Employability & Financial Inclusion, hosted by ABSA, member of Barclays

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EMPLOYABILITY AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION, HOSTED BY ABSA, MEMBER OF BARCLAYS
This session will focus on the global issue of youth unemployment and the role of sport for social change programmes, corporate partners and sport organisations in addressing it.

Part I
09.30: Opening and Welcome from Absa, Member of Barclays
- Gideon Serfontein - Head of Africa Citizenship, Barclays Africa

09.45: Opening Panel - An Overview of the Issue
Global and local perspectives on the challenge of youth unemployment and the potential of sport programmes to affect change

Session Host: Mandu Reid - Programme Manager, The Mayor of London's Sports Legacy Fund
Drew Chaftez - CEO and Founder, love.futbol
Vicky Lowe - Assistant Vice President, Global Community Investment, Barclays / Absa
Matthew Breman - Africa Regional Director, International Youth Foundation

10.15: Practical Workshops
Best practices in integrating financial literacy and employability into sport programmes. Delegates choose from one of the following:

Teaching employability and entrepreneurship skills in schools and communities - Lean Terblanche, Managing Director, Football Foundation SA
Taking a social enterprise approach - Michelle Carney - Country Director, Kick4Life
Building the employability skills of coaches - James Donald - Managing Director, Grassroot Soccer
Impact and assessment of employability programmes - Navjeet Sira - Education and Impact Manager, Change Foundation

Part II
12.00: Panel - Ensuring Pathways to Employment
The opportunities and challenges for corporates in supporting employability programmes

Session Host: Mandu Reid - Programme Manager, The Mayor of London's Sports Legacy Fund
Charles Reed - Head of Africa Community Investment, Barclays Africa
Shanda Paine - Group CSI Manager, Tsogo Sun
Mosuoe Sekonyela - Head of Assessments, Harmabee
Wayne Morris - Head of Community Investment, Premiership Rugby

12.45: Group Discussion - Addressing the challenges and feedback

Supporting the most hard-to-reach groups
Providing long-term support
Increasing employee engagement

Part III
14.30 Best practice talks - Building a successful employability programme
Three case studies on how organisations have developed their employability programmes in different contexts. Followed by group discussion and feedback

From Childhood to Livelihood: Taking a holistic approach - Sonya Timms - Director, Magic Bus UK
Football Focused: Building partnerships for success - Steven Day - CEO - Fulham FC Foundation
Step Up 2 a Start Up: Supporting enterprise development - Martin Sweet - Managing Director, Primestars