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For learners from school through to university and beyond
What stage are you at?
For people like teachers, youth group leaders, mentors, local authorities, charities, job centre staff, and parents or carers
Work with a group or a class
Coach an adult
Tools, tips and activities to help your family
Resources for educators
At 250 points, you’ll reach the first milestone to help you track your LifeSkills progress. Show employers how hard you’re working to improve your skills by adding them to your CV or LinkedIn profile.
250 points = LS1
400 points = LS2
550 points = LS3
In light of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak we have taken the decision to temporarily suspend work experience offered through LifeSkills.
We hope you will understand that our priority must be to protect the health and wellbeing of students. We will continue to monitor the situation and will update this page as soon as we have a further update.
Please email us at barclayslifeskills@barclays.com so that we can take your details and contact you once the system is up and running again. Please note that once placements become available again, you will need to allow 4-6 weeks for your teacher to organise them.
In the meantime, you can still access Virtual Work Experience, an online interactive activity where you can experience the first day of work experience.
We regularly add point-scoring opportunities to the site, giving you the chance to keep earning more points.