Opportunities in and near Telford

Hear Squadron Leader Dennis Brooks recount flying the English Electric Lightning fighter jet and his RAF career, then explore how Lightnings at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome are preserved in taxiable condition.

Join a fully funded, multi-year STEM programme delivered with Imperial College London. Explore subjects through lectures, taster events and university preparation workshops, with around five non-residential sessions each academic year, usually on Saturdays or during school holidays.

Welcome customers, receive donations, sort stock and build eye-catching displays in a charity shop. Get full training and ongoing support, with chances to train on the till or take on a Key Volunteer role, opening, running and closing the shop.

Spend a full week at police headquarters exploring modern policing through interactive sessions with different teams. Activities may include police dogs, investigations, roads policing, firearms, forensics and 999 call taking.

Shadow consultants, doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals during a one-to-five-day observational placement. Explore departments from Radiology and Biomedical Science to Dietetics, Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering.

Take part in hands-on business activities, hear about business-related degree options and tour the campus. Explore what studying Business Management, Agribusiness, Food Business or Digital Business could involve, with lunch included.

Attend subject and skills sessions, hear talks on courses and career prospects, tour campus and accommodation, and speak with academics and current students.

Tour a 494-hectare farm, explore specialist facilities and watch hands-on demonstrations, from robotics to canine hydrotherapy. Meet students and staff, join subject talks and see selected halls on the Edgmond campus.

Take part in degree-level taster sessions with hands-on workshops, practical activities and tours of specialist facilities. Explore subjects from engineering and computing to law and sport, and hear from academic staff and current students.

Build leadership skills through a free, accredited year-long programme combining weekly hybrid workshops, career-ready activities and sessions on tackling discrimination. You can also access residentials, university visits including Oxford and Cambridge, and work experience or apprenticeship placements with employer partners.

Ten self-paced sessions give you an inside look at how books reach market, through interactive tasks, industry insights and live webinars. Explore the different roles and teams behind publishing, then work through the programme in your own time.

Help recruit local collection points for donated tools, raise awareness through community groups and events, and connect with volunteers across your county. You’ll also support the Volunteering Coordinator with outreach, from speaking engagements to finding places for new groups.

Exchange handwritten letters with a matched carer, offering friendly conversation and emotional support without sharing addresses. You’ll receive training, ongoing support and insurance, plus a DBS check paid for by the organisation.

Take part in an in-person launch, online study skills sessions and an academic summer school through this university access programme. You’ll explore university life and build skills for future study, with at least two events expected, including the launch and summer school.

Help shape health services by sharing young people’s views, gathering feedback and creating information materials, animations or videos that explain procedures and services. You’ll contribute to Health Board decisions, with a minimum commitment of one hour a month.

Step into a solicitor apprentice’s shoes and tackle simulated legal work, building skills in research, critical analysis, writing, judgement and professional communication. Complete it online at your own pace and earn a certificate.

Work through virtual-internship tasks on notifying regulators, preparing clients for regulatory interventions and tackling market issues commercially. Explore how lawyers support financial services businesses with complex rules, at your own pace, and earn a certificate for your CV.

Explore how commercial lawyers tackle the challenges generative AI and emerging technologies create for clients, from data protection and intellectual property to cyber security and disputes. Complete the virtual internship at your own pace and earn a certificate for your CV.

Work through a global disputes simulation, exploring dispute resolution steps and commercial issues businesses face during legal challenges. Then test your commercial insight in a mock business development challenge and earn a certificate for your CV.

Work through interactive tasks that mirror real legal work on an international mergers project, stepping into a corporate team’s shoes. Build skills in legal drafting, critical thinking and commercial awareness at your own pace, then earn a certificate for your CV.