Starting strong: Stories from our Marks & Start colleagues

At M&S, we believe everyone deserves the chance to build a brighter future, no matter where they’ve come from or what challenges they’ve faced.

Through our Marks & Start programme, delivered in partnership with The King's Trust, we help people who face barriers to work gain the confidence, skills and experience to start their next chapter.

In partnership with My Duvet Flip and social mobility champion Jack Parsons, three of our Marks & Start colleagues share their inspiring journeys, from first steps into retail to building meaningful, long-term careers with M&S.

Watch their stories to see how opportunity, support and determination can help anyone take that first step towards something bigger.

 

 

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