‘Women like Me’ (WLM), is newly developed social enterprise whose aim is to challenge significant local issues including low attainment, low career

expectations and reliance on state benefits by providing community solutions to these community problems. 

Our aim is to deliver the “DESTINATION” annual high profile careers fair aimed at young people children aged 10-16 along with their parents in the London borough’s of Southwark, Lambeth, Haringey, Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Brent.  These are some of London’s most deprived boroughs in London. 

On all indices of deprivation – including figures provided by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU) - Southwark ranks in the highest quartile of all deprived boroughs in the country.  Poverty is one of the biggest challenges facing Southwark – poverty of mind and the poverty of pocket!  Through this initiative we aim to tackle the structural causes of poverty as well as reducing the impact of poverty on individuals and communities. 

Our career fairs aim to attract representatives from corporate business, charities and local businesses to exhibit at these annual career fairs and to expose children to plethora of career opportunities awaiting them.  We also hope to attract key note and high profile speakers who can easily relate to the difficult journey experienced by young people and parents living in a deprived inner city area. 

WLM want to expose young people to exciting career opportunities that may not otherwise have been exposed to due to early incidents of disengagement from school and from their community.  Through the help and encouragement of the “DESTINATION” career fairs along with the support from agencies and businesses we aim to steer them away from economic inactivity, worklessness and crime. 

What is also unique about the “DESTINATION” careers fair is that our secondary beneficiaries i.e. the parent(s)/carer(s) of these young people who are defined as economically inactive or working in low paid part time work will also have the opportunity to attend at the same venue their own careers fair.  They will have access to local job opportunities and providers, thus making career aspirations a family affair.