Get Involved

Whether you're a Corporate, School or College, or an individual you can get involved with Urban Synergy and change a young person's future.

Through our Mentoring programme and Career Role Model seminars, we inspire, guide and ignite the ambitions of students and young people. Through the Urban Synergy programme, young people will be connected with outstanding mentors and industry-leading companies that will help them upskill, gain confidence, and access opportunities, helping them in their first steps to career success.

Find out how you can support our mission below.

Let's build an equitable future.

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Corporate Partnership

In the centre of the frame stand Nathaneal receiving the first ever Paul Lawrence Award at the 2021 Urban Synergy Celebration Event. Presenting the award is Kaream Lawrence, Paul's son. Nathaneal wears a blue suit with a red and white polka dot tie. Kaream wears a white shirt with a grey suit jacket and a blue lantard around his neck. In the background there is a screen with a presentation.

Fundraising and Donating

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Schools and Colleges

Become a corporate partner

To discover structured volunteering for your team, work experience opportunities, and a diverse talent pipeline.

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Many businesses now understand the importance and benefit of diversity, equity and inclusion. We help you take meaningful action that generates long-term impact.

To address the systemic barriers to success in the workplace, we connect corporates to underrepresented communities, helping them to implement effective programmes, training and recruitment opportunities that drive mutually beneficial success, and improving ESG (environmental, social and governance) impact.

With our corporate partners we work together to deliver:

e-Mentoring volunteer opportunities
e-Seminar Role Model opportunities
Corporate led mentoring programmes
Work Experience
Life skill workshops
DREAM internships
Apprenticeship pipeline
Graduate placements
Chosen Charity.

Together we can make a difference.

To find out how you can inspire the ambitions of young people today, get in touch below!

fundraising

Help us to reach more young people by raising funds for us. You can become a regular donor or complete a sponsored event.

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Over the years we have had amazing, passionate supporters taking on challenges to raise funds to help US reach more young people.

From bake sales and marathons, to skydiving and bush-tucker trials - we've tried it all! If you've got a passion or a challenge and you'd like to use it to make a difference, visit our Fundraise page or get in touch and we'll support you and your team through the stages.

If you're short on time but would like to support us, you can make regular donations to support our mission! See our Donate Page.

schools and colleges

Delivering seminars, mentoring, and work experience opportunities, starting from primary to further education.

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We work with primary, secondary schools, and sixth form colleges to support them to deliver an outstanding CEIAG strategy (Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance), Gatsby and Ofsted aligned.

e-Seminars to raise the aspirations by illuminating career pathways (Years 6 - 13)
1-to-1 e-Mentoring to support students at vital transition stages (Years 11 - 13)
Ready 4 Work conferences across whole year groups for an all-inclusive approach
Subject and Industry related workshops
Work experience opportunities available to e-Mentee graduates

To find out how we can help you to achieve your CEIAG strategy and inspire your students, get in touch below!