10,000 Black Interns, a diversity charity established in the United Kingdom is assisting young black talents in the United Kingdom (Nigerians inclusive) and those with disabilities to get paid internship opportunities across 25+ different internship fields.
The foundation makes it possible for underrepresented students—particularly blacks and other minorities- to obtain internships at prestigious companies to make them achieve their potential and expand their horizons.
Participating companies
Top city companies are supporting the latest diversity project by providing paid work experience to students with disabilities.
Among the 22 companies recently committed to 10,000 Able Interns are Goldman Sachs, Capstone, Lloyds Banking Group, PwC, and Schroders. These organizations will work to initially secure at least 100 internships for students with a variety of disabilities, such as autism and hearing and speech impairments.
Internship fields available
- Accountancy & Finance
- Architecture
- Automotive & Mechanical Engineering
- Compliance & Legal Support
- Construction
- Real Estate & Property
- Consumer & Retail
- Corporate & Investment Banking
- Creative
- Culture
- Data
- Education
- Engineering
- Financial Services Data & Technology
- Health Data Research
- Healthcare Management
- Human Resources
- Insurance & Long-Term Savings
- Investment Management
- Law (In-House & Private Practice)
- Management Strategy & Consultancy
- Market Research
- Marketing & Advertising
- Media
- Not-For-Profit
- Ops And Infrastructure
- Pharmaceuticals & Life Science
- Policy & Public Sector
- Public Relations
- Recruitment & Executive Search
- Retail Banking
- Sales
- Technology
- The Bar
- Utilities
How to apply
- You are to select up to 3 sectors of interest and submit an application with a cover letter and CV for each.
- You are encouraged to take part in the application training sessions offered by 10,000 interns to help in preparation.
- The participating companies will evaluate the submissions, focusing on their potential and background. If they decide to move forward with your application, they will then get in touch with you.
- Successful applicants will then receive information about their position through their email and have access to pre-internship development and training through 10,000 Black Interns.
Applications are open till the 13th of November 2022.
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About 10,000 Black Interns
The charity, founded by Michael Barrington-Hibbert, Wole Kolade, Dawid Konotey-Ahulu and Jonathan Sorrell, experienced professionals from firms such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, a British private equity firm, and Merrill Lynch sought to help under-represented students (particularly Blacks and other minorities) gain access to top companies for internships.
The program provides businesses with the opportunity to diversify their talent pipeline and join the over 700 companies that have pledged to provide paid summer internships for talented black students and graduates.
The programmes are designed to give interns a good start towards building their careers by matching them with a paid internship in a sector of their interest and supporting them with pre-internship training and development.
The advisory board includes distinguished personalities such as Lord John Browne of Madingley, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, top executives across Goldman Sachs, PwC, and JP Morgan, and CEOs of companies in England.
So far, over 700 organizations from more than 25 sectors with 2500 internships are participating, with the goal of providing 10,000 internships over the next 5 years.
The charity is supported by AIESEC, Linkedin, Simmons, Capstone and the Russel Group, Guild HE, and Fabi.