Tuesday, 15 March 2016

WOW! What an event

On Friday 11th March we held our second World of Work (WOW) event at The Castle School Post-16 Centre. The event was amazing to say the very least. It was supported by a rich variety of employers who have supported us over the last few years to ensure that our pupils and students have access to high quality work placements in order to develop their key skills for employment.

We are very thankful to all the employers who supported the event and have supported over the past few years. We are very excited about all we have got planned for the future and very much look forward to working alongside even more employers in the future.

The event was also attended by Richard Benyon MP, The Mayor of Newbury Howard Bairstow and Rachel Wardell, Corporate Dirtector for Communities at West Berkshire Council amongst many others.

Rachel Wardell tweeted: I was available to attend the “World of Work Celebration” at The Castle School. See my @WardellR Twitter account for some pictures from this event which was inspirational. I was impressed to see so many different employers represented there who had all found suitable work for young people whose additional needs might otherwise have been a barrier to employment.

Here are some pictures of the event:





A huge thank you to all the following organisations for their support in making our World of Work programme as success:
 
Sainsburys
Community Furniture Project
The Corn Exchange
Deanwood Park Golfclub
Dingley Family and Specialist Centre
Newbury Dogs Trust
Donnington Valley Hotel and Spa
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities 
Mencap
Newbury Building Society
Newbury College
Pizza Hut
Riding for the Disabled
Ridgeway Volkswagen
SENDIASS
Sovereign Housing
Speenhamland Primary School
The Volunteer Centre West Berkshire
Waitrose
Watermill Theatre
Ways In To Work
West Berkshire Council
West Berkshire Libraries
The Winchcombe School
Abacus Day Nursery
Apple Print
Argyles Nursing Home
Berkshire Trout Farm
Boot
Costa
D&D Motors
Englefield Estate
Kennet Leisure Centre
Nandos
Newbury Crash Repair
Newbury Racecourse
Newbury Weekly News
Northcroft Leisure Centre
PepsiCo
Pets at Home
Pizza Hut
Tesco Metro
Tigers Day Nursery
Victoria Park Nursery
Wash Common Stores - Budgens
WH Smith
Wolverton Plants