Opportunities in and near Beeston

Explore clinical and non-clinical NHS roles through community-based insight days or placements lasting up to five days. You could spend time in local health centres, clinics, community service sites or corporate offices - not hospitals.

Be the first point of contact for customers in a charity shop, helping them find items, answering questions and promoting in-store sales. You’ll also keep the shop organised and create window and shop displays, supporting fundraising for heart and circulatory disease research.

Process sales at the till, answer customer questions and thank donors at Crewe Homestore. With full training and a flexible role, you can help keep the shop running smoothly while supporting Gift Aid and sales campaigns.

Sort donations, hang, size and tag clothes for display, while welcoming customers and helping with sales and the cash register. Full training is provided, and volunteering times are arranged to suit both you and the provider.

Part of the Culture and Society RKEI Public Lecture Series, this talk explores Europe’s borderlands and the lived realities of places where borders are enforced and contested.

Journalist, author and political analyst Lewis Baston discusses themes from his bestselling book Borderlines, examining border regions from Ireland in the west to Ukraine in the east, and reflecting on Chester as a familiar border city. The lecture will consider the social, political and human dimensions of borders, including customs, checkpoints and security.

The event takes place on the University of Chester campus in Exton Park (School of Education 016). Booking is via the University’s ticketing link.

Meet at a divisional police headquarters in Llay each Tuesday evening to explore community safety, first aid, crime prevention and different areas of policing. Build teamwork and leadership skills, then put them into practice by volunteering at community events and supporting local initiatives.

Curious where your college life could take you? Explore University Centre Reaseheath - join taster sessions, tour campus and accommodation, meet lecturers and support teams, and get clarity on student finance and life on campus so you can decide confidently.

Train in acting, dance and musical theatre with industry-expert tutors in a professional theatre, then build towards a final showcase. You’ll also get a behind-the-scenes insight into a college production and a professional headshot for your portfolio.

Respond to fires, floods and severe weather across Wrexham as part of a 24-hour on-call service. You’ll attend monthly team meetings and complete online learning and service-specific training in your first few months.

Explore courses and student life across Chester campuses, then tour facilities and talk directly with academic staff, current students and support teams. You can also join sessions on student finance, UCAS applications and accommodation.

Take guided tours of the Wrexham campus, then hear about courses, applications, funding, scholarships and accommodation. Join subject talks to speak directly with academic staff and current students, and find out what pastoral and academic support is available.

Support communities across Cheshire through informative, educational and practical activities. Choose roles that fit your skills and time commitments, and take on more than one if you wish. Build confidence and communication skills while meeting like-minded people.

Spend 1-5 days exploring clinical or non-clinical NHS departments and get an insight into healthcare careers, workplace culture and expectations. Placements are arranged in advance and typically run from 09:00 to 16:00.

Shadow staff in clinical settings or explore corporate roles in HR, finance, estates, communications and digital. Placements last from one day to two weeks, and you can complete 10 hours of mental health virtual work experience at a time that suits you.

Work with museum collections, help on an estate, welcome visitors or take on remote tasks, with flexible time commitments to fit your availability. You’ll get an induction covering health and safety, signing in, your supervisor and practical information about the site.

Spend two days in a hospital environment, meet healthcare professionals and explore NHS roles through work experience or taster days in Midwifery and Medical Physics. You can also complete 25 hours of virtual work experience at your own pace and receive a certificate.

A free online toolkit takes you from conservation campaigning and volunteering to planning your own project, with guides on fundraising, craftivism and writing to an MP. Reflect on your progress, then choose to submit your project for recognition through the Champions in Conservation Award.

Explore the history of crime and punishment in the UK through interactive activities, then connect historical enquiry with criminological thinking. See what university-level study involves as you examine legal systems, criminal punishment and course research - all in a flexible, self-paced session of around two hours.

Explore physiotherapy, midwifery, paramedic science and nursing through a virtual healthcare taster, then investigate human anatomy and physiology in an online lab. The two-and-a-half-hour course can be completed in flexible chunks.

Explore dystopia and utopia alongside Death of the Author, Roland Barthes and post-structuralism through interactive activities. Get a feel for university-level discussion and analysis in a self-paced session you can pause and resume, taking about two hours.