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
Aspex is a contemporary art gallery based at Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth. Aspex works to support emerging contemporary artists and encourage people of all ages to engage with and explore contemporary art through its exhibitions, artist support programme and participation programme.
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
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Circles of Support and Accountability is committed to encouraging and promoting the rehabilitation, treatment, education and care of persons who have committed sexual offences, with the goal of reducing re-offending. Circles are also invested in the protection of and care of victims and others affected by offending behaviour.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
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
The Guildhall, a majestic building at the heart of the city, has a standing concert capacity of 2,500 and is known for presenting first class entertainment, conferences, weddings and events; attracting an average of 220,000 people per year. They will be recruiting for 3 large events:
- Dance Live! is an exciting dance event for schools and colleges brought to you by The Guildhall Trust.
- Presenting the best in comic, film, TV and pop culture entertainment in the largest family-friendly Comic Con of its kind!
- Takedown Festival is an independent alternative-rock and metal music festival at the Portsmouth Guildhall which spans across 5 stages.
What they offer:
- Volunteering Opportunities
Gunwharf Quays is the South coasts leading designer shopping outlet and home to over 90 famous brands with up to 60% off all day, every day.
What they offer:
- Part-time Jobs
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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
Visit the Hampshire Constabulary Website
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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Portsmouth's Favourite Nightclub. We are looking for people to join our team.
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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Magical Maths is an after-school maths programme for primary aged children. The children participate in after-school sessions that will leave them ‘wowed’ and amazed whilst practising their curriculum maths. Magical Maths sessions are quite the spectacle; we’ve got a genius professor, world class detectives, mind reading magicians and eccentric athletes, all dedicated to making maths fun for primary school children.
What they offer:
- Part-time Jobs
As a leading UK and International omni-channel retailer ranging from womenswear and menswear to homeware and furniture; Matalan offers something for all.
What they offer:
- Part-time Jobs
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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
Volunteering Futures is a 2 year funded project by the Arts Council England (ACE) which is seeking to make volunteering across the country more accessible. Portsmouth City Council have received funding for a Project Officer who is seeking a group of volunteers from a diverse range of backgrounds who can provide insight as to accessibility, barriers, and opinions on current and future volunteering infrastructure and opportunities.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
Visit the Portsmouth City Council - Volunteering Futures Website
Portsmouth Forest School's aim is to get local people of all ages and backgrounds out into the woods, enjoying and noticing nature and the world around them and consequently feeling the benefits socially, emotionally, cognitively and physically.
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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Share (Portsmouth) was formed with the aim to make it easier for people to reduce carbon, waste and raw material use through sharing, repairing and re-use, through our two projects. Repair Café Portsmouth allows repairers to share their skills with people who have broken objects that generally aren’t able to be repaired on the high street, and Portsmouth Library of Things helps people to borrow items that they infrequently use. Both projects help to reduce waste and carbon, as well as saving people money.
What they offer:
- Volunteering opportunities
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
SolidariTee is an international charity fighting for sustainable change in the challenges that refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable migrants face worldwide.
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
We're a growing church at the heart of the city centre in Portsmouth. We've a great love of community at St Luke's, and we'd be delighted to have you as part of the family, for just a day, a season, or to stay. They are recruiting for:
- Bridgeway offers a safe space for young people to share their worries and be listened to without being judged.
- The Host Space is a quirky coworking space situated inside a church. It started in 2019 to combat the social isolation of home workers, and to provide an uplifting, affordable, flexible place to work in Portsmouth.
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
- Part-time Jobs
The University of Portsmouth Global Office is here to provide you with advice and support throughout your journey with us and we’re committed to making your stay a happy and enjoyable one.
What they offer:
- Part-time Jobs
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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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