Corporate and Community Partnerships
Exciting Partnership: AFK Teams Up with CareTech Foundation to Create Job Opportunities
Advance’s support provides essential resources and enriching experiences, empowering children and young people with disabilities and autism.
Empowering Young People Through Sport: Berkeley’s Sportember Initiative
AFK is proud to partner with The Berkeley Foundation, whose funding has supported our work in helping disabled and neurodiverse young people develop and grow, often through sport.
Happy 50th Birthday to Advance
Advance’s support provides essential resources and enriching experiences, empowering children and young people with disabilities and autism.
Building Bridges: AFK and Berkeley Foundation Partner to Empower Children and Young People
Berkeley’s support provides essential resources and enriching experiences, like site visits during National Careers Week, empowering children and young people with disabilities and autism.
AFK collaborates with the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed
AFK partners with a great platform for accessing resources and those that are confident working independently on their self-employment journey.
AFK and National Careers Week 2023
At AFK we continuously support young people with autism or disabilities to secure paid employment that matches their career aspirations, but what about those young people still in education and not quite sure what they want to do when they leave or what career options are available to them?
Life and Work trainees visit Segro in Oxford Circus
AFK trainees visit SEGRO Plc who have funded work experience and employability training for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
‘Our View’ – Videos made by young people, for young people
‘Our View’ is a collection of short films made by young people with special educational needs and disabilities on their experiences, challenges and successes in preparing for and gaining employment.
AFK’s Top 3 Reasonable Adjustments for the Workplace
AFK’s Top 3 Reasonable Adjustments for the Workplace, small changes that make the environment and work processes more accessible to all.
Toy Trust: Around The World in 80 Hours
The toy industry has raised more than £20,000 for charitable causes during their Around the World in 80 Hours event.
Barclays gives £100,000 to AFK
The Barclays 100×100 UK COVID-19 Community Relief Fund has given £100,000 to Hornsey-based charity AFK–Working With Disability (formerly Action For Kids).
Bloomfield Trust awards AFK grant to support disabled Londoners into work
The Bloomfield Trust has awarded AFK a grant of £50,000 to support London’s unemployed disabled young people into work.
SEGRO Community Fund
my AFK received a grant from SEGRO Plc to provide work experience and employability training for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Shaping Futures with Schroders
Did you know – disabled people are more than twice as likely to be unemployed as their non-disabled peers?
Nirav at top law firm!
As part of my AFK’s Life & Work training curriculum, trainees are matched with employers for work placements.
Adam impresses employers and secures a work placement
Adam did so well in a mock interview with Citadines Apart’hotel as part of his training at my AFK they offered him a work placement on the spot!
Solicitors Cycling Challenge
Our friends at Devonshires Solicitors are gearing up to tackle a long-distance challenge, raise £10,000 and break a world record.
Marcel secures permanent employment!
my AFK trainee, Marcel, has now secured permanent employment at Arcadis UK Design & Consultancy.
Forest Arden Golf Club
Marriott Forest Arden Golf Club chose my AFK as charity of the year and raised a huge £8,259 through a variety of fundraising events.