For employers
Give a young person their first real responsibility
Ways to work with us
Choose what suits your organisation
Hire a young person
Take on a paid team member with TechStart support around their development and progress.
EnquireHost a placement
Offer work experience or an industry placement, including T Level placements, with agreed supervision.
EnquireOffer a live project
Give participants a scoped piece of real work, delivered with oversight from TechStart.
EnquireProvide mentoring
Share your experience with a participant through regular, structured conversations.
EnquireApprenticeship support
Talk to us about apprenticeships as a next step for participants, and about levy support.
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Project examples
Useful work, properly scoped
- A website update or new landing pages
- A digital marketing campaign
- A data clean-up or simple dashboard
- An operations or process improvement project
How it works
- 1
Talk
We discuss what you need and what is realistic.
- 2
Shape
We agree scope, supervision and responsibilities.
- 3
Deliver
Participants do the work with TechStart support.
- 4
Review
We review progress with you and the participant.
Apprenticeship levy
Thinking about levy support?
If your organisation pays the apprenticeship levy, you may be able to use or transfer some of those funds to support apprenticeship training. Levy funds cover approved apprenticeship training and assessment, not ordinary wages.
Rules and limits change, so we will talk you through the current position for your situation. Any transfer is subject to the relevant scheme's approval.
Discuss apprenticeship supportStart a conversation
Tell us what you have in mind and we will get back to you to talk it through.
Know a young person who would be a good fit?
You can refer them directly.