YoungBrightstar

The Brightstar Group is committed to supporting young people in work and sport via our Young Brightstars and Young Learners programmes

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Another successful work placement has come to an end. Feyi had a great week with us, spending time with a variety of team members and engaged in a variety of activities. BTW Most students tell us they don’t learn Excel at school 🤔 which is a surprise to us..

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Welcome to Thomas, Business BTEC student from @Brentwood_Sch who is enjoying his summer placement with us. Great to see him learning from University Internship Student Sam, Group Head of National Accounts, Andy, and Business Consultant, Ben. #younglearners

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

We were very happy to welcome Henry @WHSforBoys for his work placement last week. It’s wonderful that our team are always so willing to spare some time for our Young Learners. Well done Henry & good luck with your studies!

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Great to see latest Summer work placement student, Henry from @WHSforBoys working with Young Learners Coordinator @ajayburns21 and Group Head of National Accounts, Andy

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Welcome to Ronnie who has made a fabulous start to his placement with us!

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Another brilliant success story from our Young Learners Programme….

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Sam is a great addition to the team & will spend the 3rd year of his degree with us before returning to Manchester University to complete his studies. Sam is our first ‘full year’ internship student & we are excited about the opportunities that this will bring for both Sam & us

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

We have so many threads to our Young Learners Programme and it is fantastic to introduce young people to the industry in a variety of ways. Our intention is to inspire a new generation for FS and to show these young people what a fantastic industry it is!

[Clare Jupp @BrightstarCPD]

What a fabulous vibe @BrightstarFin today. Meet Sam (work experience student), Ronnie (BTEC student/summer work placement), Ava (Take your Daughter to Work Day), Mitchell (BTEC student/summer work placement and Ashley (new team member). #peopledevelopment

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Well it certainly seems that our latest Young Learner, Albey, has had a great work placement @BrightstarFin As usual, @ajayburns21 and the team have been happy to lend support, share experience and impart knowledge…including his Dad of course! 😉
Well done Albey!

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

We have been delighted to welcome Jemima and Nicholas from @Brentwood_Sch for their one week work experience placements. Here they are learning about Buy to Let and Commercial Finance with Stacey and Adam 😁 #younglearners

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Fantastic to see Ross and Rhys, our Summer Work Placement students from @Brentwood_Sch getting involved with this week’s Mental Health Awareness Week #MomentsforMovement as well as learning about Commercial Mortgages with our experts, Sham and Richard

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Our Summer Work Placement students from @Brentwood_Sch are learning about the different facets of the business; observing an online meeting with Group National Account Manager, Andy, & finding out about all things 2nd charge mortgages with Sales Captain, Stewart. #younglearners

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

It’s fantastic to welcome BTEC Business students Ross and Rhys from @Brentwood_Sch to @BrightstarFin for their summer work placements. Here’s our Young Learners lead, @ajayburns21 leading an introductory session for the students

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Well done Paul. What a success story. From tiny acorns….

[Clare Jupp @BrightstarCPD]

Congrats to the fantastic Paul Killington 🥳It began with work experience, then a summer work placement & then a full time job. Guess what? He just won Case Manager of the Month for the entire Brightstar Group, passed his CEMAP & is on our New Adviser Programme. Yes, we’re PROUD

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Another successful work placement comes to an end! Jonathan has completed 2 wks with us at Brightstar, providing valuable support to various functions across the business. Our Young Learners Programme is ably led by the brilliant Amanda, assisted by the equally brilliant Billie!

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Well done to Finn for completing his work experience placement with us. I received a beautifully written letter from him, describing what he has learnt & achieved in his week with us, plus his aspirations for the future. Here’s @ajayburns21 with Finn. She leads our fab programme

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Another Young Learner….

[Clare Jupp @BrightstarCPD]

Fabulous to see our Group Graphic Designer, Alfie, with his ‘teaching hat’ on today, supporting our new BTEC student, Ryan. Ryan works 1 day a week with us as part of his course. He is our 2nd BTEC student operating via this arrangement. So proud of our Young Learners Programme☺️

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Huge congratulations to Billie who began her career journey with us on a summer work experience placement. Billie is firm evidence of the success of our ‘growing our own’ strategy and she also plays a pivotal role in our Young Learners Programme. Well done Billie!

[Clare Jupp @BrightstarCPD]

It’s good news Friday! We are excited to report that our second team member has passed CPSP. Billie is one of our first cohort of 20 team members underway with this excellent programme written by industry for the industry in conjunction with @StudyLIBF Congrats Billie 🥳

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Our Young Learners team are really looking forward to the forthcoming Careers Convention @Brentwood_Sch where we will be delighted to inspire young people about the world of financial services. We will be on hand to answer questions, offer support & provide work placements

[YoungBrightstar @YoungBrightstar]

Supporting young people in the business to be the best versions of themselves….

[Sirius Finance @SiriusFinanceUK]

Congratulations to Oliver Eastgate who has made the transition from case manager to associate.

Oliver has spent the past 3 years supporting our advisors in delivering exceptional levels of customer service for all clients, whilst building on his relationships with key partners.