An Open Letter
To all members of the forum, and readers online. Instead of the usual updates, for January and February,
there is something I would like us all to consider.
As you may know, and as part of the plan for this forum, I
am looking towards long term developments, and believe that Let’s Build Bridges
can function, ultimately, as a charity, to help the jobs and career
opportunities of young people and of adults. If you are a group member on our
forum’s Facebook, Linkedin, or Google+ pages, you are under no obligations of
course: associating with this forum does not bind you to it in any way, and you
are welcome to contribute whatever you feel is appropriate, for your level of
interest in our forum.
You have all responded to my various invitations, to join this forum, and as you will have seen, the members of our forum are from many different professions and backgrounds. But essentially, our main aim has always been about finding ways to create new opportunities for people. We all believe that there should be more opportunities for young people and adults. And with the combined talents and experience of this group, I believe we have the right combinations of experience, the skills and the knowledge, to make this happen.
What I am looking for now, is for like-minded people you
would recommend, who are interested in growing this project and taking
it to the next stage in its evolution. After some development, I would like Let’s
Build Bridges to become an unincorporated charity. You, the existing members
would be more than welcome to continue following what we do as before, but you may know people you could recommend, who would become its trustees.
To recap what this forum is here to do, Let’s Build Bridges was founded to consider ways of helping the opportunities of three groups of people. They are:
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Students
·
Disadvantaged young people (known as ‘NEET’s’ in
the UK)
·
Adult entrepreneurs
By aiming to help each of these groups, I believe we are enabling
the core values of opportunity. These are:
·
Knowledge transfer
·
Skills and Qualifications
·
Job creation
With this in mind, the forum’s objectives are:
Student Opportunities
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To ensure that all students are given work
experience, as part of their higher education
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To encourage student-Alumni networking across
all industries and professions
·
To make student work experience a two-way
process, allowing students to pass on their innovations, and receive mentoring
and coaching for their chosen industry in return.
NEETs
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To ensure that the skills and abilities of all 18-24 year olds, not in
education or training ('NEETs'), are recognised and reflected by their grades.
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To do this by ensuring that all NEET’s are
offered a full qualified assessment of their skills and abilities.
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To enable this by making full qualified
assessment an integral part of every youth service.
Adult Entrepreneurs
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To empower all adults who are wanting to start a
business of their own, or be part of one.
·
To combine innovations, entrepreneurs, and a
variety of both skilled and unskilled participants, to create new businesses.
·
To use business start-ups as a means of job
creation for adults, and for young people.
These are the three main areas of the forum’s discussions,
and what I plan to make into the 3 areas of Let’s Build Bridges’ operations.
But of course, this is a team effort. And while I am passionate about
opportunity, there are of course, many others who have original ideas about how
to create opportunities for people’s jobs and careers.
In many ways, i think we all underestimate the need for opportunity. Time and again, i have seen the effect of frustration on individuals, who are made to feel jealous of others success, because of a missed opportunity. Indeed, a great many social ills, from bullying to crime, can be traced in some form, right back to a lack of opportunity. Jobs and careers play an important part in people s lives, and by enabling them, we can help both young people and adults enjoy the opportunities they have.
So if you know anyone who is passionate about the creation
of jobs, and/or careers, in the ways described above – among your colleagues,
contacts, or friends of friends – then please do put them in touch with me, on the details below, or
invite them to this forum, and with their help, and your interest, we will take Let’s Build
Bridges to the next stage in its development.
Best Regards
James Megarry LLM, LLB, LCM
Founder
Let’s Build Bridges
Email: Jamesmegarry@hotmail.com
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