There's no better way for young people to really understand and get to grips with an industry career than being able to try it on for size themselves.

Throughout the year we help place young people on work experience placements with our industry partners so they can explore the many different careers available in construction and the built environment. The placements typically last a week with an industry professional (or professionals!) mentoring our young people, inviting them into their daily work life and giving them first hand exposure to the complex and exciting world of...

Over the past two years we’ve been delighted to partner with Scape to work together to inspire young people about the incredible breadth of professional careers within construction and the built environment.

Thanks to Scape’s generosity we have been able to run 6 Budding Brunels courses, the last of which was hosted by Wates Group and focused on the Nottingham College new City Hub campus project. Budding Brunels offers an immersive insight into professional construction careers. Following an inspirational visit to the new Nottingham College City Hub site the students formed...

Last month, St James, part of the Berkeley Group, joined forces with Construction Youth Trust and Hammersmith & Fulham Council to deliver a three day ‘Budding Brunels’ career advice and guidance workshop at White City Living for two local schools: Hammersmith Academy and Fulham Enterprise Studios. White City Living is part of the £8 billion regeneration of the White City Opportunity Area.

Created by Construction Youth Trust, the Budding Brunels programme, funded by Hammersmith & Fulham Council, targets a diverse demographic of young people to help introduce them...

This month, the Trust was happy to hear from a recent Budding Brunels student, Aesha, who gave us the news that she has been accepted onto a Degree Apprenticeship in the field of Civil Engineering.

We first met Aesha last year, as she attended a Budding Brunels course we ran in conjunction with Network Rail. On the course, Aesha took part in a number of activities including a bridge building practical, a speed networking event with industry professionals, and a site visit to the Intercity Express Programme works site at Paddington Station.

Throughout the course, Aesha...

This month, the Trust partnered with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Skanska to deliver another Budding Brunels course. The aim of this course was to inspire the Borough’s talented sixth formers to consider becoming tomorrow’s architects, engineers, surveyors, and project managers.

Over the three-day course, the 18 students from Chelsea Academy, Kensington Aldridge Academy, Kensington & Chelsea College, and Cardinal Vaughan Memorial were given insights in to the modern methods of construction and given a behind-the-scenes tour of the K1 project in...

Recently, a student named Maria* attended our Budding Brunels course in partnership with Canary Wharf Contractors. Following the course, she was offered a work placement at Aros Architects. Below you can read Maria's blog about how the experience helped her not only improve her employability skills but also build up her confidence:

"I first heard about Construction Youth Trust when they delivered an assembly at my school regarding the range of career opportunities available within the construction industry. I decided to attend their 3-day Budding Brunels workshop as I thought it...

On the 27th March, the 2018 edition of the Introduction to Property Development programme came to a head, with two schools presenting their plans for the 21, Moorfields development to a panel of industry Dragons.

Now in its fifth year, the Introduction to Property Development programme sees Construction Youth Trust and LandSec partner to work with two teams of students from Westminster City School and Pimlico Academy. The programme aims to challenge students’ perception of the construction industry and introduce them to a variety of professional careers in the property...

Recently we delivered a Budding Brunels course in partnership with Scape Group and Wates Group to inspire young people in Derby about career opportunities available to them in the construction industry.

Lauren is one of the brilliant students who attended the course and below you can read her blog:

Construction is a word not usually associated with highly paid jobs and aspirational prospects. In fact, for many of us bricklaying is our instinctive response when asked about construction. Thanks to Construction Youth Trust, I know now this could not be further from the truth....