Lauren Roberts

Lauren Roberts

Advocacy Lead

“Loh-ren Roh-berts” | she/her

Lauren leads on all of our advocacy work across the Foundation.

You can go to her with any questions on our employability work, about speaking at events, on our offer to young people and charities, or about supporting our bursary alumni.

She is super passionate about supporting charities and those who come from less advantaged backgrounds to thrive through better more equal opportunities for training and work.

When she’s not at work, Lauren enjoys exploring new cultures, eating yummy food, getting stuck into a good book and channeling her creative side through creating art.

positivity | developer | strategic | connectedness | adaptability

The latest stories from Lauren Roberts on the City & Guilds Foundation website:

You can’t be what you can’t see: helping all girls find role models to succeed

You can’t be what you can’t see: helping all girls find role models to succeed

Conversations with professionals and experience in workplaces is the single most effective intervention at changing stereotypical expectations about future careers. Helping young people understand the job opportunities available to them is something we’re passionate about at the City & Guilds Foundation. That’s why we’re proud to support The Girls’ Network, a charity that matches female mentors from non-graduate pathways with girls from the least advantaged communities in the UK. So far,...

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Engaging with young people during Covid-19

Engaging with young people during Covid-19

Our research tells us that long before the pandemic young people often struggle to enter the world of work. Depending on who you know your experience of moving from education to paid work can be a real struggle and one in which many obstacles must be overcome. Through our Youth Engagement work we strive to take a practical approach in informing and helping young people who may be at risk of becoming NEET, to make more informed choices about their future. Our main focus is creating engaging and...

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