About Us

My Future My Choice was set up in 2009 to address the need identified by businesses and school leaders for practical opportunities for young people to engage with the world outside school. Businesses worked with us to design learning opportunities for use by their employees going into schools. This created fun and practical ways for young people to explore the skills and knowledge required for working within different industry sectors as well as the importance of knowing how to balance elements of life for success and happiness.

Research funded by the GE Foundation evaluated root-causes of poor attainment and where collaborating with businesses could make the most impact.

• Linking interventions that raise aspirations to times when transition from one phase of education to another was immanent
• Quick and easy icebreakers
  
• Varied practical tasks and challenges that required conversation and different learning styles 
• Young people working in small teams with a business volunteer
  
• Outcomes that celebrate young people's ingenuity and presentation skills
  
• Projects that run annually and reduce workload for the teachers and volunteers
  

How We Work

• Respond to school's requests.  Bespoke activities using our networks of businesses and community agencies to recruit a team of trained volunteers who will work with young people on a day or half day activity in or out of school.
• Training for teachers to build and maintain business links.
• Design and manufacture adaptable resources for use by schools and business volunteers. These are generally construction kits, card games, student journals and films with learning activities.