In honour of LGBT History month, Meet Your Future will showcase diverse and inclusive employers that empower and support staff. Young people will hear how employers create an equal, diverse and inclusive workplace, and the benefits this brings to employers and employees.

There will be multiple sessions running with various different speakers. The schedule is currently as follows:

• Thursday 3rd February , 9.30am - 10.30am - Chief Inspector Lee Broadstock (Greater Manchester Police).

• Monday 7th February, 10am - 11am - Bentley Adam White (Bentley)

• Thursday 10th February, 10am - 11am - Jax Effiong (GMCA/GMFRS)

• Monday 14th February, 10am - 11am - Carl Austin-Behan - Carl is well known for being one of Manchester's leading LGBT activists, as well as being the city's first openly gay Lord Mayor. Hear Carl's story about resilience and overcoming adversity in order to get to where he is today.

• Thursday 17th February, 10am - 11am - Daniel Rankin (Bruntwood) - CANCELLED

• Monday 28th February, 10am - 11am - Lorna Munkley (Bruntwood)

About Meet Your Future:

Meet Your Future (MYF) is a work shadowing campaign to respond to the impact of Covid-19 on young people and was initially launched by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, in April 2019. Meet Your Future offers experiences of the workplace and encounters with employers to young people across Greater Manchester, in a variety of different business environments, to help them learn about different roles and careers and to gain first-hand experience of the wold of work.