Supporting you to make choices about your future
If you’re aged 16-18 years old (up to 25 years old for SEND and care experienced young people) we are here to help you and provide impartial advice to support you into employment, education or training.
How we can help
Post-exam results support
Support for you
Regardless of your results, you can access advice and support from expert advisors at our Elevate careers service. They’ll be available to talk to you by phone, text, email or in person if you’re unsure what to do now you’ve received your results.
- Book a face-to-face appointment in the Youth Hub based at The Curious Lounge, The Pinnacle building, in Tudor Road, Reading, RG1 1NH.
- Call: 0118 937 3766 or text 07980 744530
- Email: elevate@brighterfuturesforchildren.org
Elevate Summer Careers Fair July 2023
More than 65 young people visited the careers fair organised by our Elevate team (pictured) at New Meaning in Portman Road on 18 July. Students from The Avenue School and teachers and SENCOs from Reading’s secondary schools attended, along with parents, carers and social workers.
The event was a great opportunity for young people to meet face to face with employers and training providers and find out about courses, apprenticeships and other options.
With thanks to the stall holders representing their organisations, including Army careers, John Lewis Partnership, NHS, Thames Water and RBC. Young people also received advice from Elevate career coaches and many have already signed up for courses and applied for jobs.
Feedback from the event
“It was a really good event and well organised.”
“Thank you for inviting us to such a great event! And our young people who are currently on the Prince’s Trust programme had a great day and got a lot themselves from speaking to employers.”
“I’m so happy I came to the event and you all helped me a lot”
“Good to be able to see everyone in one place” “Very useful to see opportunities and everyone was so helpful”
Career information and advice sessions
The Elevate team will be at the Youth Hub at the Curious Lounge at various times, three times a week, offering advice on:
- exploring career ideas and making choices
- choosing options at age 16 and 18
- finding a learning or training course
- search and apply for jobs or apprenticeships
- support with transition to further education
- developing CV and improving interview skills
You will need to make an appointment so drop them a line on 0118 937 3766 or email them at elevate@brighterfuturesforchildren.org.
The latest apprenticeship and job vacancies for young people
Check our jobs board for the latest opportunities in Reading, including apprenticeships. If you want to find out more about current roles or other local opportunities email elevate@brighterfuturesforchildren.org or phone 0118 937 3766.
The latest post-16 SEND opportunities
We can support you in your next steps.
We offer advice on further education, supported employment programme, supported internships, ACHIEVE SEND programme and careers, plus general jobs advice.
If you want to find out more, email: elevate@brighterfuturesforchildren.org or phone 0118 937 3766.
There is also a lot of help and support on the Reading SEND Local Offer employment page here.
Our team
We are all professionally qualified career coaches, who are fully knowledgeable with local, regional and national careers information.
Romana Taylor
Team Manager
Claire Thomas
Careers Coach (Reading College Lead)
Diane Teagle
Careers Coach (SEND Lead)
George Franklin
Careers Coach (Youth Justice Service Lead)
Saj Chowdhury
Careers Coach (Leaving care lead)
Nicky Ross
Performance Analyst
Luis Parker
Business and Administration Apprentice
Contact us
Call: 07966 367499 or 0118 937 3766