Our Impact

Changing the lives of our customers and the communities where we work. Empowering through education and training.

Leading the way

Through the power of education and training, we are changing lives

Driving social mobility is key to us, and through the work of our subsidiaries, we work with thousands of individuals and businesses every year to deliver fantastic levels of education and training.
Our work supports individuals from the age of 11 upwards. Whether it be via our quality alternative education schools, impartial careers, advice and guidance or adult training which spans several sectors, our impact has a huge reach.

Improving confidence levels

Decreasing unemployability levels

Reducing re-offending rates

Creating jobs through our supply chain

Bringing our impact to life

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Million in Savings to the State

Through our work which includes engaging young people in education, providing prison leavers with training and job opportunities and supporting individuals to remain in employment, we have helped to save the State over 20 million pounds in 2018.

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Million Contribution to Economy

For every pound spent by our Group, an additional £1.07 for the economy was generated. In 2018, spending with the Group generated an impressive £11.7 million for the local economy. This is made up of employee and supply chain spend, jobs generated and training delivered within our supply chain because of our business.

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Million in Social Value

Generated by our subsidiaries working with individuals nationally to educate and train them, we generated a Social Return on Investment of 2.77 in 2018. This means that for every £100 we invest in our business operations, we are generated a social value of £277.

Giving back and shaping lives

Through our family of subsidiaries, we support numerous charitable organisations every year. Support could include donations, fundraising, volunteering or providing access to free training for the service users of the charities who we support.

We are always looking for meaningful ways to give back and positive shape the lives of others. Where possible, we empower our colleagues to share their knowledge and skills, to ultimately have a long term positive impact on the charities and community groups who they support.