Our work with Corporate partners is one of our proudest achievements
Our CSR programmes are unique in approach
incredibly impactful
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Changing Futures
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120 Students
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6-8 Schools
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30-40 mentors
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1-5 days
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School and workplace visits
in partnership with Capital One
We bring together 120 students from 6 to 8 schools and train 30-40 business mentors, each committing to guide 3 to 4 students. Our programme facilitator will then guide both mentors and mentees through an inspiring and motivating series of challenges and discussions, helping mentors build trust and bond with their groups. In just a few hours, with the guidance and support of their business mentors, young people experience powerful personal growth, often leaving the day with a renewed sense of purpose and lasting transformation. The programme also includes visits to schools and workplaces, allowing students to gain real-world insights and build deeper connections with their mentors.
Futuready
in partnership with Hastings Direct
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120 Students
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2 Schools
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30-40 mentors
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3 days
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held at Hasting Direct
Our partnership with Hastinsg Direct, one of the largest car insurance companies in the UK spans 10 years. The programme has evolved into Futuready. Hastings has two main bases, one in Bexhill and one in Leicester and we bring together 120 students respectively from each school into the Hastings offices.
Our founding director Graham Moore then trains 30-40 business mentors, each committing to guide 3 to 4 students over a 3 day period. Graham guides both mentors and mentees through an inspiring and motivating series of challenges and discussions, helping mentors build trust and bond with their groups.
In just the first few hours alone, with the guidance and support of their business mentors, young people experience powerful personal growth, often leaving the first day with a renewed sense of purpose and lasting transformation. The following two days extend and challenge the students to step out of their comfort zone and develop real life skills. They are encouraged to identify changes they feel they need to make and with the growing trust of their mentors, the young people go on to do extraordinary things throughout and after the programme.
"We continue to be really proud of our work with humanutopia on the Changing Futures programme. In 2019, our work was recognised at the Cards & Payments Awards within a very competitive field, a sign we are doing something really special for young people."
Dave Richards
Head of CSR
Capital One UK
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Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes are unique, high impact & bring many rewards to all parties involved.
One of our most favoured and successful models is ‘Be The Change’. We bring 120 students from 6-8 schools together. We then train 30-40 ‘business mentors’ who commit to attending our programme as a mentor to 3 or 4 students.
Our programme facilitator will gently guide both the mentors and mentees through an inspirational & highly motivating series of challenges & discussions, which help the mentors bond and form trusting relationships with their groups. In a matter of hours, with the support & faith of their business guides the young people make huge strides and appear to have changed their lives by the end of the day.
Events can also range from 1 day through to 5 days, including school visits by the business mentors and workplace visits for the students. We pride ourselves on being able to create a powerful bespoke experience for any organisation that wants to make a profound impact on the lives of young people, communities and society.
Take a peek inside a day with Hastings:
Jay Wootten | Corporate Social Responsibility Manager | Hastings Direct
Working with Humanutopia for the past 10 years on our Futuready programme has been amazing, life-changing and massively impactful to over 2,000 year 9 students we have interacted with in Bexhill and Leicester.
Graham's experience and knowledge of leading students on a three day journey is brilliant and the connection he has with every student is just so amazing and you don't know how he does it! Even after 10 years the relevance of what he delivers is right on point, and the language he uses really connects with the young people and challenges them in ways they may not have experienced before.
When you receive feedback from schools of one day exclusions are down, students are moving up sets in Maths and English as they implement the changes they have committed to - this just makes this course super special and one we continue to run every year. To also see students turn into colleagues at Hastings and the reasons they give for joining was because of the Futuready programme and working for an employer who cares about it local community must be a good one to work for!
Your programme is one of the most inspiring experiences I've been on...it's always difficult to quantify engagement - but by God you have an impact on them. You have an impact on me, just listening to you. It's actually made me think differently and made a positive change in my life."
Kieran
Employee Engagement Leader
Hastings District
Take a peek inside a day with Capital One:
The students got a lot from it - I couldn’t believe one of our less confident students stood up with the microphone. They were buzzing on the way back!
It was also great to see our students with behaviour needs take part in the
workshops especially with students from other schools.
Tash Cooper
Associate Assistant Principal - Careers
Bulwell Academy
As a parent it has definitely provided me with some tools to use should I need too. It also helps me understand what young people go through at school, as growing up nowadays is very different to when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s. I also could just listen to Graham all day, his life story is fascinating and I never tire of listening to it (I have heard it about 4 times now) and it always feels like the first time as he talks about it so passionately."
What I love the most about this programme is seeing some of the hardest to reach students starting to open up in front of their mentors and the wider group."