Improving the life for children and young people around the UK

The BIE team had the pleasure of taking part in this year's City Giving Day!

The day started off with the team walking from Buckingham Palace to the BIE office, where we then took part in a baking competition, followed by a mini BIE sports day in the afternoon. We were honoured to be joined by Alderwoman & Sheriff Dame Susan Langley and Alderman & Sheriff Bronek Masojada who came and judged our baking! Well done to Matthew Whipp's team for winning!

City Giving Day is an important day as it allows not only our team but other companies across London the opportunity to come together and raise money for their chosen charities. This year, we are fundraising for our charity partners Drive Forward Foundation and The Aldridge Foundation who provide meaningful and empowering support to help young people build future careers.

We recently hosted our first Skills Workshop in partnership with The Aldridge Foundation and Drive Forward Foundation where we were joined by a range of senior leaders in our network and a group of young people from both our partners.

It was a lovely, energised evening filled with networking and sharing of skills and career guidance. It was brilliant to see so many young people incredibly engaged in conversation and our clients offering useful insights into the workplace.

It was an absolute pleasure to be joined by so many young people and we look forward to future events with both organisations.

4,184km down, only 5,361km to go!

The BIE team is making great progress in our Walk to Warren challenge…

From daily walks, to ironman training the team having been pushing themselves to reach their target and we couldn’t be prouder!

As part of this challenge, we are hoping to raise as many donations as we can for both our partner charities, The Aldridge Foundation and Drive Forward Foundation. Both organisations are committed to improving access to opportunities for young people to enter the workplace and equip them with the key skills needed to succeed in their careers. All donations are vital in supporting the young people in need of their services.

We’ll be back soon with more updates!