ORT UK
OUR MISSION
ORT UK is an education charity that inspires and supports secondary school age students to make informed, confident decisions about their future career journeys, guided by industry experts.
We focus on developing transferable work-ready skills through our long-established ORT JUMP Mentoring and Employability Skills Programmes. These enable young people to identify their individual strengths and passions, explore a diverse range of industries and navigate potential pathways.
We are a Jewish charity creating opportunities both within and outside the Jewish community, to build a stronger society together.
OUR VISION
A future where every young person is empowered with the confidence, knowledge, and skills to thrive in the workplace.
OUR PROGRAMMES
The ORT JUMP programmes prepare young people for the working world. We offer 1:1 careers-related mentoring and four employability skills programmes:
The ORT JUMP Mentoring Programme
The ORT JUMP Working Skills Day
The ORT JUMP 3-Day Employability Skills Challenge
The ORT JUMP Alternative Work Experience Week
The ORT JUMP International Careers Challenge
OUR BACKGROUND
ORT UK was founded in 1921 to fundraise for World ORT’s international projects and teach skilled trades to Jewish communities trapped in poverty.
We are part of the ORT global network, which has been transforming lives through training and education since 1880.
The ORT network now reaches over 84,000 students in 47 schools in over 40 countries, providing cutting edge education driven by Jewish values.
ORT UK raises funds to support World ORT in its mission to make an Impact Through Education in Israel, Ukraine and across the globe.
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The ORT JUMP Mentoring Programme
The ORT JUMP Mentoring Programme is ORT UK’s flagship domestic project.
A mentoring programme for students in their first year of sixth form (Year 12), ORT JUMP is designed to help bridge the gap between school and the workplace. Established in 2009 by Julia Alberga, with support from World ORT, ORT JUMP is now working with over 350 students across 14 schools. Mentors from a wide range of industries, meet with their mentees four times over the duration of the academic year, to discuss topics such as qualifications and career paths, working hours, essential skills and training. Many of our students find work experience and acceptance onto corporate schemes through the programme.
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The ORT JUMP Employability Programmes
The ORT JUMP Employability Programmes
Our brand new ORT JUMP employability programmes help young people explore different careers and gain awareness of the skills required by their future employers, which will prepare them for the workplace.
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