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Peel partners to promote female education

[ April 13, 2022   //   ]

Peel Ports Group has partnered with social enterprise Innovate Her to encourage diversity and inclusion and promote STEM subjects to hundreds of female students across Liverpool.  

The national port operator has pledged its support to the organisation after recognising that the maritime sector must become more inclusive and support greater gender diversity. 

Innovate Her is a values-led social enterprise based in the North West, that aims to equip more women with the skills and confidence to pursue STEM-related careers. It specialises in delivering education and coaching to young people and has been operating since 2013. 

Peel Ports has signed up to the organisation’s Impact Her package, which will see the port group attend community learning and networking events, host masterclasses in schools and virtual forums, and support up to 600 female students across Liverpool.  

The announcement comes after the port group previously signed the Women in Maritime Pledge, overhauled its on-site PPE to accommodate female workers and has improved many of its employee-related procedures, including enhancing its maternity policy.   

Peel Ports has already partnered with St Mary’s College in Sefton and employees from the Port of Liverpool are working with the school to promote STEM subjects to groups of students getting ready to pick their GSCE and A-level subjects in 2022. 

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