Employers - Work Wise Foundation

Career Speed Networking Event is a Success

Written on 26th July 2021. Posted in News.

On 7th July, The Work-wise Foundation delivered their first in school event since the pandemic hit. Working in partnership with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, the charity hosted a morning of interactive networking sessions between employers and pupils at St Bernard’s Catholic High School in Rotherham. The event, which saw around 170 students from year 10 take part, saw...

Summer Academy taking place in High Peak to focus on Opportunities in Visitor Economy

Written on 23rd June 2021. Posted in News.

This summer, The Work-wise Foundation will be delivering a Summer Academy in High Peak which will focus on the opportunities available in Visitor Economy. The charity is working in partnership with D2N2 LEP; North Derbyshire Careers Hub to offer this incredible experience to young people. The academy will take place from the 2nd to the 5th August at a variety of exciting locations...

Doncaster Students to take part in Summer Academy

Written on 9th June 2021. Posted in News, Events.

This summer, The Work-wise Foundation will be delivering two of their Summer Academies to students in Doncaster, in partnership with Doncaster Council and Equality in STEM. There will be two academies available to Doncaster students aged between 14 and 18 in August. The first, running from the 9th to the 12th August will focus on Women into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)....

Kickstart Scheme: How are Dan & Sam settling in at Tecomet?

Written on 21st April 2021. Posted in Blog.

This week we’ve been catching up with two of our kickstart placements, Dan Green and Sam Hatton-Price, on how they have been settling in at Tecomet. Founded in 1963, Tecomet is the market leading provider of manufacturing solutions for complex, high-precision products and services for the Medical Device and Aerospace & Defense markets. Tecomet operates seventeen (17) global manufacturing...

Launch of Operation Vulcan – An Innovative Project for Primary and Secondary Schools

Written on 26th March 2021. Posted in News.

During Get up to Speed with STEM this week, The Work-wise Foundation have launched Operation Vulcan which is an innovative project for primary and secondary schools. Seventy years ago, Britain led the world in aircraft design. The Avro Vulcan is the iconic example from that era of aerospace engineering at its world best. It has an impressive list of technical innovations includes being the first...

THE WORK-WISE FOUNDATION IS KICKSTARTING OPPORTUNITIES WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS

Written on 22nd March 2021. Posted in News.

Over the last few weeks we have seen some of our first Kickstart applicants begin their placements with employers. Both Chimo Holdings and Footprint Tools took on their first kickstart employee this month. Chimo Holdings is a premierBritish manufacturer, blending traditional Sheffield craftsmanship with modern technology to produce an impressive range of the finest quality cutlery, gallery...

Launch of Kickstart Scheme Support Programme

Written on 28th September 2020. Posted in Events.

The new government Kickstart scheme has been launched with incentives for employers to create thousands of high-quality paid work experience/job opportunities for young people (aged 16-24). Funding available for each job will cover the relevant National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week, plus the associated employer National Insurance contributions and employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions...

South Yorkshire Celebrates Success of Skills Event

Written on 1st April 2019. Posted in Events.

South Yorkshire hosted the largest private sector skills showcase event last week, which was attended by over 3,000 young people from 69 schools and involved over 90 businesses. The ‘Get up to Speed’ with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Manufacturing) event was designed to inspire students from 8 to 25 years about careers in science, technology and the manufacturing industries,...

IET Innovation Challenge 2019 Launch

Written on 20th January 2019. Posted in Events.

The Work-wise Foundation has launched their Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation Challenge for 2019, with 6 schools pairing up with with local engineering and manufacturing businesses. The 6 schools will be working on a bespoke project set out by the businesses with the teams presenting to a panel of industry judges at Get up to Speed with STEM on Wednesday 27th March 2019...

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