Opportunities in and near New Ollerton

Research local issues, draft press releases and help answer constituents’ queries during a placement offering insight into local politics. Depending on your age and ability, you may also assist with casework or accompany the MP to meetings and events in the House or constituency.

Step into authentic courtrooms and tackle interactive legal exercises that bring university law to life. Explore client interviewing in a workshop led by experienced lawyers, hear about routes into law, and meet the school’s award-winning teaching law firm, NLS Legal.

Take part in free monthly dance workshops in Birmingham or Nottingham. Build confidence, creativity and technique through practical dance work, then meet the training team and find out what its advanced training pathway involves.

A local naturalist featured on Springwatch and involved with the RSPB shares stories from wildlife work and the experiences that shaped his path. The talk is at Idle Valley Visitor Centre Classroom.

Hear Dr Andrew Harrison, Director of the DH Lawrence Centre at Nottingham University, as he explores Lawrence’s early life in Eastwood. Drawing on Harrison’s 2024 book, the lecture puts his formative years in historical context at Bromley House Library in Nottingham.

Hear a specialist talk on Glaukos of Rhegion and ancient Greek music at the University of Lincoln’s Minerva Building. Admission is £4, with free entry for members and students.

Hands-on projects can have you modelling chaotic systems, programming a robotic buggy or visualising medical imaging data, while linking maths, physics, engineering and computing. You’ll also explore specialist university labs and hear introductions to ideas such as interstellar travel and infinity.

Take on hands-on conservation volunteering across wetlands, grassland and woodland habitats, while learning about native wildlife. Sessions alternate between Attenborough and Skylarks Nature Reserves in south Nottinghamshire; no previous skills are needed, just enthusiasm and a willingness to get stuck in.

Nigel Slater unpacks the biology and ecology behind plants often dismissed as weeds, from pavement cracks to gardens. Discover the food, medicinal and folklore stories of nettles, dandelions and daisies, with refreshments included.

Hear ceramic sculptor Irina Razumovskaya and art historian Lara Pucci discuss clay from artistic and educational perspectives. Explore its physical properties and how it connects makers across places and cultures, while remaining rooted in place as it travels across contexts.

Explore how artist-led spaces shape creative careers through Matthew Chesney’s reflections on Sarah Cunningham’s six years at BACKLIT studios. The conversation gets into finding space to work, earning a living and keeping an artistic practice going.

Experience Sarah Cunningham’s paintings through a British Sign Language tour led entirely in BSL by Jason Redwood, with no interpreter or voiceover. Explore speculative landscapes, ecology, art history and science fiction across Galleries 2 and 3.

Walk through Sarah Cunningham’s exhibition with Dr Adam Searle, exploring her ideas about nature, feminist speculative fiction and more-than-human worlds. Then respond to selected excerpts from Ursula K. Le Guin with creative writing prompts.

Make a portable personal altar with Nottingham-based artist and witch Wingshan, using painting, hand-stitching, herbs, fabric and found materials. Explore ritual, landscapes and cyclical change, with no experience needed - and bring items you’d like to include.

Artist and podcast host Sophia Mena leads a walkthrough of Julia Isídrez’s ceramic practice, tracing how skills and creative knowledge pass between generations. Look closely and share ideas about women, community and cultural memory in a relaxed discussion, with gallery stools available.

Explore Bess of Hardwick’s tomb and its historical significance in a lecture led by Charlotte McCrory of the University of Winchester, at Bromley House Library in Nottingham.

Explore how the English Reformation reshaped Midlands cathedral communities in the 16th century in a live lecture led by Elizabeth Tingle. Hear expert analysis at the Minerva Building, University of Lincoln; entry is £4, free for members and students.

Serve customers, sort donations and create shop displays as part of a friendly team supporting disabled people with complex needs. Get full training and ongoing support, with the chance to train on the till or help open, run and close the shop.

Welcome visitors at Whisby Nature Park’s Barn, answer questions and share what you know about the reserve and its wildlife. You could also note important species sightings out on site, with in-house and role-specific training provided.

See how a busy GP practice manages its documents, from opening Royal Mail post to processing paperwork and meeting daily targets. Shadow the document team and provide ad hoc admin support during a full week in the office.