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HeadStart is excited to announce their new partnership with the award-winning communications agency, Brands2Life. This partnership will aim to support 80 young people in London through paid work experience, insight days, and exclusive workshops delivered on a pro bono basis by Brands2Lifes employee volunteers. The paid work experience placements will expose students to all aspects of work at a digitally-led communications and marketing agency and help them discover how a career in PR could provide a rewarding career.

With increasing levels of youth unemployment across the city, partnerships such as these have never been more vital. Access to employment opportunities and interactions with industry-leading businesses provide young people with the skills, networks, and confidence necessary to succeed in life after education.

Brands2Life is an independent, founder-led, majority employee-owned agency with a passion for working with the brands that are transforming our world. Since its foundation in 2000, the agency has been focused on advising and communicating the stories of the worlds most ambitious and disruptive brands, including Adyen, Groupon, LinkedIn, Qlik, Tetra Pak and VMware. Global leaders in technology and digital, the agency has also has in-depth expertise in business services, energy, financial services, health & wellbeing and retail & leisure.

In 2021 Brands2Life won a record number of awards, including Agency of the Year at the Brand Film Awards and Best In-Agency Team of the Year at the UK Social Media Awards for the second consecutive year. The agency also won the Best Technology category at the PRWeek Awards, and Best Internship Scheme at the PRWeek Best Places to Work Awards.