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Working with the Community
IBM proactively champions diversity through a series of initiatives, many of which are run by volunteers and supported by senior management. IBM is actively working to build a pipeline of talented women who are interested in pursuing careers in IT, from schools through to universities. Here are just a few examples of how we engage with local communities.

  • - The Stepladder Foundation

    IBM has been a prime sponsor for the East London Stepladder Programme. This has consisted of sponsoring 14 -16 year old Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students from disadvantaged backgrounds in East London to participate in a two year programme, which provided them with IBM mentors as well as 12 weekends of business/personal development training. Students’ GCSE scores have improved through participation in the programme. Some have won scholarships from Cambridge and Oxford. www.thestepladder.com

  • + Annual Take Our Daughters to Work Day

    IBM has been running a ‘Take Our Daughters to Work Day’ since 2004 in 10 major locations, hosting 200 - 300 girls on the day. The objective of the scheme is to widen girls' perception of the career options available to them. 'Business isn't just for men', as one of our participants, aged 11 concludes.

  • + Schools Outreach

    Our female employees regularly make visits to schools to promote the females in the industry. IBM’s involvement with schools spans from running Science Activities like ‘Try Science’ Experiments and ‘Engineer a Robot’ sessions to participating at Career Days and IBMers volunteering as school governors.

  • + EX.I.T.E camps -(Exploring Interests in Technology and Engineering)

    Since 2001 IBM has been running a week long summer camp for 36 middle school girls to give them hands-on experience in technical activities that are fun.

  • + Mentorplace

    A national e-mentoring programme for school aged children, combined with regular half day workshops to expose them to new technologies and guide them when making G.C.S.E choices. IBM also supports school run business projects through this mentoring scheme

  • + Investment in e-skills

    IBM has been involved with e-skills since 2001 and also actively supported its CC4G, a programme that makes computing fun and encourages girls to see IT as a suitable career choice.

  • + Women in Technology

    Workshops for girls - reaching around 200 girls aged 12-13 each year.

 

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