Migrant Leaders Partners with Kingfisher

conferences Jul 07, 2023

We are delighted to announce our partnership with Kingfisher Plc, following the company’s continuing support of Migrant Leaders over the last 24 months.

This first formal collaboration with Kingfisher, a Vision Day was delivered after many months of preparation with our Migrant Leaders and Kingfisher colleagues. We took Migrant Leaders mentees through presentations, panels and very interactive Q&A sessions about their career stories, departments and banners. After a tour of the beautiful new Kingfisher Plc offices at Paddington, our Migrant Leaders mentees were divided into 4 groups to prepare and present their thoughts and learnings back to Kingfisher professionals and leadership.

Kingfisher Chief People Office, Kate Seljeflot expressed: “It was fantastic to welcome students from the Migrant Leaders programme to our office last week. We want to become a more inclusive company and employing young people from all walks of life is an important ingredient within this. A...

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Coronation Awards Joy for Migrant Leaders CEO

awards Apr 26, 2023

Elham Fardad is one of the 500 outstanding volunteers to be chosen as the nation’s Coronation Champions. We are proud that our charity has been highlighted, by our CEO being recognised by Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort as part of the official Coronation celebrations in conjunction with Royal Voluntary Service.

With the support of Her Majesty The Queen Consort, a passionate advocate of volunteering and President of Royal Voluntary Service, the Coronation Champions Awards were launched to recognise exceptional volunteers from across the country at this momentous point in history. Across the UK, 500 Champions dazzled the judging panel with the impact of their work, their inspirational stories and unwavering commitment to volunteering. All Coronation Champions, including Elham Fardad, have been invited to attend one of the official Coronation celebrations, such as the Windsor Castle Coronation Concert or a Coronation Garden Party. They will also receive a specially...

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Migrant Leaders Partners with First Mode

conferences Apr 15, 2023

We are thrilled by our first collaboration with First Mode, a 3 day internship focused on sustainability in heavy industries. We brought some of our most talented and innovative Migrant Leaders engineering and STEM students to First Mode.

This immersive internship started with an introduction to the sustainability problem we are trying to solve and multiple technology, modelling and presentation workshops to enable them to pull together and present a business plan using their own idea. During this internship they also heard career stories from First Mode professionals and had the opportunity to meet them, ask questions and network. They were also be introduced to and heard the First Mode Chief Executive talk about what he does as a CEO.

 

See the video here: First Mode

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Migrant Leaders Partners with Starbucks

conferences Apr 14, 2023

We are delighted to announce our partnership with Starbucks, and looking forward to more collaborations to bring opportunities to migrant communities.

VP, Starbucks EMEA Customer Strategy, Michelle Chin explained, “Starbucks partnered with Migrant Leaders because their values are so close to who we are as a brand. It is really about helping nurture them to be who they want to be.”

Please see our collaboration video: Starbucks

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Migrant Leaders Partners with Swan Partners

conferences Apr 12, 2023

We are very pleased to announce that Migrant Leaders is partnering with Swan Partners. Andrew Lentin, Partner at Swan Partners explains “Swan Partners was set up to support businesses going through a transaction or special project, anything that stretches a finance function. We are well versed in it, we love it and it is great to help people.” For more information about Swan Partners see: Home - Swan Partners (swan-partners.co.uk)

 

This popular collaboration saw over 25 of our Migrant Leaders mentees come to Swan Partners from all over the country. See the video here: Swan Partners

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Migrant Leaders Continues Internship Collaboration With Kantar Public

conferences Apr 11, 2023

Migrant Leaders and Kantar partnership since 2018 continues each year with Spring and Summer internships across multiple Kantar divisions, including Kantar Public, Kantar Consulting, Kantar Insights and Kantar Media. See our first collaboration video with Kantar Consulting: Kantar

We are delighted to continue our Migrant Leaders Kantar Public annual internship this April. The one week internship was a hybrid of online interactive sessions and one day for our interns to visit Kantar Public in their office in Westminster.

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Migrant Leaders Continues Roadshows of School Visits Across the Country

news Mar 15, 2023

Migrant Leaders Founder & CEO Elham Fardad continues on a roadshow of visits to schools, colleges and universities across Britain to speak to educators and disadvantaged young people. She emphasises that “We must continue to understand challenges and aspirations in communities and to leverage the relationships we have across the corporate sectors to connect communities and schools with industry. Social mobility will come from cross sector collaboration.”

 

This approach was further boosted by inviting all Migrant Leaders mentors to a webinar, introducing the school leaders and students at Wembley High Technology College to Migrant Leaders mentors. This resulted in many mentors volunteering further by going into the school to speak to students. Elham Fardad plans to continue this approach of elevating schools such as those part of the Shared Learning Trust, where she is a Governor

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Migrant Leaders Continues Safeguarding Partnership With NSPCC

conferences Mar 01, 2023

Migrant Leaders is proud to continue working in partnership with the NSPCC to present our two-part Safeguarding briefing for our Mentors

In Part 1 we cover the legislative context and look at why Safeguarding is important for our Migrant Leaders mentors and for mentees. We also look at the blocks that prevent young people from talking about their concerns and others from hearing them. Finally we consider how mentors can take care of themselves in the Safeguarding context.

Part 2 covers Migrant Leaders’ procedures for Safeguarding and provides an opportunity to work with other mentors to look at possible scenarios.

 

See videos of the recorded sessions here: Migrant Leaders NSPCC Safeguarding Webinar Part 2 - Winter 2023

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Migrant Leaders Partners with CBRE

conferences Feb 28, 2023

We are delighted to announce that Migrant Leaders has been selected as one of the leading organisations for partnership and support by CBRE.

Our first Migrant Leaders CBRE collaboration brought 80 Migrant Leaders students to a packed careers day at the CBRE London headquarters. See the video here: CBRE


Elham FardadMigrant Leaders Founder & CEO highlights the impact of this partnership “CBRE’s support of Migrant Leaders gives our charity the resources we need to reach thousands more deserving young people with life changing educational impact. Our partnership will entail deep collaborations which will transform professional opportunities for deprived communities.”

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Migrant Leaders Collaborates with FRC

conferences Feb 01, 2023

We are pleased to share the news that Migrant Leaders is collaborating with the Financial Reporting Council!

Our first collaboration was a one-week onsite quality work experience for A Level students at the London office of the Financial Reporting Council.


The FRC promotes transparency and integrity in business by setting codes and standards for accounting and actuarial work; reviewing the quality of corporate reporting and audit; and taking enforcement action where necessary.

We designed this opportunity especially for all A Level students wanting to gain a high-quality work experience. We had an action packed and interactive week for the students including working in teams on a project, learning about a senior manager’s career journey, advice on planning their careers and developing communication and presentation skills.

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