We are thrilled by our first collaboration with First Mode, a 3 day internship focused on sustainability in heavy industries. We brought some of our most talented and innovative Migrant Leaders engineering and STEM students to First Mode.

This immersive internship started with an introduction to the sustainability problem we are trying to solve and multiple technology, modelling and presentation workshops to enable them to pull together and present a business plan using their own idea. During this internship they also heard career stories from First Mode professionals and had the opportunity to meet them, ask questions and network. They were also be introduced to and heard the First Mode Chief Executive talk about what he does as a CEO.

See the video here: First Mode

We are delighted to announce our partnership with Starbucks, and looking forward to more collaborations to bring opportunities to migrant communities.

VP, Starbucks EMEA Customer Strategy, Michelle Chin explained, “Starbucks partnered with Migrant Leaders because their values are so close to who we are as a brand. It is really about helping nurture them to be who they want to be.”

Please see our collaboration video: Starbucks

We are very pleased to announce that Migrant Leaders is partnering with Swan Partners. Andrew Lentin, Partner at Swan Partners explains “Swan Partners was set up to support businesses going through a transaction or special project, anything that stretches a finance function. We are well versed in it, we love it and it is great to help people.” For more information about Swan Partners see: Home - Swan Partners (swan-partners.co.uk)

This popular collaboration saw over 25 of our Migrant Leaders mentees come to Swan Partners from all over the country. See the video here: Swan Partners

Migrant Leaders and Kantar partnership since 2018 continues each year with Spring and Summer internships across multiple Kantar divisions, including Kantar Public, Kantar Consulting, Kantar Insights and Kantar Media. See our first collaboration video with Kantar Consulting: Kantar

We are delighted to continue our Migrant Leaders Kantar Public annual internship this April. The one week internship was a hybrid of online interactive sessions and one day for our interns to visit Kantar Public in their office in Westminster.

Migrant Leaders Founder & CEO Elham Fardad continues on a roadshow of visits to schools, colleges and universities across Britain to speak to educators and disadvantaged young people. She emphasises that “We must continue to understand challenges and aspirations in communities and to leverage the relationships we have across the corporate sectors to connect communities and schools with industry. Social mobility will come from cross sector collaboration.”

This approach was further boosted by inviting all Migrant Leaders mentors to a webinar, introducing the school leaders and students at Wembley High Technology College to Migrant Leaders mentors. This resulted in many mentors volunteering further by going into the school to speak to students. Elham Fardad plans to continue this approach of elevating schools such as those part of the Shared Learning Trust, where she is a Governor

Migrant Leaders is proud to continue working in partnership with the NSPCC to present our two-part Safeguarding briefing for our Mentors

In Part 1 we cover the legislative context and look at why Safeguarding is important for our Migrant Leaders mentors and for mentees. We also look at the blocks that prevent young people from talking about their concerns and others from hearing them. Finally we consider how mentors can take care of themselves in the Safeguarding context.

Part 2 covers Migrant Leaders’ procedures for Safeguarding and provides an opportunity to work with other mentors to look at possible scenarios.

See videos of the recorded sessions here: Migrant Leaders NSPCC Safeguarding Webinar Part 2 - Winter 2023

We are delighted to announce that Migrant Leaders has been selected as one of the leading organisations for partnership and support by CBRE.

Our first Migrant Leaders CBRE collaboration brought 80 Migrant Leaders students to a packed careers day at the CBRE London headquarters. See the video here: CBRE

Elham Fardad, Migrant Leaders Founder & CEO highlights the impact of this partnership “CBRE’s support of Migrant Leaders gives our charity the resources we need to reach thousands more deserving young people with life changing educational impact. Our partnership will entail deep collaborations which will transform professional opportunities for deprived communities.”

We are pleased to share the news that Migrant Leaders is collaborating with the Financial Reporting Council!

Our first collaboration was a one-week onsite quality work experience for A Level students at the London office of the Financial Reporting Council.

The FRC promotes transparency and integrity in business by setting codes and standards for accounting and actuarial work; reviewing the quality of corporate reporting and audit; and taking enforcement action where necessary.

We designed this opportunity especially for all A Level students wanting to gain a high-quality work experience. We had an action packed and interactive week for the students including working in teams on a project, learning about a senior manager’s career journey, advice on planning their careers and developing communication and presentation skills.

We are super excited to share the news that Migrant Leaders is partnering with Meta!

Our first big collaboration was a full day conference, workshops and focus group on 5th December at the Meta offices in London. We took 150 Migrant Leaders students to our packed day. See video here: Meta

We are pleased to share the news that Migrant Leaders is continuing its long-standing partnership since 2018 with Smith+Nephew!

This collaboration was a half day experience with a choice of attending the morning or afternoon sessions, Speed STEM workshops, product demo and tour of the medical training facilities on 7th December at the Smith+Nephew Headquarters. More than 100 of our Migrant Leaders students met healthcare and other professionals and gained an understanding of the wide range of STEM careers within Smith+Nephew.

See our first collaboration video with Smith & Nephew: Smith & Nephew