Future Delivered

This week, we have launched Future Delivered, the company’s most significant employability programme to help tackle youth unemployment across the UK. This programme will support young people with the skills they need to get a job as well as accessing entry level opportunities, helping us become an employer of choice for the next generation.

Through our unrivalled scale and reach across the UK, we aim to deliver economic and social benefits for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve.

As youth unemployment and socio-economic disparity continue to be significant challenges across the UK, Royal Mail has an opportunity to help young people access the workplace, develop their skills and build a career, driving social mobility.

Future Delivered will:

• Increase representation of employees under the age of 30 in frontline roles.
• Offer work experience placements in Royal Mail offices across the UK. The placements will help young people from all backgrounds and all corners of the country to build employability skills and help them get ready for the world of work.
• Provide a schools’ engagement programme giving students access to new opportunities.
• Transform the recruitment process by making it more relevant and accessible for young people from all backgrounds including utilising social media sites. The application process will also be simpler and mobile-friendly.
• Recruit early career talent. Over the last twelve months, Royal Mail has recruited over 200 postal and graduate apprentices and launched new Degree Apprenticeship programmes. This is creating new career routes for young people and providing investment to further their education whilst starting professional careers.

As part of the Future Delivered programme, Royal Mail is working with This is Purpose, who are experts at developing social mobility plans aimed at supporting people from lower socio-economic groups, inside and outside the business. We will be sharing more detailed plans early next year.