For Schools and Parents

Give Your Students the Leadership and Professional Edge

We partner with schools to support the academic, personal and career development of their students. Through our programmes, we help schools meet the Gatsby Benchmarks, strengthen their careers education provision and develop the leadership habits and attitudes that improve behaviour for learning.

What We Offer

Access Futures mentoring session with young people

Access Futures Mentoring and Work Experience Programme

A structured pathway for Year 13 students from underrepresented backgrounds into apprenticeships and early-career programmes with leading employers.

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Young people and a professional at a Young Investor Week event

Young Investor Week and Bright Futures

Immersive work day experiences in finance and innovation where students pitch, problem-solve and learn directly from investors and entrepreneurs.

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Young student at a DLN curriculum session

All-Age Leadership and Careers Readiness Curriculum

A progressive curriculum from Year 3 to Year 13 building transferable leadership and employability skills, raising career awareness and introducing students to the evolving world of work.

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Young person smiling at a DLN network event

The Network for Aspiring Apprentices Year 13+

The network brings together ambitious young people, inspiring professionals and forward-thinking employers in a safe, purposeful and supportive environment.

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Our Impact

Since 2014, DLN has raised the career awareness, leadership abilities and access to diverse professionals for over 10,000 young people.

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The Diverse Leaders Team are incredibly passionate about empowering young people to become leaders of the future and this meant that the level of engagement from our students was incredibly high. I would highly recommend that any school who gets the opportunity to work with DLN should embrace it.

Careers Lead

Dixon Broadgreen Academy, multi-year DLN partner

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Our Programmes in Action

Moments from our mentoring programmes, curriculum sessions and immersive work day experiences.

DLN programme in action
DLN curriculum session
Bright Futures Young Investor event
Young people at Bright Futures event
DLN leadership workshop
DLN mentoring session
Young people at DLN careers event
DLN employer engagement session
DLN group activity
DLN schools programme session
DLN young people networking
DLN programme in action
DLN curriculum session
Bright Futures Young Investor event
Young people at Bright Futures event
DLN leadership workshop
DLN mentoring session
Young people at DLN careers event
DLN employer engagement session
DLN group activity
DLN schools programme session
DLN young people networking

Ready to Get Your Students Involved?

Register your interest and a member of our team will be in touch to discuss the right programme for your students.

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