Opportunities in and near Middlesbrough

Guide patients, carers and visitors around The James Cook University Hospital, helping them find departments, facilities and practical information. You’ll receive corporate and Therapeutic Care Team induction training, with a usual commitment of at least two hours a week for six months.

Chat with hospital patients, read on request and use games, drawing or jigsaws to make their stay more comfortable as a therapeutic care volunteer. With staff permission and supervision, you can also accompany patients around the hospital and complete patient experience questionnaires.

Support the Therapeutic Care team at a hospital by answering calls, handling post, keeping leaflets stocked and helping with patient surveys and documentation. You’ll receive volunteer induction and any IT training needed for the role.

Shadow professionals across hospital wards and departments for one to five days. Watch real work in action, see teamwork and leadership in practice, and ask about different NHS roles.

Shadow professionals across different departments and see how their work fits together. You’ll observe real situations, ask about job roles and may visit a fire station; placements are usually a week at the Training and Administration Hub in Hartlepool.

A three-day residential lets you try practical and discussion-based sessions in concept art, law and psychology. Develop ideas from sketches into finished artwork, debate real-world legal issues and apply psychology research to real-life problems through design challenges that can contribute to a portfolio.

Fancy deepening your Greek or Latin at Durham? Join a week-long residential, study six levels from Beginner to Advanced, tackle Classical Civilisation and Homer with experienced tutors, build skills, boost your uni/career prospects and connect with peers who love the classics.

Explore swing jazz and bebop on guitar in an in-person workshop led by experienced player Joseph Van Parys. Practise improvisation, comping and voice leading with support from bassist Benedict Stephens; your ticket also includes entry to the evening concert in the Town Hall.

Explore Hot Club swing on the harp in a hands-on workshop led by jazz harpist Ben Creighton Griffiths, where you’ll try improvisation, rhythm and harmony without needing previous jazz experience. Your ticket also includes entry to the evening concert at the Town Hall.

Learn professional SFX make-up techniques in a two-day hands-on workshop led by expert artists. Start with SFX wax and progress to liquid latex, training in a venue dressing room at Stockton Globe.

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.

Choose subject masterclasses, get mentoring from current students and experience a summer school, with support for UCAS applications, personal statements and interviews. Complete the programme and you could receive a contextual offer; travel and meals are provided for in-person activities.

Explore marketing, events and hospitality management, business management, and accounting and finance in a self-paced, two-hour virtual taster of degree-level business study. Pause and return whenever suits you.