The Adecco Group and Barnardo’s build two-year partnership to unlock young people’s future career potential.
We are proud of our new two-year partnership with The Adecco Group UK & Ireland, the talent advisory and workplace solutions leader, to use their proven recruitment expertise to boost young people’s employability and ready them for the world of work. The partnership also includes large-scale volunteering and fundraising commitments.
Barnardo’s currently helps over 3,000 young people every year access qualifications, jobs advice, and apprenticeship programmes and working together with The Adecco Group will help us strengthen these vital efforts with at least eight purpose-built employment, training, and skills workshops, created by the Adecco’s dedicated ‘Emerging Talent’ team to support young people with personalised CV, interview, and career guidance from hiring specialists across the Adecco Group’s UK-wide branch network.
In addition to providing targeted career support, The Adecco Group’s 2,300-strong team will offer fundraising and volunteer hours to power Barnardo’s 800 critical services, including counselling for children who have been abused, supported lodgings for care leavers, and short breaks for young carers. A shared commitment to inclusion will also be leveraged, with The Adecco Group’s ED&I experts looking at specific strategies to address intersectionality – the ways that multiple forms of inequality can compound themselves and create further obstacles.
In total, The Adecco Group aims to raise £200,000 and contribute 400 volunteer hours across the two-year collaboration.
We’re thrilled to work alongside Barnardo’s to help make the future work for disadvantaged young people. As a business dedicated to making work mean more, we recognise that the right first career steps can transform lives forever. We want our partnership to drive ambition, unlock potential, and turn obstacles into opportunities. It’s a privilege to help Barnardo’s protect, empower, and inspire young people across the UK.
Niki Turner-Harding
Managing Director, Adecco UK and Ireland
We are delighted to be partnering with Adecco UK & Ireland, an organisation with such a similar corporate ethos to ours at Barnardo’s. Our purpose is to empower children and young people to live happier, healthier, more hopeful lives – a huge part of this is making sure they’re prepared for the world of work and able to pursue their goals. Adecco’s expertise will be incredibly useful in helping us on this mission, and the passion their employees have already shown to supporting our charity is very much appreciated.
Lynn Perry MBE
Chief Executive of Barnardo’s
Why partner with us?
Your business can help children and young people in the UK who are missing out on a good childhood and the opportunity to thrive as adults, while strengthening your brand and meeting your corporate social responsibilities.
Who we are
We’ve been changing childhoods and changing lives for over 150 years, and we’ll be here for as long as we’re needed.
Our impact
When life gets tough or it feels like there’s nowhere to turn, Barnardo’s is here.