NEWS EXTRA
FIRST HIDDEN CAREER SESSIONS TAKE PLACE
The Maddie Rose Campaign launched last month, and aims to help open up the sector to the next generation, as well as act as a lasting legacy and tribute.
THE FIRST SET of sessions in the Maddie Rose Campaign, aimed at attracting more younger people to the merchanting and supplier industries have taken place.
As part of the first 6 months of the Maddie Rose Campaign, Construction Youth Trust and wider industry have pledged to engage over 200 pupils across 11 target pilot schools and colleges in London and North Kent to open up the fantastic careers in the supplier and merchanting sector.
Construction Youth Trust were delighted to welcome volunteers from Travis Perkins in April for the first session delivery with 60 students at Sedgehill Academy in Lewisham, London. With a wide range of roles on offer, the students had their work cut out identifying the different careers. Marianna Peet, Early Careers Lead and Chair of the Youth Board at travis perkins said: “Last week eight colleagues from Travis Perkins attended a Construction Youth Trust Hidden Careers session at Sedgehill Academy in London.
“We took part in an activity with two classes, where they had to guess our job roles and we opened their minds to the more unknown roles we have
within the construction industry. “The roles and teams we spoke about were early careers, health and safety advisors, supply chain analysts, sales negotiators and the apprenticeship team. “It was great to talk with students and raise awareness of some of the unknown roles that exist and are imperative to the construction industry.” The Hidden Careers in the Supplier and Merchanting Sector session showcases the wide range of careers available in our sector. The session aims to break down the stereotypes of the kinds of careers available in the construction and built environment and welcome a new generation of diverse young talent.
More than just a careers networking session, the Hidden Careers session is a dynamic introduction to careers. Students are tasked with discovering the career roles of a varied group of sector professionals and in small groups students carousel around a number of different industry professionals. Only allowed to ask yes-or-no questions, students must glean as much useful information as they can in 5 minutes to try and uncover the hidden careers. Students are supplied with answer prompts
The Maddie Rose Campaign aims to be a lasting legacy in celebration of the life of Maddie Rose Hollamby. Maddie, marketing executive at Keyline Civils Specialists, loved working in the construction industry, and was passionate about highlighting its benefits to other young people so that they could develop through it as she had. At the time of her tragic death in August 2021, she had just been appointed Director of Visibility on the Travis Perkins Youth Board. The Youth Board has three main aims: Attract, Retain, Encourage and works to bring in a
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and career clues to aid their investigations. Once the groups have carousell-ed around all the industry professionals, the professionals un-veil their career and give a more in-depth insight into their career journeys and roles.
Across the coming months Construction Youth Trust will be delivering a whole series of Hidden Careers in the Supplier and Merchanting Sector sessions in schools and colleges in London and North Kent. If you would like to support the sessions and the Maddie Rose Campaign, inspiring the next generation of our sector, please email charlotte. kirkbride@constructionyouth.
org.uk.
Following the initial pilot of the session, a full session resource pack will be available to download to support organisations of any size to deliver the session in a school or college local to them. The session pack will be released in September and accessible on the Construction Youth Trust website. BMJ
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The Campaign will be updating regularly with case-studies and reports. To find out how you can get involved or to find out more about the Campaign, contact Charlotte Kirkbride,
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younger generation of people into the business, keep them in the business and help them to see it as a career, rather than just a job and to ensure all younger people in the business feel encouraged, comfortable and safe to speak out and voice their opinions.
In her role, Maddie would have been responsible for the visibility category of the Youth Board, overseeing the activity and the working group within that. Internally, her focus would have been to try and reach all colleagues, ensuring everyone knows we exist
and our purpose, as well as engaging with young people - highlighting opportunities for them, making them feel valued and ensuring their voice is heard. Externally, Maddie would have been looking at awareness of the business, from a young person’s perspective. That could be how the website lands with young people, what the job adverts looks like, whether the group is considered as a career option and the educational route through the group’s LEAP apprenticeships.
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net May 2022
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