East Ayrshire Council: ‘Learn 4 Work’ Challenge
Learn 4 Work is an innovative project in East Ayrshire where pupils come off-timetable for 3 days and work within a challenge group to produce a solution to a real life business challenge. This allows young people in 4th year to experience the world of work whilst in a school setting.
We are looking for a variety of businesses to get involved and commit to setting a business challenge for a group of young people within one of the participating schools. You must be able to launch your challenge on the morning of day one and visit again on the afternoon of day three to hear the group’s response. This is the minimum time required but you are also welcome to offer more input if in a position to do so.
Each challenge group will comprise of approximately 20-30 young people and they will work together over the three days to produce a solution for the challenge set. Your business challenge should be unique to your business but previous examples include: developing a new soft drink, reducing food waste, promoting a newly refurbished hotel, improving customer service experience and creating a recruitment campaign.
Dates for 2018 are as follows:
- Grange Academy, Kilmarnock- Wednesday 2nd May to Friday 4th May
- Loudoun Academy, Galston- Wednesday 9th May to Friday 11th May
- Stewarton Academy- Tuesday 22nd May to Thursday 24th May
To get involved email: emcclymont@ayrshire-chamber.org
Access last year’s innovative solutions here.
