We offer teenagers Paid Work Experience, Junior Apprenticeships and Young Founder Training so that they enter the workplace confident, and with the right skills to feel ready to tackle 21st century work.
To do this, we work with a range of businesses, governments and educators that are invested in delivering social impact, unlocking young people’s potential and developing future talent from a young age.















SuperSquad is an imaginative and inspiring programme. I was so impressed to hear from our young people how it helped them grow the confidence and skills to be genuinely optimistic about their futures. Well done.
Our Social Value partnership with Sherpas has been invaluable in the last year. Their energy, passion, and drive to do something so important makes collaborating with them a genuine joy. Their programmes have outstanding qualitative and quantitative impact for all stakeholders. They are real changemakers, and I cannot recommend them highly enough.
To collaborate and learn with teenagers; to get their ideas on what is important for them in the future from an insurance product – as well as a working environment – is a fantastic opportunity.
I am really proud of LNER’s collaboration with Startup Sherpas. It’s fantastic that we’ve been able to gather insight from young people, representing Generation Z and Generation Alpha, as they will be our future customers and employees.
Startup Sherpas is an exciting social enterprise. I welcome their latest initiative to gain the insights and ideas of young people for the industry and to connect young people to the opportunities offered by leading UK companies.
Startup Sherpas are on a really important and valuable mission… I know myself, when I was growing up, it was difficult to understand what work was really like and to get that work experience that inspires you. I’m really proud to be able to support Startup Sherpas.