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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 2d

🔶 How we create and sustain co-investment partnerships
🔶 The support we provide to participants of the Impetus Leadership Academy

This helps us work more efficiently and effectively, collaborating to create further impact in all areas of our work.

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 2d

A few highlights from this year's prog included:

🔶 Deep dives on our due diligence process and our Driving Impact workshops
🔶 An exploration of what it means to embed a “culture of philanthropy” across all teams
🔶 Using social media to build a personal brand
🔶 The art of building policy coalitions

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 2d

We recently completed the first year of the Impetus Learning Exchange and Resource Network, otherwise known as ILEARN™ (yes, we started with the acronym and built backwards).

To boost cross-team collaboration, ILEARN created sessions for Impetus colleagues to learn more about each other’s work.🧵

ILEARN session with Impetus Leadership Academy participants on a panel.

ILEARN session with members from our portfolio organisations to discuss Driving Impact and due diligence.

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 4d

📺 You can watch the full segment from 0:12:25 here: www.itv.com/watch/news/c...

📙Read our report findings and recommendations here: www.impetus.org.uk/news-and-vie...

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 4d

The research found that despite a strong sense of ambition and a clear desire to succeed in life, daily attendance is no longer a given for students and ‘presenteeism’ online drives absenteeism in schools.

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 4d

Susannah was referring to a report we published in September, warning that persistent school absence has become endemic and embedded as a cultural norm.

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 4d

...they feel the need to be present. It's how they're connecting with friends because they feel they don't get that time in the school day to form those friendships and to have that relaxed time with their peers."

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 4d

Persistent absence has risen sharply since the pandemic, with thousands of young people missing vital classroom time each week. As Susannah explained:

"Social media and last night gaming is a part of that, and young people are telling us that they're staying up late online because...

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 4d

Our CEO, Susannah Hardyman OBE, appeared on @itvnews.bsky.social last night to discuss persistent school absence - one of the most urgent challenges facing young people today.

www.itv.com/watch/news/c...

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 5d

Last Wednesday marked day one of our Driving Impact workshops with portfolio partner, Breadwinners.

Together, we examined Breadwinners’ target population and outcomes – who they exist to serve and what they hope to achieve in the next few years.
impetus.org.uk/news-and-vie...

Breadwinners and Impetus teams at the Driving Impact workshop.

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 8d

One in three young people from disadvantaged backgrounds miss over 10% of school. At last week’s Labour Party Conference @brgadsby.bsky.social, our Head of Policy, joined a roundtable to discuss the impact of lost learning.

Read more in Children & Young People Now: www.cypnow.co.uk/content/anal...

Expert panel assesses the cost of lost learning and how to prevent it - CYP Now

At the recent Labour Party Conference, CYP Now held a round table debate involving 13 children’s sector leaders discussing the impact that lost learning is having on disadvantaged young people.

www.cypnow.co.uk

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 8d

Closing soon on 12 October: Director of Public Affairs

Lead our Public Affairs team to influence education and employment policy, raise Impetus’ profile, and build new partnerships, to transform the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

More here: www.impetus.org.uk/careers

Impetus hiring Director of Public Affairs.

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 11d

Impetus stands firmly against all forms of hatred, violence, racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, xenophobia - any act that seeks to diminish, intimidate or terrorise lives or communities.

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 11d

💬 “I came into this session barely knowing about private equity and left knowing all about the business.”

With Oakley Capital, we created a bespoke workshop for our portfolio partner Ada's learners on portfolio building and corporate pitching.

Thanks Oakley Capital for an impactful experience!

Three people looking at documents at an Impetus event.

Young person listening to volunteer speaking.

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 12d

The private equity sector raises more than £400,000 for the Impetus Triathlon 2025, allowing 22 non-profit organisations to help more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed in school, work and life.

Read more: privateequitywire.co.uk/impetus-tria...

Person getting a medal at the Impetus Triathlon

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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 15d

From our panel with @impetus.org.uk, Opportunity Mission Champion @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social MP suggests that children's phone use is one of the greatest challenges facing children, and a worsening factor in the school attendance crisis.

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Children’s phone use the ‘public health emergency of our generation’, says Labour MP – LabourList

Sarah Smith MP has labelled children's phone use as the "public health emergency of our generation," suggesting the digital dangers posed to them are worse…

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 14d

Impetus co-chairs the Youth Employment Group (YEG), whose Young Person’s Guarantee helped to shape the Government’s new Youth Guarantee. It calls for wraparound support for those out of learning or work, for the long term and at an earlier stage.

Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 14d

Our Youth Jobs Gap report shows 75% of young people who are NEET for three months have been NEET for 12 months – meaning most NEET young people are out of work for the long-term.

Read more: impetus-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/a...

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 14d

“All the evidence suggests the longer people are NEET, the more damaging that is.” @brgadsby.bsky.social, our Head of Policy, on the Chancellor’s plan to end long-term youth unemployment.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Earlier, targeted support is essential for tackling this issue.

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 15d

To be most effective, the guarantee must be offered early – within four months of leaving employment or education, rather than after 18 months of disengagement. And with so many young people facing such high barriers to work, the guarantee must offer more than just a placement.

Quote card from Susannah Hardyman, CEO of Impetus

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 15d

For those furthest from the labour market, a guarantee of education, employment, or training is a game-changer and one of the best policies Government can offer to lower unemployment. But its success hinges on two things: timing and support.

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 15d

Susannah Hardyman MBE, CEO at Impetus, said:

“The Government’s renewed commitment to a youth guarantee is welcome, and vital: our research shows it could unlock £69 billion for the UK economy and opportunities for hundreds of thousands of young people.
www.impetus.org.uk/news-and-vie...

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England

Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech Rachel Reeves will deliver a library in every primary school in England as part of Labour’s plans to give all children the best start in life regardless of their background. The scheme, which will create libraries in the 1,700 primaries currently without them, will be funded from £132.5m of dormant assets that will be unlocked to give young people access to cultural opportunities. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 16d

Today!

LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 16d

3/7 📚School absences are on the rise since Covid. Join LabourList and @impetus.org.uk for a panel on the scale, stories, and reforms needed to turn the crisis around. Featuring @tommiddlehurst.bsky.social, @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, @avneem.bsky.social, and @helenhayes.bsky.social.

Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 19d

Our work with DWP, West Midlands Combined Authority & Library of Birmingham found these hubs need to be a welcoming & exciting place to be for young ppl. This way, they will act as a crucial, cultural outlet ensuring all young ppl get the support they need to get into employment & thrive in work.

Impetus @impetus.org.uk · 19d

As co-chairs of the Youth Employment Group (YEG), we helped shape the Government’s Youth Guarantee, calling for the govt to re-commit to Youth Hubs.

@employmentstudies.bsky.social | @learnworkuk.bsky.social | The King's Trust | Youth Employment UK | Youth Futures Foundation

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