Kickstart Express

Kickstart Express is a series of workshops for Key Stage 4 students, designed to develop young people’s understanding of and confidence about the local job market, routes into employment and what employers are looking for, preparing young people for working life in their local area.

Delivered over 7 hours in total, the workshops can be hosted in school or online, and to a timetable that best reflects the needs of the students.

Kickstart Express provides young people with:

  • a lively, fun and bespoke journey that can awaken their thoughts, ideas and aspirations as to where and what they want to be after leaving school – from access to further education to a realistic view of employment opportunities.
  • a structured programme to gain valuable and realistic insight how to successfully access employment in the future and succeed in the world of work.
  • training to develop the employability and enterprise skills needed to successfully enter a very competitive job market.
  • support in aligning their education attainment with labour market opportunities.
  • meaningful interactions with a wide range of business volunteers, to show a diversity of perspectives and careers.

“Overall, I think it was a great experience and I think that more people should take part because it is useful to know what it is like to be at a work placement, how to communicate with other staff, and how to do group activities with different people. - Kickstart Express student 2019

"I enjoyed communicating with different people and understanding about the labour market on a local level, as well as a national level. In addition, I enjoyed the interview stage, as it was good practice since I have never had an interview before." - Kickstart Express student 2020

Please contact fayerounding@sparkcharity.org.uk to find out more.

Work experience

Thanks to our strong partnerships with many small, medium and large businesses in Hounslow and further afield, we can support your students to carry out valuable work experience.

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Employability and enterprise skills

We can support schools to meet the Gatsby Benchmarks, developing students employability and enterprise skills alongside our corporate partners.

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Our partners

We work with many corporate partners from a wide range of industries in the London Borough of Hounslow and beyond.

 

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