STEM: Opportunities
National Careers Service: The Skills Toolkit
Free courses to help you learn new skills or change jobs. Including general skills that apply to all sectors and more specialised skills.
These include:
Practical Maths
Computer essentials
Personal growth and wellbeing
Professional development
Business and finance
Digital design and marketing
Computer science
Coding
To find out more go to the NCS website
Digital-Sector-Careers-Presentation.pptxTutoring
Thanks to technology, you don’t have to be in the same classroom as someone to be able to tutor them: you can do so over Zoom, Teams or Skype! Tutoring is a great way to help those who are struggling or disadvantaged to get on track with their work, achieve and pave success for themselves.
The Access Project is a volunteering scheme that helps over 1000 14-18-year-old students from disadvantaged backgrounds across London, the East Midlands, West Midlands and Bradford to get into university. Volunteers must be of university age and have an A-Level or related A-Level to the subject they would like to tutor.
Action Tutoring is a similar scheme that provides online tutoring to disadvantaged pupils all across England. Tutors must have or be studying for a degree and must have an A Level or equivalent in the subject they will teach in. Other than that, anybody can volunteer online.
Translating
Are you fluent in more than one language? If so, there are plenty of opportunities to use this skill to benefit others. Translators Without Borders is a non-profit organisation that requires volunteers to assist a variety of charities and medical teams such as the WikiProject Med Foundation, the United Nations and Doctors Without Borders.
Your translation efforts would help project volunteers communicate with those that they are helping, in particular, health care content and medicine information – but it’s also a great way for you to ensure you don’t lose the skills you have in your second or third language!
Check out its website today to learn more.
Forward Leeds is the alcohol and drugs service for Leeds
Our volunteers are key to us delivering an effective and successful service. We have a wide range of volunteer roles being filled by people with a variety of skills and experience from different backgrounds
We can offer great volunteering opportunities which are fulfilling and rewarding and which can lead to paid employment with us or elsewhere.
All of our current volunteer opportunities are advertised here if there are no vacancies in your area please keep checking the site for regular updates.
You can contact us about volunteering using the form here.
CAMP Counselors USA- UK
Spend your summer working as a Camp Counselor at one of the top summer camps in America. We will find you a role at camp, based on your interests. This is the perfect summer job for students, helping you to gain paid international work experience. Visit CCUSA here
Virtual Work Experience
Many companies are now offering an online or virtual work experience which provides you with the opportunity to gain experience in the workplace, develop your skills, boost your employability and explore new industries and job roles. We've put together a list of companies currently offering virtual work experience.
A job ready virtual experience program aimed to develop the skills to launch your career in the professional workforce.
An excellent website to help young people develop the skills they need for a better future.
A 3-module course to give you an insight into British Airways and the aviation industry.
A chance to learn from industry experts and take part in over 200 free cyber security challenges. Registration is currently closed, but there is an opportunity to register interest for the next intake.
An excellent website which offers virtual work experience placements from a range of companies, from banking to careers in tech. Most options last up to six hours and involve tutorials, videos and activities.
This is an exciting opportunity to experience what it is like to work in a leading music technology company.
An excellent list of free virtual work experience placement ranging from teaching to marketing.
A list of law firms offering virtual work experience.