Nominees for 2023 MtW Youth Employability Awards

We are absolutely delighted to announce the following nominees for the upcoming MtW Youth Employability Awards on 17th April! The level of nominations this year was exceptional and so my fellow judges and I really had our work cut out!

Huge congratulations to all these incredible nominees, you should all be so proud of yourselves!

2023 MtW Youth Employability Awards – Nominees
Employer of the Year	BAE Systems Department for Transport – Apprenticeship and Early Talent Team DWP HMRC – Debt Management Directorate M&S Tesco
Mentor of the Year	TJ Fielding – DWP Tom Stephenson – Springboard UK Liesel Quinn – Catch22 Anneli Daniels – Participation People
Partner of the Year	Ambitious About Autism / Clare Caccavone Catch22 Springboard DFN Project SEARCH – nominated by Marriott Hotels Ltd Participation People People Plus / Laura Savage The Prince’s Trust The Launch Group West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) – Skills Team
Individual Impact Award	Laura Addison – AWS Sharon Braithwaite – BAE Systems Josie Edmead – BT Nicky Perkins – DWP TJ Fielding – DWP Heather Graham – M&S Kelly Baldwin – The Body Shop
Breakthrough Star Award	Ellie McGuire – Accenture Vaibhavi Canacrai – Accenture Sam Fell – BAE Systems Josh Lewis – BAE Systems Eden Lunghy – Catch22 Alfie Southernwood – DWP Samuel Shaw – DWP Bethany Illidge – DWP Michael Timson – M&S Aaron Fletcher – M&S Tilly Elliott – M&S Charlotte Harris – M&S Zamzam Farah – M&S Kamila Bukowska – M&S Khadijak Bibi – M&S Mamatha Kartha – M&S Kevin Lennon – M&S Max Jansson – Springboard David Bilsland – Springboard Edward Fox – Tesco Sam Miles – Tesco Kayleigh Fosker – The Body Shop Jamie McDonald – The Prince’s Trust
Rising Star Award	Blessing Folorunso – Accenture Kierran Kelly – Accenture Syron Blackman – Catch22 Gavin Phipps – DWP Luna Cummings – M&S Charlotte O’regan – M&S Dlovan Karim – M&S Phoebe Bridge – M&S Chris Fox – M&S Anna Svietik – M&S Shula Jenkins – M&S Michael Vickery – Marriott Hotels Ltd Funmilola – Funmi Sosanya – The Prince’s Trust Gary Graham – Springboard Ryan Smith – Tesco Matthias Allen Goll – United Student Association For Education Inc
Innovator of the Year Award	AXA UK BAE Systems Vicky Morgan – Carers Trust London Digital Jobs Hub & Skills Hub – nominated by Generation UK Presenter Crew – nominated by Health Education England HMRC Spirax Sarco Engineering Sodexo Ted Blackwell – nominated by Springboard UK
MtW Chair’s Legacy Award	Accenture BAE Systems NHS Kevin Jennings – Barclays, nominated by Catch22 Jamie Mcdonald – M&S
Outstanding Achievement Award	Anastacia Jamfrey – BAE Systems Tajay Simpson – M&S Nathan Pearce – M&S Ruby Moon– The Prince’s Trust

Big thank you to everyone who took the time to submit a nomination, it was a privilege to read your stories.

If you haven’t got a ticket yet, please reach out to the team at events@movementtowork.com and someone will try to help.

Looking forward to seeing many of you very soon!