Work Experience should be about more than shredding
Written by Jean Roberts-Jones, Chief Executive, One Community
Work experience is often a student’s first time in a work place. It provides them with invaluable insight and experience as to what to expect after leaving full time education. It can also help them consider different career paths, and experience different elements of working.
This week I was joined by an enthusiastic young student from Barton Peveril College who approached One Community for some work experience as part of her business course. She will be with me for another 5 weeks, every Wednesday morning, so it will be quite challenge for me to find her meaningful tasks. I want to help her understand the range of day to day operational activities which happen to allow One Community to function. [Read more…]
Written by Kylie Barton, Researcher, One Community
Although One Community is classed as a medium sized organisation from employee number perspective, when looking at revenue alone, it is indeed a small organisation. It is made up of several smaller projects who look for funding and other opportunities themselves as independent entities with their own accounts. It is a dog eat dog world out there when it comes to bidding for funds, but what is not always considered, is the opportunity for big organisations to support local community projects in a number of different ways and not just through funding. In this article, we shall look at a number of these opportunities and demonstrate that organisations can support each other even if money is limited.
