<div>Into Games Boost is currently the most successful independent games work placement programme in the UK. It provides 3 months of paid work to incredibly talented young people in a wide range of games disciplines, from programming to community management.
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<div>With over 150 studios signed up to take on talent, it's a ray of hope in an otherwise difficult time for entry-level games jobs in the UK and globally.
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<div>The programme's recent evaluation (<a href="https://intogames.org/news/boost-pilot-evaluation" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">you can see that here</a>) shows that <strong>88% of the Boost particpants, who are all from working-class and low-income backgrounds, went on to get full, part-time, and major freelance work after their placement period concluded</strong>.
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<div>This is real impact, and it's changing lives for the better - you can read some of the <a href="https://www.intogames50.uk/winner-stories" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">stories here</a>.
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<div>With 100% of participants and employers recommending the programme, we have a working, powerful and practical way to build up young, diverse talent into the sector, but we need help.
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<div>There is currently zero public funding for this kind of work.
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<div>We're raising £25,000 to fund at least 10 paid placements in UK studios for our 2026 cohort. That's 10 talented people from working-class and low-income backgrounds getting a real, paid foot in the door.
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<div>No "who you know". Just a fair shot.
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<div>Each placement costs £3750 to deliver, and Into Games is part-funding that through our existing charity income - we need help to raise the extra £2500 per person and thats where you come in.
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<div>For every £2500 raised here, we will place one of our 10.
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<div>Could you fund one of our placements? Could you donate to help make our UK games sector more diverse?
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<div>Please share far and wide!
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<div>(This is a picture of our wonderful 2026 cohort of IG50 winners, all of whom are eligible for Boost this year.)
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