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What is Eyes Wide Opened?<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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3 months of guided support to get to a plan and action it<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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3-day in person programme,<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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in London, with 12 participants and 3 coaches.<\/h6>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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A plan that gives you momentum<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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and the steps to take over the next 2 months.<\/h6>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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8 weeks of 1:1 coaching<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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post programme, linked to the work you\u2019re doing.<\/h6>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Inspirational online sessions<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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for the group, post programme, with guest speakers<\/h6>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The Passport : your signature strengths,<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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to anchor choices and direction.<\/h6>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Support for parents<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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so you can better support your stranded graduate<\/h6>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\u201cFind out who you are and do it with purpose.\u201d<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Does this sound familiar ?<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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I had been searching for six to eight months and I had maybe two interviews. It was very depressing, very lonely and felt very hopeless.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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James \/ Physics Graduate<\/h6>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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It takes what feels like a mountain of energy to do even the smallest amount of work.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Vee \/Game Art Graduate<\/h6>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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He is a bright, capable kid. My concern is that the longer it goes on, the more damage gets done.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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From thirty interviews with graduates, parents and employers, 2026. Names used with permission.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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1 in 3<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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graduates aged 21 to 30 in England are underemployed or unemployed. 26.3% are in medium or low skilled work, around 5% are out of work.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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DfE Graduate Labour Market Statistics, 2024.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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15 months<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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after graduating, at least 110,000 graduates are unemployed or underemployed.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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HESA Graduate Outcomes, 2023\/24. UK-domiciled first degree graduates.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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43% drop<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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in UK graduate job vacancies falling to a record low of 7,826 in September 2026.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Adzuna graduate vacancy data, September 2026.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How does Eyes Wide Opened work?<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The pre-work<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The pre-work sets you up with a starting point of your strengths from the people who know you best<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The location<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The in person programmes are held in London. All 3 days are linked and build towards a goal.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The group<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The group becomes an active ingredient as it is part of your future network.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The Passport<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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You work towards a synthesis of your signature strengths and values all in one place for the first time.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Your Plan<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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You build a plan that plays to your strengths and what energises you. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The 1:1 coaching will be focused around embedding the learning from the programme and driving your plan forward. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIf you don\u2019t know who you are,\n
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Meet the team<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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After a decade of working for arts organisations from the Aldeburgh Festival to Blackheath Halls, Alastair joined Sainsbury\u2019s as its first Arts Sponsorship Manager working to Lord Sainsbury. This showed him the transformative\n power of the creative industries for everybody, through schemes like Sainsbury\u2019s Choir of the Year and Sainsbury\u2019s Pictures for Schools. <\/p>\n

He joined Unilever UK in 1999 and created the Catalyst Project. Responding to Unilever\u2019s position as one of the country\u2019s largest advertisers (and storytellers), Catalyst won awards for using many artists and art forms to help\n expand the creative quality across all brands.<\/p>\n

In 2006 Alastair created his agency, Creamer & Milliken, dedicated to improving the culture of organisations, which he still runs. The work has involved coaching leaders and leadership teams through change. <\/p>\n

In 2012, Eyes Wide Opened was launched and welcomed all people, from 6\n th<\/sup> Formers to early retirees, who felt stuck at their time of life. The Pandemic curtailed that, and EWO has been waiting in the wings. Until now. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Julie works with body, mind and spirit. <\/p>\n

She has deep knowledge of verbal and physical communication through a decade of acting and another as a writer and interviewer at the BBC.  She has a compassionate understanding of what drives and blocks us from her\n training as both psychotherapist and coach. And she has a fascination with the stuff that influences our happiness and success which is harder to pin down \u2013 what Van Morrison called \u2018the inarticulate speech of the heart\u2019. <\/p>\n

She believes we need to pay attention to all these aspects to bring about self-knowledge, confidence, effectiveness and \u2013 with any luck \u2013 happiness. <\/p>\n

Over three decades she\u2019s worked in personal and professional development as facilitator, performance coach and language consultant for countless organisations from The Red Cross and Lambeth Council to Sky, Sony, PepsiCo and Boots.<\/p>\n

In her spare time she\u2019s writing a book about her encounters with the great and the good as the pre-interviewer for BBC Radio 4\u2019s Desert Island Discs. (David Attenborough, Jane Goodall and Billy Connolly are her favourites!).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Georgie has spent the last three decades helping people and organisations work out their next move. <\/p>\n

She led business development at IDEO, then ran Made by Many, turning it from loss-making to profitable within a year. <\/p>\n

She went on to found Peopleful, and co-founded the charity Minds@Work to de-stigmatise mental ill health at work. <\/p>\n

A trained coach, she is structured, direct and warm, and focuses on turning insight into action. She carried out the research behind this programme\u2019s relaunch, so she has heard first-hand what stranded graduates are up against.\n <\/p>\n

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Friday 15th and<\/p>\n

Monday 18th January 2027<\/p>\n

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