b-live.com

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About The b-live Foundation
A community interest company, The b-live Foundation supports a community of over 200,000 young people (aged from 12 to 19) to manage and maximise their personal and career development.

Putting the social mobility of young people at the heart of its service, the Foundation engages uniquely with students at an individual level to build confidence, raise aspirations and develop key employability skills.

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Much of this engagement is achieved through The Foundation’s state-of-the art website, b-live.com, which provides impartial, engaging and high-quality careers IAG (information and guidance). Through the site, young people can access personalised careers and learning information, use a CV generator, apply for jobs and apprenticeships – all specifically created to help young people make informed career decisions and support their transition from education into employment whatever their background.
 

The b-live Foundation Employability Programme
Created in partnership with leading employers, the b-live Employability Programme will be run in schools providing them with a much-needed work-related curriculum that progressively develops the employability skills of young people, equips them with nationally recognised qualifications and improves their employment prospects and realises their potential. This innovative programme is set to roll out in September 2010.
 

Facts and figures
Since its inception five years ago, thousands of young people and schools continue to benefit from all The b-live Foundation has to offer. The facts and figures below show the extent to which the Foundation is making a difference to the future of the UK’s young people as it helps to break down the barriers to social mobility:

• 1,008 total schools have registered to work with the Foundation. All have been retained
• 60%(605) of schools are regular users/proactive users of b-live.com
• 70% of LAs nationwide are covered
• 40 national employers currently work with the Foundation
• 2.45 hours per month is spent on the website by registered students
• 80% increase in usage from loyal regsitered users (2008/9)
• 78% of these students have recorded skills development
• 80% leave b-live with right skills for their future (versus 20% when they first joined)
• 49% students engage with the site's IAG/careers information
• 43% of students engage in the site's social networking/fun activities
• 100% (over 200,000) young people have a ready-made CV hosted on the site
• 81% increase in students involved in informal peer peer mentoring (2008/9).

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