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In 2023/24 Career Connect came into contact with 97,719 people – a 20% year-on-year increase.

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Our impact in 2024

In 2023/24, we had contact with 97,719 people across the UK, with the aim of empowering them to move forward in employment, education or training – wherever they are in their journey.

We’re also proud to have generated an additional social value of £8million.

Beneath those numbers are lives changed, and decisions made.

Read just some of of our Impact Stories below.

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Three young women in Manchester outside a blue booth where they can call a careers adviser

45,795

students in schools and colleges received careers education, information and guidance.

10,068

adults in the criminal justice system supported to move towards a new path.

41,629

Young people we have been responsible for tracking and supporting, with 26,229 receiving substantive support

227

people undertaking careers training and CPD

Impact Reports

Our Impact Report for 2023/24

A young man on a work placement with Manchester City council's parks team. He is holding a gardening fork and speaking with his supervisor. They are both in high vis workwear.

Our Impact Report for 2022/23

Inn this Connect to your Future wellbeing session, a young woman is playing a game of uno with a member of Career Connect staff.

Our Impact Report 2021/22

A piece of street art in Manchester. A plinth is painted in yellow, with pink psychadelic wording: "hard work pays off".

Impact highights

4 secondary school girls around a table facing away looking at a woman who us sat down on the other side of the table talking to them about her profession
Women in Business unite to inspire the young women at Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Liverpool-based Bellerive FCJ Catholic College was the venue for Career Connect’s latest ‘Challenging Stereotypes’ event, as our Education and Business Team showcased the breadth of careers available to 160 Year 9 girls currently choosing their GCSE options.
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Supporting women to move forward after custody: Natalie talks about her role
Natalie is a Support Worker in Career Connect’s Achieve team. She explains how her work positively impacts on women in custody.
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Head and shoulders photo of Katie Haynes. Katie is smiling and wears glasses.
Role insight: Katie helps people in prison take a new career path (East Midlands CIAG)
Katie moved from prison admin to a face-to-face role, where she now helps male offenders prepare for release and access employment, education and training.
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A group of Career Connect staff standing in a group at a careers fair. They are all smiling at the camera.
What Next? Careers and Skills Show
Career Connect has delivered the ‘What Next? The Wirral Skills and Careers Show’ on behalf of Wirral Council for three years. The show, which takes place at the Wirral Hive Youth Zone, links young people with a diverse range of employers and pathways to help broaden their horizons and inform their career choices.
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