D-Drill & Sawing is a diamond drilling and concrete sawing specialist with offices across the country. White’s role with the social mobility charity will include helping it to support young people from low-income backgrounds, underrepresented groups and those facing barriers to work by connecting them to career opportunities and employers in the construction sector.
White has been an advocate for skills and apprenticeships. She is part of the Government’s new Construction Skills Mission Board, which is developing and delivering a construction workforce action plan to recruit a target of 100,000 new workers each year until 2029.
She is also the former chair of UK construction’s representative trade body, Build UK, where she supported its annual Open Doors campaign that encourages construction employers to host insightful tours of their workplaces to young people.
White said, “I’m really enthused to be given the opportunity to use my extensive industry knowledge to help Construction Youth Trust unlock even more opportunities in construction for young people.
“My own specialist sub-contracting business would not be where it is today without apprentices – as 80 per cent of my workforce used to be one – and I know how essential they are to laying the foundations for long and successful careers.”
Carol Lynch, chief executive of Construction Youth Trust, added: “Julie’s passion for building new construction careers has shone through over many years, and welcoming her to our Board of Trustees is fantastic for us.
“As a social mobility charity, it’s crucial that we can extend our reach into as many parts of the industry as we possibly can to maximise opportunities for both young people and employers to connect, and we’re looking forward to working with Julie on this in the future.”
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