Categories
Employability - 
Personal development
Employability - Personal developmentContext
In 2025, the Child Poverty Action Group reported that 31% of young people in the UK live in relative poverty, a figure that rises to 49% among black communities and 61% in some Asian communities.
Social mobility and employability in meaningful careers is a major issue in the UK, with young people from minority or working-class backgrounds, refugees, asylum seekers, women and those living in poverty most affected.
Education, skills development and connection to opportunities are key to addressing these issues.
Project goals
- Give young people the inspiration, confidence and aspiration to harness their potential.
- Increase their knowledge of the breadth of careers and roles available to them.
- Create relatable training and work experience pathways to help young people to gain skills and experience.
- Challenge limiting beliefs and provide best practice for creating social mobility pathways.
- Deliver education and employability projects that lift young people out of poverty.
- Build a network of employers to support the pathways.
Project content
Powering Potential uses football and youth culture in online and in-person training relating to the following areas:
- personal development to enhance confidence and aspirations;
- developing life skills and transferable skills;
- vocational training and accreditation to enhance employability;
- providing connections to careers and employers to enhance knowledge and networks;
- work placement opportunities to build experience;
- building relationships with contacts;
- pathways to education, training and employment.
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