The Department for Education: It All Starts With Skills

The Department for Education (DfE) has today unveiled a major, multichannel Skills for Life campaign, ‘It all starts with skills’, which aims to inspire young people, adults and businesses to make the most of their potential. The push was developed in partnership with M&C Saatchi. Under the overarching Skills for Life brand, the new campaign acts as a rallying cry to encourage more people and employers to take advantage of the wide range of technical qualifications and training opportunities available to progress careers and grow businesses. The DfE has partnered with M&C Saatchi to develop the multichannel campaign which, for the first time, targets three key audiences at once: young people aged 14 to 19 and their influencers (such as teachers and parents), SME employer decision makers and employees, and adults aged 24 to 59. The campaign aims to capture hearts and minds amongst these audiences by tapping into the universal truth that we all have potential, but it will remain just that unless we do something with it. A motivating 40-second film, directed by Vincent René-Lortie (the director behind the acclaimed OSCAR® shortlisted short film Invincible) through The Corner Shop, shows three individuals starting a new day, as a metaphor for their untapped potential, before following their journeys as they take their first steps to learning new skills.