Young People - 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...

Aston Academy Awarded Trophy for Innovative App Design

Written on 29th June 2021. Posted in News.

As part of this years Get up to Speed with STEM event, secondary schools were invited to take part in an app design challenge set by CityFibre. CityFibre, the UK’s largest alternative provider of wholesale fibre network infrastructure and the builder of Gigabit Cities, sponsored the challenge which was created by Rotherham Titans Community Foundation. The challenge was supported by AND Digital who...

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)....

Invite for Secondary Schools to take part in Operation Vulcan

Written on 21st May 2021. Posted in News.

We are thrilled to be launching Operation Vulcan, which is innovative challenge for Secondary schools to get involved in the build of the new home for the Vulcan XH558 in Doncaster! We are inviting Secondary Schools to enter teams in a competition to design a display stand and exhibition space that that showcases an original Bomb Bay Fuel Tank from the Vulcan (pictured right).Schools and Teams...

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 Innovation Challenge in partnership with CityFibre, Rotherham Titans RUFC & AND Digital

Written on 10th December 2020. Posted in News.

The Work-wise Foundation are launching a new Innovation Challenge for 2021 offered exclusively to Rotherham Secondary Schools. Bringing together the worlds of Technology (CityFibre), Health and Fitness (Rotherham Titans RUFC), design and innovation (AND Digital) you are invited to enter teams of students to participate in a Challenge to design an App for Rotherham to encourage Fitness and Healthy...

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