20th February 2024 Spotlight on... Lightbulb Moments

Our Lightbulb Moments workshops are just that – a spark in a young person to recognise a skill or interest for the first time. Or discovering something about themself that they didn’t know before.

Young people deserve to see the broad range of opportunities ahead of them and build the confidence to pursue their goals. These workshops, boost students’ aspirations for themselves and their futures and 61% of students engaged in these programmes.

We are incredibly passionate about the impact of this type of work, because we see every day how powerful opportunities like these can be for young people.

Many partners have funded the Lightbulb Moments programme since before the pandemic, including Dell Technologies’ Big Idea and Powering Transformation initiatives and M&G plc’s Enterprise Challenge.

This year, Network Rail and Logicor launched brand new Lightbulb Moments initiatives in schools.

For Network Rail, the workshops offer early engagement with young people to support them to make informed choices, change perceptions of the rail industry and promote STEM role models in school. 1,404 students took part this year, with expansion planned for 2023-24.

Absolutely invaluable in terms of teaching pupils the essential skills to make them better students and more employable individuals and gave an interesting insight into the way that Network Rail operate and what a diverse range of jobs they offer. The programme has exceeded all my expectations.

Reach Dartford with Logicor was a new core skills development workshop raising awareness of career opportunities in and around Dartford.

The logistics and built economy sector are key to the UK economy. The workshop gives young people an insight into the world of logistics real estate management and a chance to tackle development tasks faced by Logicor team members.

Through a series of engaging team-based activities, students develop core skills, engage in the world of logistics real estate and use their maths skills to tackle workplace challenges.

460 students participated this year with 37 Logicor volunteers from across the business supporting the programme.

It is important for real estate developers to educate young people and ensure they are aware of the built environment. This will have a positive impact on leading other firms to also meet this standard.

You can read more about our impact in 2022-2023 by downloading our Annual Report. Or visit our Programme pages to book a Lightbulb Moment experience.