Tech expertise specialist La Fosse has launched UNBOUND, its new mentorship programme designed to assist girls working in tech.
The brand new initiative goals to deal with the systemic limitations which have lengthy saved girls out of management roles. UNBOUND will create tailor-made pairings based mostly on every participant’s objectives, background and challenges, introducing a ‘buddy system’ that connects girls with friends dealing with comparable obstacles.
By means of one-to-one mentoring over a four-month interval, the programme’s construction ensures girls obtain each senior steerage and peer assist in navigating male-dominated environments.
The launch follows UKTN’s reporting this month that exposed between 40,000 and 60,000 girls are leaving the tech trade every year, costing the UK financial system as much as £3.5bn yearly. Ladies now make up simply 29% of the tech workforce and maintain solely round 20% of senior management positions.
“The response to the programme to date has been unbelievable, and it’s clear there may be large demand for this type of assist,” says Lucy Kemp, director of brand name at La Fosse. “Mentorship is about greater than recommendation – it’s about constructing confidence, opening doorways and exhibiting girls what’s potential.
“It’s an amazing begin, however we’re calling on extra mentors and mentees to enroll and be a part of creating significant change within the trade.”
La Fosse’s Ladies at Work Blueprint report discovered that girls maintain simply 25% of C-suite positions – a determine that drops considerably for girls of color.
