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Launch event for OurCity2030 Pathway into Built Environment arrives at We The Curious
AtkinsRéalis and Babbasa join forces for summer networking on the terrace at the newly re-opened We The Curious to launch the OurCity2030 Built Environment pathway.
The event is scheduled for Tuesday, July 16, from 3.30pm to 8.00pm.
OurCity2030 was launched as a bold new vision to close the equality gap in Bristol. It is a city-wide initiative designed to support young people from low income households in inner-city Bristol to secure meaningful careers by 2030 with ambitions to expand this across Bristol and beyond in the future.
Babbasa is a youth empowerment organisation that set out a vision for upward social mobility and a target to support underrepresented young people from low income households to secure a median salary of £30,353 by 2030.
Driven by Babbasa and the City Office, the vision is now included as a goal in Bristol’s One City Plan in pursuit of a fairer future for young people in the city. Many Bristol-based businesses have already pledged involvement through sponsorship of the programme.
Arup, Babbasa, Black South West Network, Bristol & Bath Regional Capital, Bristol City Council (acting through the One City Office), Business West, Cabot Learning Federation, University of Bristol and UWE Bristol are all signed up to the initiative, OurCity2030.
The Pathway aims to open up employment opportunities in the industry for underrepresented groups, and leverage social value commitments in the Built Environment to address inequalities in our city.
Poku Osei, the founding director of Babbasa, said: “This is a momentous occasion, not just for the city of Bristol, but for other cities too, to realise what can pragmatically be done at a city level to unlock talent if we are intentional. Particularly at a time when we’re losing bright young and able minds to a life of crime, gangs, and despondency.
“It’s special to be able to have an agreement for a city model that brings together influential cross-sector institutions to tackle the problem head on.”
If you are a Bristol-based business, community partner or young person who would like to attend the event or find out more about the OurCity2030 vision contact ourcity2030@byep.org.uk.
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Main photo: Babbasa
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