History of create a future
create a future was established in May 2001 as a natural development of the organisation known as the Birmingham SATRO (Science and Technology Regional Organisation).
The SATRO was established by Birmingham LEA in 1986 and having gone through
a number of changes, was re-located to the University of Birmingham (Electronic,
Electrical & Computer Engineering- Gisbert Kapp Building) in April 1993.
January 2011 saw create a future re-locate to Cradley Enterprise Centre in
Halesowen.
Since 1996, when we really started counting, we have worked with over 500,000 young people. That is a staggering average of 50,000 young people per year, at a cost of roughly £9 each, which is phenomenal value for money!!
Some of our successes:
- Operated the Nuffield Science Bursary Award Scheme since 1996 for the West Midlands, placing 453 post 16 students in 98 hosts for the summer holidays
- Developed and delivered a range of support services for teachers of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) … teachers keep coming back year after year, after year … in fact one of our longest teacher relationships has survived 4 different schools over 8 years!
- Working with young people in the West Midlands developed a wider key skill programme – the only one of its’ kind in the UK. Over 12,500 young people have taken part in the programme since 2001, with over 60% of them gaining a qualification in Problem Solving (at levels 1,2 or 3)
- Operated the SETPOINT for the Black Country, Birmingham and Solihull areas on behalf of STEMNET and the DTI from 2000 to 2008
- Have met all our contractual targets for the last 10 years
- Gained Investors in People status in June 2005
- Remained financially viable year on year (no mean feat for a non-profit making company!)
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