ORT UK

ORT UK empowers the next generation to reach their goals through mentoring, employability skills training and work experience opportunities.

Our programmes include:

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

We are passionate about unleashing the potential of young people so they can make a positive contribution to the world around them.

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 350,000 people a year in over 40 countries, providing cutting edge education driven by Jewish values.

INTERNATIONAL FUNDRAISING

ORT UK raises funds to support World ORT in its mission to make an Impact Through Education in Israel, Ukraine and across the globe.

ORT is reducing the socioeconomic gaps in society, enabling the next generation to face the future by:
• providing students with skills to thrive, through high quality teaching.
• preparing students to lead socially responsible lives.
• ensuring Jewish continuity by enriching Jewish education, identity, and appreciation of tradition, values and culture.

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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

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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