Tag: John Lewis Partnership

John Lewis Partnership to double its support for care-experienced young people in drive to tackle youth unemployment

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership has committed to offering a further 1,000 roles to young people who have experienced care by 2030, more than doubling its previous target. The move builds on the success of the Partnership’s Building Happier Futures programme, launched in October 2022, to support young people who have grown up in the care system into employment.  This group, which includes those who have been in foster care, children’s homes or under local authority guardianship, faces some of the steepest barriers to work. Care leavers are more likely to…

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John Lewis Partnership job opportunities quadrupled for care experienced community

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed that it has offered 143 roles to people from the care experienced community through its employment initiative; a six-fold increase on last year. The Partnership’s Building Happier Futures programme, which supports care experienced people into work and education, has also raised £2.2m since its launch in 2022, celebrated today at the launch of the second annual impact report: bit.ly/BHFImpact2024 The Building Happier Futures programme aims to offer employability support to care experienced people, including work experience, CV writing and interview skills to ultimately create…

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John Lewis Partnership and top Photographer launch LGBT+ History Month exhibition

Stuart Mitchell

In a project to celebrate LGBT+ History Month, the renowned photographer Chris Jepson has partnered with the John Lewis Partnership, for part of a series exploring identity in the queer community. Partners (employees) at John Lewis and Waitrose posed for portraits by Chris, which will be displayed in bespoke exhibitions throughout the year.  The event to launch the Identity Project, JLP Edition, will take place on Friday 9th February at John Lewis Oxford Street, and is set to be attended by revered guests including Peter Tatchell, Activist, Co-founder of the…

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Winners of the John Lewis Partnership’s Circular Future Fund – one year on

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership and environmental charity Hubbub, have recently published an impact report, detailing the progress of four trailblazing projects that were awarded funding as part of the Circular Future Fund, created to find pioneering circular economy ideas.   In 2022, four projects were each awarded grants of between £150,000 – £300,000, from 245 applications, to develop their innovative solutions that challenged the ‘make…use…throw-away’ culture of modern society. The £1 million fund was made possible by the sales of 10p plastic bags through the John Lewis Partnership.   Helping menstrual cups…

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John Lewis & Waitrose Says Pants To The Tax

Stuart Mitchell

John Lewis and Waitrose have become the latest retailers to back industry-wide campaign to reduce the price of period knickers and  absorb the 20% VAT charge for its customers – as part of efforts to make period products affordable for all.  Tampon Tax – a tax on sanitary towels and tampons – was abolished in 2021, yet period knickers (a reusable alternative to single-use sanitary products) are still subject to the charge.  In our bid to make these products more accessible, we’ll be lowering the price on more than 30 period knickers…

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