This summer, the Lambeth Made Contractor’s Challenge, delivered by Construction Youth Trust in partnership with Lambeth Council, has continued to bring opportunities for young people long after it’s finish.

As part of a series of activities during the programme, volunteers from sub-contractor Lee Marley Brickwork delivered mock interview sessions with young people at a Berkeley Group site in Oval. Two of the young participating impressed the volunteers from Lee Marley Brickwork to such an extent that they were invited to take part in bricklaying work trials later in the...

As part of our work funded by the Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust, we recently held a session to facilitate introductions between young people at Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institute and industry employers from DGP Logistics.

Volunteers from DGP Logistics joined the young people for a careers networking session for the young people to explore different routes into construction industry and for them find out about the day-to-day working life of the volunteers. The young people had the opportunity to ask questions and hear about the journeys the volunteers took to get where they...

We are delighted to announce that we are one of two winners of a Wates Family Enterprise Trust Thinking Different Award for 2023.

The Thinking Differently Award is a scheme created by the Wates Family Enterprise Trust to support charities like Construction Youth Trust to develop new ways of doing things, such as creating a programme that is strategically different. The Wates Family Enterprise Trust, an independent charitable trust set up by the family owners of the Wates Group, will provide funding for the initiative, whilst we will receive generous in-kind support from Wates Group...

We are pleased to announce that we are lucky enough to again be the recipients of a Jack Petchey Foundation grant! The funding will enable us to recruit a Fundraising and Partnerships Intern, who we hope will be a valuable addition to the Construction Youth Trust Partnerships Team, helping to support the Trust’s fundraising strategy.

The new intern will be joining a team of three including the Senior Partnerships Manager, Fundraising Coordinator and Marketing and Communications Manager.

Previous grants have allowed us to find team members who are passionate about the...

The industry came together on Maddie’s Day on 22nd September, turning yellow and raising incredible funds that will enable Construction Youth Trust to support young people to overcome barriers and discover careers in the suppliers’ and builder’s merchant sector they didn’t know existed.

Since Maddie’s Day on 22nd September, from the generous support from both organisations and individuals across the supplier’s and builders merchant sector, the fundraising total has jumped to a mind-blowing £108, 521.

There have been...

This year young people from The Fulham Boys School and St Augustine’s CofE participated in our Building Brighter Futures programme, funded by the John Lyon’s Charity. There have been three groups of 8 - 10 young people who participated in the programme, with sessions being supported by volunteers from the construction and built environment industry.

The Building Brighter Futures programme aims to work with young people who are at risk of disengaging with school life, or who are already not engaging, by introducing them to a practical project –...

The programme gave sixth-form students from Sedgehill Academy and Sydenham and Forest Hill Sixth Form the opportunity to discover a range of roles available in the construction and built environment industry, as well as the chance to develop strong teamwork, communication and presentation skills.  

The young people participated in a project which saw them take on a variety of roles available in the construction and built environment industry, including roles such as Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Architect and Quantity Surveyor. Young people may not have...

Sedanur joined us as part of our Bridging the Gap to Construction Employment programme, funded by the Walcot Foundation.

She had always been disillusioned with traditional education but when she finished school, she decided to start college as she felt like she had no other option. It quickly became apparent that college wasn’t for her, and she left shortly after. After she left, she had no idea of what she wanted to pursue as a career path and felt overwhelmed when thinking about how she could move forward in life.

Sedanur had never previously considered a role in...

Since the start of the academic year in September, we have been working closely with our industry partners Grosvenor, Lovell Homes, Ryder Architects, HG Construction, Pinnacle Power, Keegan’s Group and Fenwick Elliot to offer 32 young people the opportunity to attend work experience placements.

The young people had the chance to experience a range of different businesses within the construction and built environment industry, including discovering what it is like to work in the property sector, construction law, consultancy and architecture.

The...

Whilst Covid-19 often seems like a thing of the past, for many young people the pandemic has, and continues to define what is a formative stage of their lives. School and college were moved online, and early careers opportunities, such as work experience and apprenticeships were put on hold. For many of us, our lives have slowly started to resemble what they looked pre-pandemic, however the prospect of preparing to transition from life behind a screen and into the world of work is daunting for many young people.

Theo, 16, has been working with Construction Youth Trust as part of...