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Partnering with big musicians including Pharrell Williams, Diddy, and Lady Gaga, RockCorps is offering teens apprenticeship and volunteering placements to help them boost their CVs.
If youβre a young person looking to get a foot on the career ladder, it can be hard to know where to start to get into an industry you really love, or how to bag yourself a worthwhile apprenticeship.
RockCorps was designed for this very reason, bringing brands and volunteer schemes together to offer tempting incentives for those who sign up. It was first founded in 2003 and has gone on to accept volunteer work from over 180,000 people for over 2,600 global charities, which is nothing to be scoffed at.
How does RockCorp work?
People who volunteer under the RockCorps scheme are given tickets to exclusive gigs and performances from big name musicians.
Since 2005 it has organised 55 concerts in 10 countries and has worked with a huge amount of top pop artists such as Rihanna, Maroon 5, Mark Ronson, The Script, AKON, and Smashing Pumpkins.
Volunteer work can range from improving public spaces with new coats of paint to turning old community centres into workable classrooms. Projects have been completed across six continents, making RockCorps a global initiative that anyone can get involved in.
Its latest venture is Apprentice Nation, an initiative thatβs boosting public awareness of apprenticeship schemes and encouraging them as a genuine alternative to university.
