Children and young people from Salford are set to be offered work experience skills programme, thanks to a new scheme.
The move comes after educational resource provider, Findel, teamed up with national youth charity, Rio Ferdinand Foundation, to launch a new Communities programme.
The three-year programme, focusing on skills development and opportunities in sport, music, digital, media and technology, hopes to support more than 2,000 children from across Salford and the surrounding area by 2026.
The programme also provides creative accredited training for more than 100 young people per year to boost their CVs and raise their aspirations to achieve.
Head of Findel Foundation, Claire Woolley, said: “We are incredibly excited about our partnership with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation, right from our initial conversation it was clear that there were so many synergies between both of our ambitions and overall objectives.
“The Communities programme will allow us to support children and young people in Salford and Greater Manchester to help raise their future career aspirations as well as promoting their health and wellbeing.”
Set up by former Manchester United and England footballer Rio Ferdinand in 2012, his Foundation addresses issues of inequality that Rio had experienced in his own life, growing up in Peckham, South London.
Gary Stannett, CEO at Rio Ferdinand Foundation, added: “I am pleased to announce our new partnership with Findel – a company based in Greater Manchester that works in education, using their staff, expertise, and resources to support young people to improve their education and life chances.
“I am looking forward to seeing this partnership develop and the impact we know it will have on young people participating in the project.”
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