West Lancashire College were delighted to welcome over 1000 school pupils to their annual Careers Fair last week, which hosted over sixty employers and universities who all provided invaluable careers advice to the young people during National Careers Week.
The college’s Curriculum areas created have-a-go activities for the school pupils to participate in, including firsts in communication at the Business stand, name the components of a PC system at the Digital stand, nappy changing at the Early Years Education stand, interpreting engineering drawings at the Engineering stand, a pit stop challenge at the Motor Vehicle stand, plus the opportunity to produce a self-portrait at the Art and Design stand and much more!
The college would like to thank the employers and universities who gave up their time to attend the Careers Fair, including Alternatives Futures Group, The Army, Autism Initiatives, Bannatynes, Birchwood, Booths, Building Careers UK, Compass bloom, Coop Bank, Edge Hill University, Faithfull Tools, First 4 Electrical, Friends of Tawd Valley, Future U, Graylaw Freight Group, Great Bear, Hays Construction, HCRG Care Group, Home Office, Job Centre Plus, Kammac, Keep Moat, Lancashire Fire & Rescue, Lancashire Health NHS Service, Lancaster University, LMJU, Manchester Met University, NSG (Pilkingtons), Parker Plumbing & Heating, Peel Ports, Pepisco, Police, Police Cadets, Royal Navy, Sale Sharks, Shares Lancashire, SOR Brickwork, St Richards Primary School, Stocks Hall Care Home, Tawd Valley Developments, UA92, University of Cumbria, University of Salford, Valeo, Wates Living Space, West Lancashire Borough Council, West Lancashire CVS, Whitfield & Brown and Wigan Warriors.
Dawn Hughes, Events, Campaigns & School Liaison Manager said, “our students and over 1000 local school pupils had a fantastic day exploring careers they have never previously considered and gained information about the fabulous opportunities out there today and in the future. The success of this event is down to all of the amazing employer partners and the local high schools who attended, and I would like to thank them for their continued support.”
If you or your organisation would like to find out more about working with West Lancashire College to provide work experience, an industry placement or to support at careers events, the college would love to hear from you.