About GoodWork and Felicity Halstead

GoodWork is a non-profit supporting 18-25 year olds who are excluded from professional opportunities by delivering training, paid work placements and holistic support as they launch their careers into industries they otherwise wouldn’t access.

“I founded GoodWork because I believe that the way we measure success in education must change to reflect the realities of the working world. Having worked in a corporate setting running widening participation programmes, I’ve seen first-hand how challenging it can be to support young people from underserved communities through recruitment processes that are designed to exclude them. To achieve real change, we need businesses as well as educators to radically rethink how we assess talent and prepare the next generation to enter a skills-based economy.  

Our innovative recruitment approach allows us to find marginalised talent and through our early careers programme we support young adults to make a successful transition into the working world, with fairly paid work and holistic support being central to our approach.

After launching a limited pilot in January, we’re delighted to be working with the Fair Education Alliance to grow our programme and pursue bigger, more transformative change that will impact many more young people in the years to come.” - Felicity Halstead