What We Stand For

Our Mission

To help young people build the confidence, behaviours and workplace skills they need to succeed in early career roles, through flexible and scalable programmes.

We believe in empowering young people at every stage of their early career, making learning flexible and accessible. Whether entering the workforce, starting a first role or developing as an emerging leader, our tailored programmes support a young person from starting out to stepping up.

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Our Goals

Unlock Potential

Make Strides helps young people unlock their full potential through tailored, journey-based programmes that bridge the gap between education and the workplace. We take a personalised, consultative approach to ensure the right learning solutions are provided to meet each organisation’s unique needs, driving impactful change from the start.

Practical Learning for Real Results

We make skills development practical, accessible, and actionable, focusing on scalable programmes that can be implemented immediately to drive tangible outcomes in retention, engagement, and career progression. Our journey-based approach ensures learners gain real-life skills that can be applied in the workplace with measurable results.

Demystifying Skills Development

Our goal is to simplify skills development by providing easy-to-follow, results-driven training that empowers young people to reach their highest potential. We break down topics into actionable steps, making it easier for young people to put new skills into action.

Actionable Impact

With measurable success metrics, we ensure that every learning journey translates into improved outcomes and real career progression. Our focus on practical, real-world learning ensures that every learner has the tools they need to make an immediate, positive impact as the start out and step up their career.

Our Commitment

At Make Strides, we believe leadership development should be accessible to all, which is why we dedicate part of our revenue to CSR initiatives. These include scholarships for underrepresented groups, support for education and free resources for those facing career or life transitions.

What makes us different is our focus on the full career journey. From starting out, growing as a leader or returning after a break, our digital self-paced learning with group coaching offers a holistic solution, supporting you with skills and guidance at every stage.

Striding To Achieve

Our Values

We live and breathe our values in everything that we do.

Dare To Grow

Dream big and take action

Decode & Demystify

We keep it simple

Digitally Enabled

Using technology for good

Deliver lasting impact

Creating impact beyond the here and now

Our Go-Giving
Mindset

“No one has ever become poor by giving.”
Anne Frank

We believe career development should be accessible to all and that’s why we work with local charitable and non-profit organisations to develop their people and help them deliver lasting impact in the communities they serve.

We are committed to giving a percentage of our time to those who would otherwise not be able to access support or advice through our partnerships with Sport4Life, Future Faces and Young Enterprise.

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our word for it.

From early steps to major milestones, we’ve helped people move forward in life and career. Hear directly from our clients about the impact.

“It was a real privilege to take part in the programme, experiencing new ideas and concepts and seeing the growth in myself and others.”

“The content on resilience and motivation really helped me manage pressure and challenges at work.”

Primrose Hospice
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“The team are building confidence and taking on more work at a higher level.”

Steve Harris | Director Central Finance
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“The content is easy to access and apply. It feels relevant to my role and is helping me think differently about leadership”

Learner | Coventry University Students Union
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