits for employers
Engagement with schools is a clear demonstration of responsible
business - helping to make a difference to an individual's skills
and confidence. It is a very rewarding way to invest time and
commitment within the community. Large, medium and small sized
businesses, as well as public sector organisations, have all
witnessed qualitative and quantitative gains as a result of
education partnerships, such as Number Partners.
Number Partners can also be a very personally rewarding
experience for your employees. Not only do current volunteers talk
positively about their involvement in the local community, but they
also report feeling more confident when it comes to working with
different people, as well as increased motivation at work. It can
be fun too!
Benefits to employers include:
- raising motivation and morale among employees
- providing staff opportunities for professional and personal
development
- promoting team building
- fulfilling responsibilities to the local community and wider
sustainability goals by investing in young people
- the opportunity to influence the quality of future
employees
- increased community exposure and positive image building for
employers
- broadening peoples' horizons.
Organisations from different areas of business and employment
are working with schools across the UK to run Number Partner
schemes. Read about some of these schemes in case studies written by
employers, schools and broker organisations themselves.
For lots more information on the mutual benefits of employer
engagement in education, visit the Employers'
Guide and Teachers' Guide to education employer
engagement.