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Volunteering in County Durham
We are looking for volunteers to work with Durham Education Business Partnership at a number of career fairs throughout County Durham.
engaging our schools
Volunteer to support Career Academies UK
We have made contact with several colleges and are now recruiting more volunteers to help support our Inspiring Young People - Further Education programme (previously known as the Engaging Our Young People Career Academies programme). Find out what opportunities are available and how …
Engaging Schools Success
Karl Ford talks about his experience working with local schools.
Make a difference to Tottenham's young people
Are you looking for ideas to use part of your 5 days learning and development per year and would like to take part in doing something worthwhile for young people? If your answer is yes, how about taking part in one …
Inspiring primary school pupils
I am looking for volunteers to visit local primary schools to talk about the jobs they do and the benefits of working. The aim is to help pupils understand more about the different types of jobs we do, and to …
Karen Taylor's team wins an award
In April, I posted a piece about the Engaging Our Schools project which Karen Taylor and her team from HM Courts and Tribunal Service had delivered at a school in Brixham. Karen and her colleagues Fiona Schneider and Ales Andrlik …
Reform into reality: CS Live Liverpool
Watch our roving reporter Mark Cassidy speak with Murium and Nathan, two remarkable young people inspired by Civil Service Local north west's Engaging Schools project. As Paul Gerrard (SRO for Civil Service Local north west) said: Civil Service Local reminds …
Cabinet Office takes part in Engaging our Schools
Recently I was privileged to see a series of short presentations given by students from Northumberland Park School in Tottenham after they had taken part in the six-week Engaging our Schools programme. Anna Shotbolt, then on secondment with The Prince’s …
New opportunities in May
Two new opportunities are now available with organisations I have been talking to recently. Ablaze is a Bristol based charity that aims to develop sustainable partnerships between businesses and schools. Through core and bespoke programmes it provides structured volunteering opportunities …
Plymouth DWP team give students a real taste of work
Plymouth Benefit Delivery Centre has piloted a scheme called 'Empower' which is designed to develop AOs looking to build on the competencies needed for promotion. Paul was part of a team who chose to take on an Engaging Our Schools …