Workshops, Workshops and More Worksops

Our Lady's year 7 At Zurich

It has been a busy start to 2016 here at ReachOut Manchester, with six projects attending workshops with our corporate partners and supporters. Workshops are always a great way for our young people to find out more about the world or work and what opportunities are out there for them once they leave education.

The year 9 Academy at The Barlow High School nipped into RBS in Spinningfields to try their hands at event management. The RBS volunteers and the mentees worked in teams to organize the best music festival possible, with great acts, food stalls and plenty of toilets! Adele? Taylor Swift? Ariana Grande? Our festivals had them all! The RBS volunteers were great and really encouraged the young people to think about the financials of the project, balancing out the impulse to book all the biggest and best acts without a care for the cost.

The Barlow Year 9 at RBS

Our year 7s at the St Paul's Academy were at BNY Mellon to brush up on their stock market knowledge. The budding stock traders grouped up into teams and set to work developing a profitable portfolio of stocks and commodities (with fake money unfortunately). Even after some turbulent economic events, our budding traders managed to turn a profit. Could there be a new Warren Buffett at St Paul's? As usual, the BNY volunteers were great at giving the young people a taste of the investment banking world.

St Paul's year 7 at BNY Mellon

Ever wondered what happens behind the scenes when you get your car insured? The year 8 Academy from Our Lady's high school went along to Ageas insurance to find out. The group was split into teams, each with its own Ageas insurance guru. The teams were approached by brokers with particular insurance problems and asked to come back with a quote. A fleet of 100 taxis? A Mercedes dealership? A haulage company? They insured them all! Thanks to the amazing Ageas volunteers for an informative workshop.

For our year 7 Academy at Our Lady's High School, insurance was the name of the game again. Our long time partners Zurich, gave an inspiring talk and ran a quiz to test the mentee's knowledge. A couple of the mentees were so impressed by the building they were asking about jobs.

Our Lady's year 7 at Zurich

High street bank Barclays got into the festival spirit in December (See what I did there?), and ran a workshop helping our young people to organize a festival. Our mentees from the year 7 Academy at Manchester Creative and media Academy put their thinking caps on to create the best festival they could. The Barclays volunteers did what they do best and kept the mentees minds on the budget.

MCMA year 7 Academy at Barclays

Just why is Nando's so tasty? Well you can ask our year ten Ace girls project at Our Lady's Catholic High School. The mentees got a step by step guide to the running of a Nando's restaurant, learning about customer service, preparing food, and restaurant management. To top it all off, the mentees got to sample the flame grilled chicken and sides that has made Nando's famous. Thanks to all the staff at The Fort Nando's on Cheetham Hill road.

Year 10 Ace Girls at The Fort Nando's 

Our young people had a blast at the workshops and came away having learned a lot about the world of work. ReachOut would like to extend a huge thank you to our corporate partners: RBS, Zurich, BNY Mellon, Nando's at The Fort, Ageas and Barclays. 

We can't wait for the next workshops!