I Can Be is a Registered Charity that brings 7- and 8-year-old girls into the world of work, broadening their horizons and helping them to discover the breadth of opportunity around them.

Run through schools, the programme gives primary school girls the opportunity to research, visit and interview a wide range of women in their workplaces, during their working day.

Focusing on inner-city primary schools, I Can Be enables girls to explore jobs they otherwise may not be exposed to, building their curiosity and confidence along the way. I Can Be is funded entirely by charitable grants and donations and is free for schools.

While COVID-19 has prevented pupils from travelling to workplaces, we have been running our programmes virtually. Instead of meeting professionals in person, the children have been taking part in live ‘virtual visits’, via Microsoft Teams.