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Wednesday 17th July, Speed Networking @ Cranford Community College (Hounslow)

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Wednesday 17th July, Speed Networking @ Cranford Community College (Hounslow)

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TIME: 9.30am - 11.30am

#Volunteers: 5

#Students: 24

Year group: 12 (aged 16 - 17)

Activity Details:

The event is aimed at a small group of year 12 (age 16 - 17) students at Cranford Community College.

The aim is for students to develop their confidence and communication skills and expose them to a variety of industries and careers.

We are looking for volunteers to take part in a Speed Networking Session.

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Tuesday 2nd and/ or Thursday 4th July, Employability Workshops at Chiswick School (Chiswick)

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Tuesday 2nd and/ or Thursday 4th July, Employability Workshops at Chiswick School (Chiswick)

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TIME: Max two hours within the school day (9am - 3pm)

#Volunteers: 10

#Students: 30

Year group: 12 (aged 16 - 17)

Activity Details:

The event is aimed at a group of year 12 (aged 16 - 17) students.

The students will be attending a range of employability sessions at their school on Tuesday 2nd and Thursday 4th July. The aim of the workshops is to support them with developing knowledge around the workplace and developing key employability skills. They will be attending an exciting workplace visit on the 3rd July, so the workshops will also support them with preparing for and reflecting on this visit.

I am looking for a range of employers to run employability workshops and/ or talks (max 2 hours) through out the school day (9am - 3pm) on Tuesday 2nd and/ or Thursday 4th July. I am happy to support you with planning the content of the sessions.

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Thursday 18th July, Insight Visit for Heston School Year 10 Students

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Thursday 18th July, Insight Visit for Heston School Year 10 Students

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TIME: 10am - 3pm
#Volunteers: We are looking for 1 organisation to host an Insight Days on 18th July.

#Students: 15 students

Year group: 10 (aged 14 - 15)

Activity Details:
We are supporting Heston Community School with the Kickstart Programme. This involves their year 10 students attending an Insight Visit at an employer's office or site. We are looking for employers to host up to 15 students on Thursday 18th July.

The visit will include a tour of your workplace, an opportunity to speak with current staff, and a sector-based activity (quiz, business challenge, design challenge, etc). Spark! will work with you to plan and design this activity, which you can replicate for future visits.

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Wednesday 3rd July, Insight Visit for Chiswick School Year 12 Students

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Wednesday 3rd July, Insight Visit for Chiswick School Year 12 Students

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TIME: 10am - 3pm
#Volunteers: We are looking for 1 organisation to host an Insight Days on 3rd July.

#Students: 30 students

Year group: 12 (aged 16 - 17)

Activity Details:
We are supporting Chiswick School with the Kickstart Programme. This involves their year 12 students attending an Insight Visit at an employer's office or site. We are looking for employers to host up to 30 students on Wednesday 3rd July.

The visit will include a tour of your workplace, an opportunity to speak with current staff, and a sector-based activity (quiz, business challenge, design challenge, etc). Spark! will work with you to plan and design this activity, which you can replicate for future visits.

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Thursday 11th July, Insight Visit for St Marks School Year 10 Students

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Thursday 11th July, Insight Visit for St Marks School Year 10 Students

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TIME: 10am - 3pm
#Volunteers: We are looking for 1 organisation to host an Insight Days on 11th July

#Students: 8 students

Year group: 10 (aged 14 - 15)

Activity Details:
We are supporting St Marks with the Kickstart Programme. This involves their year 10 students attending an Insight Visit at an employer's office or site. We are looking for employers to host 8 students on Thursday 11th July.

The visit will include a tour of your workplace, an opportunity to speak with current staff, and a sector-based activity (quiz, business challenge, design challenge, etc). Spark! will work with you to plan and design this activity, which you can replicate for future visits.

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Tuesday 16th July, Insight Visit for Featherstone School Year 12 Students

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Tuesday 16th July, Insight Visit for Featherstone School Year 12 Students

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TIME: 10am - 3pm
#Volunteers: We are looking for 5 organisations to host Insight Days on 16th July

#Students: 15 - 30 students per Insight Day

Year group: 12 (aged 16 - 17)

Activity Details:
We are supporting Featherstone High School with the Kickstart Programme. This involves their year 12 students attending an Insight Visit at an employer's office or site. We are looking for employers to host up to 30 students on Tuesday 16th July.

The visit will include a tour of your workplace, an opportunity to speak with current staff, and a sector-based activity (quiz, business challenge, design challenge, etc). Spark! will work with you to plan and design this activity, which you can replicate for future visits.

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Thursday 11th July, Insight Days for Bolder Academy Year 10 Students

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Thursday 11th July, Insight Days for Bolder Academy Year 10 Students

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TIME: 10am - 3pm
#Volunteers: We are looking for 5 organisations to host Insight Days on 11th July

#Students: 15 - 30 students per Insight Day

Year group: 10 (aged 14 - 15)

Activity Details:
We are supporting Bolder Academy with the Kickstart Programme. This involves their year 10 students attending an Insight Visit at an employer's office or site. We are looking for employers to host up to 30 students on Thursday 11th July.

The visit will include a tour of your workplace, an opportunity to speak with current staff, and a sector-based activity (quiz, business challenge, design challenge, etc). Spark! will work with you to plan and design this activity, which you can replicate for future visits.

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Wednesday 24th April, Mock Interview Day at Dormer's Wells High School (Southall)

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Wednesday 24th April, Mock Interview Day at Dormer's Wells High School (Southall)

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TIME: 8.30am - 3.15pm

#Volunteers: 30

#Students: 248

Year group: 10 (aged 14 - 15)

Activity Details:

We will need volunteers to support with running mock interviews with individual students over the course of the day. There will be 10 30 minute sessions throughout the day where you will be interviewing and providing feedback to one student.

If you can only attend for part of the day, that should be absolutely fine, please let us know.

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Wednesday 8th November, CV Surgery and Mock Interviews @ Heston Community School (Hounslow)

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Wednesday 8th November, CV Surgery and Mock Interviews @ Heston Community School (Hounslow)

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TIME: 11.10 - 15.00
#Volunteers: 4-6
#Students: 10
Year Group: 12

Activity details:
Heston Community School would like to run a CV surgery with students’ finished drafts and mock interviews to help prepare students for the next stage of applying for their placements, which are a key component of the T Level qualification.

We invite volunteers especially with HR and recruitment experience, or simply interviewing experience, to join us. 4-6 volunteers required.

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Tuesday 25th or Wednesday 26th June, Insight Day for The Rise Year 11 Students

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Tuesday 25th or Wednesday 26th June, Insight Day for The Rise Year 11 Students

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TIME: 10am - 3pm
#Volunteers: 1 organisation based near Feltham to host an Insight Day

#Students: 10

Year group: 11 (aged 15 - 16)

Activity Details:
The Rise School is a thriving school educating children with autism. They are looking for an exciting Insight Visit for 10 of their year 11 students to a local employer.

The visit will include a tour of your workplace, an opportunity to speak with current staff, and a sector-based activity (quiz, business challenge, design challenge, etc). Spark! will work with you to plan and design this activity, which you can replicate for future visits.

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Tuesday 12th March, Careers Fair @ Cranford Community College (Hounslow)

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Tuesday 12th March, Careers Fair @ Cranford Community College (Hounslow)

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TIME: 9am - 1.50pm

#Volunteers: 30

#Students: 220

Year Group: 9

Activity details:
Approx 220 year 9 students will be attending the careers fair.

This will be an opportunity for students to learn about the range of career options open to them after they leave school. We are looking for organisations to have a stand at the event, bringing along any banners, leaflets, and any promotional materials you would like to share with students. Students will be moving around stalls and asking any questions, and you will be sharing about your organisation and career opportunities.

In the second part of the day, volunteers will have the opportunity to deliver 5 minute career talks to smaller groups of students, and for students to ask questions.

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Wednesday 10th and/ or Friday 12th July, Employability Workshops at St Marks School (Hounslow)

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Wednesday 10th and/ or Friday 12th July, Employability Workshops at St Marks School (Hounslow)

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TIME: Max two hours within the school day (9am - 3pm)

#Volunteers: 10

#Students: 30

Year group: 10 (aged 14 - 15)

Activity Details:

The event is aimed at a group of year 10 (aged 14 - 15) students.

The students will be attending a range of employability sessions at their school on Wednesday 10th and Friday 12th July. The aim of the workshops is to support them with developing knowledge around the workplace and developing key employability skills. They will be attending an exciting workplace visit on the 11th July, so the workshops will also support them with preparing for and reflecting on this visit.

I am looking for a range of employers to run employability workshops and/ or talks (max 2 hours) through out the school day (9am - 3pm) on Wednesday 10th and/ or Friday 12th July. I am happy to support you with planning the content of the sessions.

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Tuesday 12th March, Insight Day for Cranford Community College Year 10 Students

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Tuesday 12th March, Insight Day for Cranford Community College Year 10 Students

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TIME: 10am - 3pm
#Volunteers: 5 organisation needed to host an Insight Day

#Students: 15 - 30 students per Insight Day

Year group: 10 (aged 14 - 15)

Activity Details:
We are looking for 5 employers to host up to 30 of Cranford Community College Year 10 students on Tuesday 12th March.

The visit will include a tour of your workplace, an opportunity to speak with current staff, and a sector-based activity (quiz, business challenge, design challenge, etc). Spark! will work with you to plan and design this activity, which you can replicate for future visits.

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Wednesday 3rd July, Insight Day for Chiswick School Students

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Wednesday 3rd July, Insight Day for Chiswick School Students

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TIME: 10am - 3pm
#Volunteers: 1 or 2 organisations to host Insight Days

#Students: 25 (either split into 2 groups or all students to attend 1 Insight Day)

Activity Details:
Chiswick School looking for an exciting Insight Visit for 25 of their students to an employer's office or site on either Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd or Thursday 4th July.

The visit will include a tour of your workplace, an opportunity to speak with current staff, and a sector-based activity (quiz, business challenge, design challenge, etc). Spark! will work with you to plan and design this activity, which you can replicate for future visits.

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Wednesday 17th and/ or Friday 19th July, Employability Workshops at Heston Community School (Hounslow)

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Wednesday 17th and/ or Friday 19th July, Employability Workshops at Heston Community School (Hounslow)

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TIME: Max two hours within the school day (9am - 3pm)

#Volunteers: 10

#Students: 15

Year group: 10 (aged 14 - 15)

Activity Details:

The event is aimed at a group of year 10 (aged 14 - 15) students.

The students will be attending a range of employability sessions at their school on Wednesday 17th and/or Thursday 19th July. The aim of the workshops is to support them with developing knowledge around the workplace and developing key employability skills. They will be attending an exciting workplace visit on the 18th July, so the workshops will also support them with preparing for and reflecting on this visit.

I am looking for a range of employers, ideally from real estate, construction and related sectors, to run employability workshops and/ or talks (max 2 hours) through out the school day (9am - 3pm) on Wednesday 17th and/ or Friday 19th July. I am happy to support you with planning the content of the sessions.

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Late February, Insight Day for Cambridge School (White City) Students

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Late February, Insight Day for Cambridge School (White City) Students

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TIME: 10am - 3pm

#Volunteers: One organisation (Hammersmith and Fulham based) to host an Insight Day

#Students: 15 - 18

Year Group: 9 and 11

Activity details:
Cambridge School are looking for an exciting Insight Visit for 15 - 18 of their year 9 (aged 13-14) and year 11 (aged 15-16) students to an employer's office or site. There is some flexibility on the date but the school is hoping for late February.

The students are interested in hospitality or a workplace which has a hands-on, practical element to it. There is also flexibility on number of students, but ideally, you would be able to host around 15 to 18 pupils.

Ideally, the visit should be to a workplace in the Hammersmith and Fulham borough.

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Wednesday 6th December, Speed Networking @ Cambridge School (White City)

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Wednesday 6th December, Speed Networking @ Cambridge School (White City)

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TIME: 9.30am - 11.30am

#Volunteers: 6

Year Group: 10 (aged 14-15)

Activity details:
We are looking for volunteers to join us to help young people with special needs to build their confidence speaking to new people by networking with different volunteers. This will also help them to learn about careers they didn’t know about, inspire and motivate them. Students are aged 14-15 (Year 10). Training and materials will be provided.

The following sectors have been requested by the school and we particularly welcome volunteers from the industries of sport, hospitality, business, performing arts, art, mechanics, hair and beauty and horticulture.

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Tuesday 17th October, Careers Fair @ Heston Community School (Hounslow) 

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Tuesday 17th October, Careers Fair @ Heston Community School (Hounslow) 

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TIME: 4.15 - 7pm
#Volunteers: 30
#Students: 300
Year Group: 8 - 13

Activity details:
Approx 300 students from years 8 – 13 will be attending the careers fair.

This will be an opportunity for students to learn about the range of career options open to them after they leave school. We are looking for organisations to have a stand at the event, bringing along any banners, leaflets, and any promotional materials you would like to share with students. Students will be moving around stalls and asking any questions, and you will be sharing about your organisation and career opportunities.

We are also looking for around 4 organisations to run careers talks as part of the careers fair. These will be around 30 minutes each. Please do let me know if you would be interested in delivering a careers talk.

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Tuesday 28th November, Mock Interviews @ Lansdowne School (Stockwell)

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Tuesday 28th November, Mock Interviews @ Lansdowne School (Stockwell)

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TIME: 10am - 1pm

#Volunteers: 1-2

Year Group: 11 (aged 15-16)

Activity details:
We are looking for volunteers to join us to help young people with special needs to build their confidence speaking to new people by completing mock interviews. Students are aged 15-16 and need your help especially because they will be going on placement in the new year. Training and materials will be provided.

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Wednesday 17th July, Speed Networking @ St Marks School (Hounslow)

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Wednesday 17th July, Speed Networking @ St Marks School (Hounslow)

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TIME: 8.30am - 11.45am

#Volunteers: 30

#Students: 180

Year group: 10 (aged 14 - 15)

Activity Details:

The event is aimed at the year 10 (age 14-15) year group at St Marks Catholic School. There will be 180 students in total, divided into two halves.

The aim is for students to develop their confidence and communication skills and expose them to a variety of industries and careers.

We are looking for volunteers to take part in a Speed Networking Session, or to take part in Careers Activities.

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Wednesday 18th October, CV Workshop @ Heston Community School (Hounslow)

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Wednesday 18th October, CV Workshop @ Heston Community School (Hounslow)

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TIME: 11.10 - 13.10
#Volunteers: 2-4
#Students: 10
Year Group: 12

Activity details:
Heston Community School is looking for volunteers to support a CV workshop and writing session for its Year 12 Management & Administration T Levels, who will need an excellent CV to ensure they secure a placement.

Ideally, we are seeking volunteers who are able to lead a discussion around how to write a good CV and help students start writing their CVs. Otherwise, we are looking for people who can support the students writing their CVs and can guide them how best to do this. 2-4 volunteers required.

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Tuesday 3rd October, Speed Networking Event @ Space Studio School (Feltham) 

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Tuesday 3rd October, Speed Networking Event @ Space Studio School (Feltham) 

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TIME: 9am - 11.55am.
#Volunteers: 32, in pairs from the same company. Ideally from STEM related organisations.
#Students: 90
Year Group: 10 and 12

Activity details:
We are looking for 2 volunteers per organisation to attend this, we are specifically looking for STEM organisations to support with the day.

There will be one session for 55 year 10 students from 9.30am - 10.30am, and another session for 35 year 12 students from 10.55 - 11.55am.

You will be moving around and speaking to different groups of students, sharing your career journey and answering any questions.

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