Meet the organisations
Work Experience Fest
We have over 40 volunteering organisations plus part-time employers and our placements and enterprise teams. Look at the attendee's profiles below to prepare for the event.
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Action Tutoring is a charity that supports disadvantaged young people to achieve academically, with a view to enabling them to progress in education, employment or training. We do this by partnering high-quality volunteer tutors with pupils to increase their subject knowledge, confidence and study skills.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
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Beyond Reflections is a charity supporting trans, non-binary and questioning adults, their friends, families and allies in England & Wales.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
BH Live is a leading operator of leisure and event venues; a charitable social enterprise that designs and builds engaging experiences to inspire people and enrich lives.
What they offer:
- Part-time jobs
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Coastal Kitchen Family is a hospitality business comprising 5 venues spanning the length of the Portsmouth coastline from Southsea to Old Portsmouth. Their venues are all as unique as the teams that run them with diverse, happy, thriving teams who are at the heart of everything they do.
What they offer:
- Part-time jobs
Code Club is a charity dedicated to providing children with the opportunity to learn to code, no matter who they are or where they come from.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
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ECASS (Every Charitable Act Supports Someone) deliver community activities including organising free drop-ins, empowerment and signposting clinics for members of the local community.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
Enable Ability work in partnership with disabled children and adults, their families and carers, to provide a range of high-quality, inclusive, professional and confidential services.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
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A race where teams compete against each other and the clock to complete a course by pushing, pulling, carrying and lifting the gun and limber (the action gear) which may be in phases (actions) and includes obstacles and mechanical aides, (walls, chasms and rigging gear) but will include drills to partially disassemble the action gear within the rules and subject to penalties of the competition.
What they offer:
- Part-time jobs
The Final Straw Foundation are a registered charity working with local communities and businesses to highlight the impact of plastic pollution on our environment and to try to minimise the amount of plastic entering our local seas and wider oceans.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
Fire Hospitality provides the highest quality temporary and permanent staff to your sports venues, caterers, hotels, and tourist attractions across the UK.
What they offer:
- Part-time jobs
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GoodGym is a community of people who get fit by doing good. They run, walk, and cycle to help local community organisations and isolated older people by doing practical tasks.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
Dance Live! is an exciting dance event for schools and colleges brought to you by The Guildhall Trust.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
Presenting the best in comic, film, TV and pop culture entertainment in the largest family-friendly Comic Con of its kind!
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
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Student Watch volunteers are a point of contact for students with safety concerns, and they are supported by the University Police Liaison Officer - a police officer dedicated to safety on and around campus.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
Every day of every week you can find us playing our part, broadening our horizons and getting stuck into the great outdoors. We have more than 15,600 adult volunteers and young people between 6 and 25 years of age enjoying fun and adventure while learning the skills they need for whatever life throws at them.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
Home Start is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. We are there for parents when they need us the most because childhood can’t wait.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
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What they offer:
- Part-time jobs
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In 1907 the Kings Theatre opened its doors and has ever since been a magnet for theatregoers from in and around Portsmouth and Southsea.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
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No.6 Cinema is based in the world famous Portsmouth Historic Dockyard which is also home to many attractions and close to Gunwharf Quays. Located in the Grade II listed Boathouse 6 which was built in 1846, our 275-seat auditorium boasts one of the biggest screens on the South Coast!
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
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The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Commissioner, is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary in the English counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
Visit the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Hampshire & IOW Website
Orridge is a trusted stocktaking provider with a reputation for quality. We deliver accurate and cost-effective stocktake solutions to a strong and expanding customer base.
What they offer:
- Part-time jobs
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PHL Group are an innovative healthcare service provider, delivering exceptional services to the NHS and independent partners.
What they offer:
- Part-time jobs
Many courses at the University of Portsmouth let you do a year's work placement, short-term placements or a self-employed placement. Your first point of contact will be your placement office in your Faculty who will be attending the festival.
What they offer:
- Support with finding placement opportunities
PARCS is an organisation based in Portsmouth which works with people who have been sexually violated at any time and/or experienced domestic abuse. PARCS provides free specialist counselling and psychotherapy to all genders, aged 5 and above.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
As well as our regular and special services, Portsmouth Cathedral is home to a number of events and concerts throughout the year including music and exhibitions.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
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Supporting Wellbeing, Safer Choices and Relationships for individuals with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
Restart A Heart is a campaign that teaches life-saving CPR skills to children. Volunteers and members of staff use their free time to go in to schools and colleges to teach CPR to our children.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
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Society of St James helps vulnerable people experiencing homelessness, problems with alcohol and substance use and other complex needs to change their lives.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
Spirit in Sport is a Christian charity based in Portsmouth working to engage the church with its local community through sport. We promote good health and wellbeing for the public benefit through the provision of community sports activities for children and adults of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
Spurgeons create family hubs where they're needed most, with counselling, early years and family support. They partner with local councils, churches and communities to care for every family, putting children and young people first in everything they do.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
A place to come and chill, play some games and activities and chat about any issues that you may have.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
We're here to help you get your idea off the ground or take your existing startup to the next level. We offer expert advice, workshops, co-working space, networking opportunities and lots of useful resources. We’re here to help at no cost to you and no loss of ownership; your idea is your idea.
What they offer:
- Support with creating your own business or starting to freelance
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The Literacy Hubs exists to help young people develop the literacy skills they need to thrive. We work with local communities to create learning programs that meet their specific literacy needs, and each hub is individually designed to best support the community it serves.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
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The Students’ Union is an independent charity that exists to advance your education at the University of Portsmouth through a range of exciting services and activities.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
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Our vision is for everyone to have the tools and resources they need for their journey towards the life they want.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
MyCareer
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