Programmes, tools and partnership support
Based in Mumbles, Swansea, The Hwb Collective combines free individual employability tools, facilitated support and developing practical STEM programmes. We welcome realistic discussions with schools, colleges, youth services, councils and community partners across South Wales, while being clear about current capacity and delivery status.
What we already offer
Individuals can use public tools independently. Organised, facilitated or commissioned use is discussed separately.
The Career Direction Quiz, CV Builder, Interview Preparation Toolkit and Interview Practice App support exploration, applications and interview confidence.
Free Engineering Design, Product Design and Fashion and Textiles practice aligned to the GCSE specification teaching from 2026.
Focused sessions can support skills recognition, CV evidence, career exploration, applications, interview examples and practical preparation.
The £2,000 Community Matters Fund award is being used first for immediate-use employability and STEM tools, revision resources, printed guidance and responsible public access.
Engineering, design and technology challenges can help learners investigate, design, make, test and explain genuine evidence of planning, teamwork and problem-solving.
The support we are asking for
We want to build carefully with organisations that can help remove barriers and extend responsible delivery.
Schools, councils and providers can commission facilitated activity or licence the digital tools for organised use with groups or services.
Support can fund free places, practical materials, accessibility, Welsh-language development, technology and evidence-led programme delivery.
Access to suitable community, school or workshop spaces, and safe equipment, can make practical STEM activity possible without premature fixed premises.
Youth services, schools and local authorities can help identify genuine need, suitable groups, barriers and routes into existing support.
Employers can contribute realistic briefs, role insight, workplace expectations, feedback and progression information without turning activity into recruitment theatre.
Experienced partners can strengthen safeguarding, accessibility, Welsh provision, facilitation, research, evaluation and responsible scaling.
Tell us what your organisation is, the people you support and whether you are interested in commissioning, licensing, funding, referrals, venues, employer input or a pilot.
Guided CV building, identifying transferable skills, career-direction prompts, personal statements, interview examples and preparation for applications.
Engineering, design and technology challenges that ask learners to investigate, design, model, make, test and evaluate a response to a real need.
Support to select, organise and explain creative or technical work for progression into education, apprenticeships, employment or freelance opportunities.
Purposeful use of modern digital tools, safe information handling, professional communication and understanding how digital evidence supports progression.
How delivery is agreed
Each programme needs an agreed audience, purpose, delivery plan, safeguarding route, risk assessment, accessibility approach and evaluation method.
Agree learner needs, barriers and intended outcomes.
Confirm staffing, venue, equipment, data and access arrangements.
Use practical, age-appropriate and well-supported activity.
Record proportionate outputs, feedback and learning.
Example learner journey
A learner might investigate a real need, develop and test a practical response, document what changed, and explain the decisions they made. With structured reflection, that same experience can become a portfolio entry, a CV statement, an interview example and a more confident progression conversation.
The physical outcome is not the only measure of success. Planning, communication, teamwork, safe working, accuracy, problem-solving, creativity, resilience and responding to feedback can all become relevant evidence when they are genuinely demonstrated.
Programmes will not promise employment, qualifications, guaranteed attainment or long-term outcomes that cannot be evidenced. Targets, proposed reach, completed delivery and longer-term outcomes are reported separately.