I'm raising money for a cause and organisation close to my heart. RADICAL RECRUIT is an innovative social recruitment consultancy who employ a values led approach to sourcing talent and represent those who are underrepresented in the labour market; working exclusively with disadvantaged candidates from marginalised communities.
People from these marginalised communities have enormous potential but the sad reality is that their potential is overlooked because they are viewed through a lens of mistrust; perceived as antisocial or lacking skills to secure and sustain meaningful paid employment. Subsequently, their candidates are refused access to the labour market and discarded on a talent scrap heap; denied the opportunity to become contributing and valued members of society.
As a small charity they are often overlooked for funding. The goal is to raise £50,000, with £40,000 match-funded by Aviva for the Christmas 2024 Crowd Funder.
The People Radical Recruitment Support
Radical participants are people who are furthest from the labour market, with barriers to work by way of adverse life experiences, such as:
- Having had contact with the criminal justice system
- Being care-experienced
- Being a care giver
- Having experienced domestic violence or abuse
- Being an armed forces veteran
- Being in recovery for any kind of addiction
- Having experience of homelessness or are currently homeless
- Having refugee status
- Having been a victim of modern-day slavery
- Being long-term unemployed (12 months or more)
- Being sole parent to children under 18 years
They may also:
- Belong to a global majority group
- Be a member of the LGBTQIA+ community
- Be aged between 18 and 30 years or over 50 years
- Have a disability (including being neurodivergent)
- Have English as second language
https://radicalrecruit.co.uk/