#Passionate about young people
We enhance the school curriculum through employer engagement to deliver work experience and work related learning opportunities
- Team Building
- Adventure Days
- Engagement and Direction
- Residential Skills Camps
- Primary to Secondary Transition
- Enterprise Days
- Careers Days
- Mock Interviews
- Work Related Learning Integration Package
- Work Experience Packages
- Emergency First Aid at Work
- Manual Handling in the Work Place
Our programmes deliver significant improvements for people of all ages, through high-quality work experience, education, information and guidance
- Better understand the options and pathways available to them
- Be inspired about new opportunities they thought were not possible, or did not exist
- Understand their own strengths and skills and how they can be used in the workplace
- Improve their own well-being through job satisfaction
- Get, keep and further themselves in a job, regardless of ability or background
- Increase earning potential throughout their careers and contribute to our economy
Guidance is key
We support schools to provide excellent careers guidance and ensure equality of opportunity, backed up by invaluable experiences with employers and educators
The Team
Our leading edge programmes are delivered by highly qualified specialists from both business and education backgrounds. We work directly with schools and students to provide a tailored service, which improves attainment.
Alison Saunders
Founder and Managing Director
Belinda Kay
Work Ready Lead
Emma Raeburn
Work Experience Manager
Anne Devine
Safeguarding Lead
Online management
Our unique and innovative online Work Experience system is designed to be used by students, parents, work experience coordinators and health and safety officers
Case Studies:Alternative Provision
Outside of the box
Every young person is different and some do not fit into an academic box. Having struggled at school and experiencing personal issues caused by a family bereavement, Akeel found himself disengaged and unable to thrive in his Year 10 school setting. His school felt he would benefit from an extended work experience placement to reset his focus and reached out to us to help.
Catering to his interest in animals, we arranged a two day per week placement with a local dog care facility. Here he was given a full understanding of the business, equipment and customer service. His exceptional work ethic led to an offer of a paid weekend position. After evaluating his first year, Akeel recognised that he wanted a practical job when leaving school, so we linked him with a caretaker in another local school to use his new skills elsewhere.
Having now decided he would like to learn a trade and become self-employed, he is studying for his GCSE’s three days per week and plans to look for an apprenticeship when leaving school.
Finding a passion
By Year 11, Kylie had no clue about what she wanted to do other than leave school. She did not respond well to authority and had been on the verge of exclusion for some time due to behavioural issues.
After spending time with her, we felt she would benefit from working at a local hair salon one day per week, as this particular business has been a fantastic employer over the years.
After struggling initially, she found her feet and now does three days per week, feeling that she has finally found something that she is good at. The employer is very pleased with her progress and says she wishes that all her staff were as keen as Kylie!
Kylie has been offered a full apprenticeship when leaving school and plans to take it before opening her own salon one day.
A new purpose
After numerous suspensions, Akeel was on his last warning before facing exclusion for repeated disruption, misbehaviour, fighting and truancy. He felt that education was “pointless” but had no idea of what he wanted to do when it was over.
We placed him in a cafe 2 days a week, ran by a former serviceman to provide a different role model for Akeel. He showed great commitment by walking to work, always arriving early, showing great initiative and never missing a shift. He responded well to being given responsibility and the owner decided to let him open up the café with the chef and set up the front of house.
Akeel was offered a full-time job when he left school, but his time with the café owner inspired him to join the army instead, which he has!
Joining the Dots
Unsure what direction to head in and feeling disillusioned with education, Cory was cerainly not making the most of his time in school.
Keen to do something practical, we arranged a 2 day per week extended work placement for Cory with Dale Jones Kitchens, a local joinery company. Here Cory learned practical skills and now has an ambition to become a fully qualified joiner.
Impressed by his work ethic, Dale Jones Kitchens has offered Cory a full-time apprenticeship when he leaves school. Well done Cory!
Giving Back
We are proud sponsors of Tailored XI Ladies Rounders Club
There is a reason why, when you ask people about Rounders it brings a smile – revisiting memories of a sport they played at school. At its basic level, it is a fun, fast team sport that both boys and girls can play whatever their ability, developing core skills in running, batting, throwing, catching and fielding. At higher skill levels the introduction of good knowledge of the rules leads to strategic and tactical decision making.
Rounders England has been awarded just under £2 million by Sport England towards tackling inequalities in sport and physical activity. This funding and support will enable Rounders England community groups working with target audiences – Lower Socio-Economic Groups, Black, Asian and culturally diverse communities, Disabled People and People with Long-Term Health Conditions (LTC) – to continue to recover and grow off the back of the pandemic and allow people the opportunity to live more active lifestyles.
