HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE REACH THEIR POTENTIAL
About Us
Founded in 2015, ELSA Next Generation is an award-winning not-for-profit organisation providing targeted and transformational educational programmes to young people.
Over 25,000 young people have been supported so far – working with over 800 business volunteers!
Our vision: We believe every young person, regardless of background or ability, deserves the opportunity to develop into a confident, and positive, member of their community. ELSA offers opportunities, hope, and support through bespoke educational workshops and programmes.
Our mission: To bridge the gap between education and employment. Our unique career-focused programmes teach young people essential personal and professional skills sought by employers today.
We inspire, encourage, and empower young people to recognise their potential. We believe they all have the chance of a successful future.
ELSA Programmes:
Discover Believe Become
Suitable for Year 7- Year 13
A half-day event allowing young people to build a personal profile that reflects individual strengths and aspirations for future roles.
Get Work Ready
Suitable for Year 10- Year 13
A whole day programme allowing students to take part in interview and job application challenges that employers use within their current recruitment processes.
Take A Young Person to Work
Suitable for Year 7- Year 11
A fun and energising programme enabling young people to get a ‘glimpse’ into a day at work, experiencing essential employability skills needed in today’s workplace.
Engage Advance Achieve
Suitable for Year 7- Year 10
A day programme to help students explore careers, beginning to understand skills and qualities required by today’s employers. Employer expectations, potential salaries and progression routes, through self-assessment, allow the young people to build a personal profile.
Every Bite Counts
Suitable for Year 7- Year 9
The students become entrepreneurs, engaging with a local food establishment, designing a new product that will be placed on their menu. The product will reach real customers being sold as a ‘special’ at the local food establishment.
Bespoke (Modular) Programmes
Tailored for young people age 11-25
Through our team’s extensive teaching history and experience, we are aware that not all educational settings’ needs are one-size-fits-all. We can create and deliver bespoke programmes tailored to your needs.
What people are saying
-Head of sixth form“The ELSA event allowed us to achieve in a single day a range of learning outcomes that it would otherwise have taken several weeks for us to have delivered in lesson time.”
