What people are saying about Opening Doors

• "I feel that the Opening Doors event is a great way for students from all across London to be exposed to many businesses and training providers to give them as much choice as possible. With youth unemployment at a high, anything we can do to motivate young people is to be commended and I look forward to being a part of that"

  
  Scott Lee MP Ilford North

• "I am very pleased to support another year of Opening Doors. In the face of cuts, a struggling economy, and the recent disturbances in London, young people in Tottenham are lucky that events like Opening Doors can continue to provide them with support and advice to help them achieve their goals. Knowing that they have options to engage in business and trades is an important step to helping all our young people reach their full potential."

  
  Rt Hon David Lammy, MP for Tottenham

• "I can't wait to attend this years Opening Doors, such an amazing event to be part of, creating unique opportunities for young people and giving them the chance to see alternative routes to education and employment, as I myself have experienced!"

  
  Grant Ridley won the Orange Challenge 2011, National BTEC Outstanding Student of the Year 2011 and BTEC Outstanding Student in ICT.

• "Childreach International is so excited to be part of this event. We're an international development charity, working with children and their communities throughout the developing world, giving them the opportunity to unlock their full potential. Over the past year, we've been working with schools throughout the UK enhancing young people's global awareness through activities that allow them to play an integral role in development."
• "I am delighted to support Silver Skills in the Opening Doors event. We all need to get involved and do more to ensure that young people have the best start in their working life. If we want to maximise the talents of all our young people, we need to work to ensure there are as many routes into the world of work as possible. There's no one-size-fits-all solution and that's why I am lending my support to Opening Doors."

  
  Andy Burnham, MP Shadow Secretary for Education

• "Hi to everyone at Opening doors! Just a quick word to say thank you for last year as we at Silver Recruitment had an absolute ball and were thrilled to say we will be attending again this year! Hope this year's group of students are as interesting and engaging as last year as we certainly came away from the event with more than one thing to take on board. See you there!"

  
  Richard at Silver Recruitment

• "Silver Skills was thrilled to be a part of Opening Doors and want to thank all the students and schools who supported us as well as all the other businesses that attended for making last years event so fantastic. We look forward to more of the same this year."

  
  Dayna at Silver Skills

• "Your Local Accounts will be at this years event and thoroughly look forward to engaging with so many young people and helping them to know there are lots of options out there that they may not have considered."

  
  Gary at Your Local Accountants

• "At SomeBody Else Merchandising we believe in the entrepreneurial spirit and we were thrilled to see so many young people at Opening Doors 2010 who had an interest in businesses and career paths. We look forward to this years event and know it will be even more amazing."

  
  Grant at Somebody Else Merchandising

• "I am very pleased to see that you are once again organising the very successful Opening Doors event for students. I was very impressed with the event last year and I know that a number of our sixth form students found the event very beneficial. The seminars were particularly informative and the students seemed to respond very well to this format. "

  
  Wendy Winter, Economic Wellbeing Coordinator, Winchmore School