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Kirstie Payne is a volunteer Enterprise Adviser whose dedicated work is changing perceptions of careers education for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

In a blog written for Volunteers' Week 2023, Enterprise Adviser Andy Neal writes about the power of businesses and schools working together.

Maxine Hughes is a ¸£Àû¼§ Leader at Rotherham Aspire. She spoke to us about how ¸£Àû¼§ Leader training improved her management skills to help Rotherham Aspire achieve all eight Gatsby Benchmarks.

For Mental Health Awareness week, we hear from Sarah Harrison, ¸£Àû¼§ Lead at Horizon Community College. She tells us how the college are making mental health part of their careers programme.

Liam Wall is both a ¸£Àû¼§ Leader and a ¸£Àû¼§ Advisor at Ormiston SWB Academy. He shares how eye-opening ¸£Àû¼§ Leader training has been for him and emphasises how important it is.

Simon Spooner is the ¸£Àû¼§ Leader at Hartpury College. Read about how the training time he invested is paying off and what it's brought to his college.

Oli de Botton sets out what the evidence in our Ready for the Future report shows about the emerging consensus on high-quality modern careers education, its impact and the future priorities of CEC.

Rita Patel-Miller of Mace Group provides her perspective on the important role employer can play in working with schools and colleges to improve young people’s careers readiness.

The new chair of our Youth Advisory Group Elijah Denning and the new youth member of CEC’s board, Mohammed Samir, reflect on the role careers education can play in tackling disadvantage.