Industry Unlocked: Practical Pathways into Work, Enterprise and Engineering
A Blue Garage event bringing together employers, funders, educators and the wider community to explore four practical pathways for young people.
What helps a young person move from interest to meaningful experience, employment or enterprise?
On Tuesday 24 November, Blue Garage is bringing together people who can help answer that question in practical ways.
Industry Unlocked is developing four pathways:
Into Work: practical experience that can lead towards employment.
Idea to Product: support for turning an idea into a viable product.
Responsible Entrepreneurship: developing businesses with a clear social or environmental purpose.
Future Engineers: opening access to engineering, workshops and technical careers.
During the afternoon, you will tour Blue Garage’s workshops, hear short stories from young people, employers and programme partners, and learn what has already been tried. We will then move into focused roundtable conversations about what each pathway needs next.
This event is particularly relevant to trusts, foundations, livery companies, employers, corporate sponsors and organisations working across employment, skills and education.
Blue Garage members, prospective members, educators, programme providers and anyone interested in creative engineering, entrepreneurship or practical skills are also warmly invited. The event is an opportunity to see the space, meet the community and understand how the pathways connect.
Whether your organisation could fund a pathway, employ or mentor a young person, provide equipment or contribute specialist knowledge, there will be an opportunity to explore a practical next step.
Informal drinks and networking will follow the main programme.
Tuesday 24 November 2026, 2–5pm
Blue Garage, 30 Engate Street, London SE13 7HA
We’ll take photos on the day. Tell us if you’d rather not be in them.