Careers Inspiration For Every Child

by Form the Future CIC
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Careers Inspiration For Every Child
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Careers Inspiration For Every Child
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Careers Inspiration For Every Child
Careers Inspiration For Every Child
Careers Inspiration For Every Child
Careers Inspiration For Every Child
Careers Inspiration For Every Child
Careers Inspiration For Every Child

Project Report | May 31, 2024
Celebrating DNA Day with Scientists from Illumina

By David Brockway | Product Development Manager

In April we supported 150 students from three Primary Schools to take part in DNA Day. DNA Day celebrates STEM and sees school children all over the world take part in exciting learning activities. The students we worked with were from schools within some of the most deprived areas in our region who are less likely to experience opportunities like this.

The students had the chance to meet real scientists who taught them how to extract DNA from strawberries and provided them with genuine insight into what happens during their working day. Site visits that provide skills and insight into the working world are invaluable for young people’s intellectual development and ability to broaden their horizons. We were therefore lucky to be hosted by Illumina, an international leader in the field of genomics.

It’s thanks to the support we receive from GlobalGiving that we can connect with companies like Illumina and create impactful hands-on learning experiences. Whilst our partners can share their expertise, we bring the careers learning that enables young people to understand how to get there as well as the advice to companies on how to make their message accessible to a young audience.

Creating and delivering experiences like this is not easy. A lot of resources and skilled individuals are required to make a single day happen, and, as an organisation promoting social mobility in the most unequal city in Europe, we can’t do enough of them. Working in careers education we know better than anyone that, “nothing worth having in life comes easy”, so we’re determined to keep creating these opportunities with your support.

As for the impact a whole day in a STEM workplace has on a young person, one of the students summed it up for us:

"Imagine getting to work in a place like this every day. I'm going to be a scientist!”

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Form the Future CIC

Location: Cambridge - United Kingdom
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Anne Bailey
Cambridge , United Kingdom
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