Supporting the Step Forward & MIB Programme, Tower Hamlets
Right now, there are people in Tower Hamlets who want to work. They are motivated, they are capable, and they are ready to give everything to the right opportunity. But without support, the barriers they face, including low confidence, no work history, and no one in their corner, can feel impossible to overcome.
That is where you come in.
ProSphere CIC is a social enterprise based in East London. Through our Step Forward programme and the ProSphere MIB Programme (Modern Industry Bridge), we take people from unemployment to real workplace experience through a structured, supported journey that builds their confidence, their skills, and their future.
We are funded by people who believe that everyone deserves a fair chance. Your contribution goes directly to a participant as a completion bursary, a financial recognition of everything they have worked for and achieved. No overhead. No bureaucracy. Straight to the person who earned it.
Every bursary funder receives a named impact report from ProSphere: a real account of the person or people your contribution supported, what they achieved, and where they are heading next. No jargon. Just a real human story.
"Your project builds the future.
We build the people who make it possible."
ProSphere CIC
Because the best investment you can make is in a person.
To fund a bursary or discuss a contribution:
Funds one person's complete journey through the ProSphere MIB Programme, from CV and cover letter, through employer interview, to 30 hours of structured workplace experience as a named trainee in a real organisation.
Perfect for individuals, small businesses, and community supporters.
Funds a complete cohort of five MIB participants: five people, five trainee placements, five futures changed in one cycle of the programme.
Perfect for local businesses, community groups, and family foundations.
Many residents still face barriers to secure, well-paid, and sustainable work despite wider improvements in employment levels.
Low pay, insecure contracts, uneven access to training, and rising living costs continue to limit progression for many communities.
ProSphere exists to help bridge that gap through practical employability support, employer engagement, and real pathways into opportunity.
For organisations with a commitment to ESG and social value, the ProSphere Bursary Fund offers a direct, transparent, and measurable way to demonstrate community investment in East London.
Through our Step Forward employability programme and the ProSphere MIB Programme (Modern Industry Bridge), we deliver structured, employer-facing pathways that take unemployed residents of Tower Hamlets from zero work experience to a named trainee placement within a real organisation. Every participant goes through a genuine recruitment simulation including CV submission, employer review, and interview before completing 30 hours of structured workplace learning.
Your bursary contribution funds the completion award paid directly to participants who complete the full programme journey. It is not a donation to an organisation. It is a direct investment in a person, with full accountability and impact reporting.
Funds one participant's complete MIB Programme journey, from application through to 30 hours of structured trainee workplace experience. Includes a named impact report for your ESG records.
Ideal for SMEs, professional services firms, and corporate CSR budgets.
Funds a complete cohort of five MIB participants. Includes full cohort impact report, ProSphere social value certificate, and recognition as a Step Forward Bursary Partner on our website and communications.
Ideal for developers, contractors, corporates, and public sector bodies with social value obligations.
Move from ESG ambition to proven, reportable community impact.
To discuss corporate bursary funding or cohort sponsorship:
At ProSphere CIC we believe that everyone deserves a fair chance. Every bursary we pay out depends on the generosity of people and organisations who believe in what we are building. Can you fund a bursary?