Brands2Life - Santa Dash supporting HeadStart
Family Action is raising money for Family Action
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Last year, at Brands2Life we ran our inaugural Santa Dash, spreading festive joy and raising money for a very deserving charity in the process.
This year, we’re BACK, and we’re more festive than ever before. So grab your inflatable reindeers and any spare elves you have lying around, and prepare for B2L Santa Dash 2: Santa Dash Strikes Back – all in aid of Family Action’s HeadStart!
Guaranteed to fill you with unseasonably high levels of Christmas cheer, our supersized squad of Brands2LIfe Santas will jog, walk, skip, moonwalk or run 5km course around the Thames – all the while raising money for this wonderful charity.
At the beginning of 2022 Brands2Life launched our partnership with Family Action’s HeadStart, a programme that aims to bridge the gap between education and employment by supporting disadvantaged young people to develop the skills, experiences and confidence needed to secure and stay in employment.
Our aim during 2023 is to support more than 80 young people with their progress into the workplace and employment during 2023, providing a combination of career workshops and discovery days, paid workplace experience placements and training for young people coming through HeadStart.
Please give as much as you can – it’s a brilliant cause and every penny really will make the difference. Whatever is raised, Brands2Life will match it.
"I loved working with the Brands2Life team, they really helped boost my confidence through meeting new people from different departments. The placement allowed me to grow professionally and personally. Overall, it was a great experience that I was privileged to have and I met the loveliest people!" - HeadStart Participant
"How do you get a job when they ask for experience but you need experience for that? Most of us have faced that cycle. Luckily, Headstart did exactly that, it gave me that ‘headstart’ I needed.”- HeadStart Participant
"I really appreciate all the effort you put into helping me get this interview and I will be able to apply these skills for the future. You have also helped me write a CV and cover letter that no one has ever helped me with so I wanted to say thank you so much and wish you well” – HeadStart Participant
“Can I please give a mighty shout of thanks and appreciation to the guys at Brands2Life and the Family Action team for our day yesterday at their offices. Our young people really enjoyed themselves and managed to be engaged throughout the day. For the young people that we engage with, opportunities like this can be extremely powerful.”– HeadStart referral partner
