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Aspire.

Train.

Succeed.

Goldstar’s comprehensive employability and soft
skills programme gives young women the tools to
achieve and advance in the workplace and beyond.

Aspire.

Train.

Succeed.

Goldstar’s comprehensive employability and soft skills programme gives young women the tools to achieve and advance in the workplace and beyond.

Goldstar since 2013

20+

Accredited
Goldstar
trainers

Businesses
collaborate to
support employees

Volunteer
mentors in the
community

1900

Young women
trained with
Goldstar

percent of Goldstar graduates entered employment.

Is her journey over before it begins?

She’s smart, capable, and ready to work—but without guidance
or training, she’s unprepared for what lies ahead:

Every year, hundreds of young women leave the safety net of educational
settings and join the workforce. But navigating this new and confusing journey
on their own is impossible for many. Instead, they waste their talents and lose
access to more lucrative options.

Steering her journey onto the right track

The Goldstar employability and soft skills programme addresses all the challenges
a young Charedi woman will face at work. It effectively prepares women for today’s
workplace and provides them with invaluable life skills they can use daily.

Fast forward to our destination

To date, Goldstar has enabled hundreds of young women to secure lucrative
employment, develop transferable skills and build lasting confidence.

Every train needs to be powered

Meet the founder and director of Goldstar:

Esther Sterngold

– one of the rare individuals who combines passion with action.

A powerhouse whose vision and determination are legendary in our community, she launched the Goldstar Training Programme after witnessing the societal gaps many were facing in the area of employment.

Meet the founder and director of Goldstar:

Esther Sterngold

– one of the rare individuals who combines passion with action.

A powerhouse whose vision and determination are legendary in our community, she launched the Goldstar Training Programme after witnessing the societal gaps many were facing in the area of employment.

Setting the wheels in motion for brighter futures

Here’s how we do it:

Training

This includes programmes on employability and soft skills, training the trainers and healthy relationships.

Mentoring

We direct a programme to help young women secure a suitable job within 6 months of graduation and support them throughout their first year of employment.

Networking & Collaboration

Continuously forging strong connections ensures our work is a long-term solution to sustainability and self-sufficiency.

Apprenticeship & Hotdesking

We operate an informal apprenticeship programme to help train new employees.

Research

This functions like a railway map, guiding us to meet the specific needs of our community.

Workshops & Events

Workshops focus on teaching about teamwork, resilience, and customer service, among other skills. Events broaden our impact and raise awareness.

‘So much more confident’

“Goldstar gave me a different outlook at my goals and myself in general. I feel so much more confident about identifying which jobs would suit me best and my chances of actually obtaining them.”

-Goldstar Skills Programme graduate

“Job training empowers people
to realise their dreams”

– Sylvia Matthews Burwell

The Goldstar Soft Skills Programme:

The life chances of young women by offering accessible training and employment opportunities.

Transferable skills and workplace ethics, ensuring success while retaining personal and cultural values.

Networking and mentorship, connecting trainees with mentors, trainers, and professionals.

Young women for the workplace, offering a smooth transition between educational settings and the real world.

85% of one’s success at the workplace
is attributed to soft skills.

This is why here at Goldstar we’ve invested all our resources into
developing a specialised programme which teaches just that.

‘Provides them with invaluable life skills’

“Young women who lack tools with which to deal with the workplace can be denied opportunities to utilise or further their talents and access more lucrative options. Goldstar Soft Skills Programme addresses all challenges with which a young Charedi woman will be faced with at work. The course effectively prepares women for today’s workplace and provides them with invaluable life skills they can use in their everyday lives.”

-Head of Post-16 Education

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change.

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young women on the fast track to success.