Our Services

The Britten Partnership exists to create links between Schools, FE colleges and the Employment and Business Community. Please read on for a full list of our current activities and capabilities and for further information please contact Peter Davis:

• Themed conferences for Universities and Colleges working with a combination of academic and widening participation staff and professionals from various sectors to provide keynote talks, workshops and exhibitions to encourage young people to progress into Higher Education. See Accident Scenario and Family Crisis Scenario.
  
  

• Mental Health Scenario project

  The Britten Partnership is pleased to announce that their new scenario product – set within the field of mental health - is currently in development and will be launched later this year.

   Mental Health is the most natural subject for the next scenario due to some of the issues raised by ‘The Accident’ and ‘A Family in Crisis’. Many people know someone who has been affected by mental illness, few people know very much about it.

   As well as exploring careers in Mental Health, the scenario will be used as a vehicle to raise awareness of mental health issues and to get young people and staff interested and talking about mental health and stigma. It will also raise awareness of mental health issues in schools and colleges. It is envisaged that it will sit alongside and link in with the national campaign Time to Change, local campaigns such as Squash Stigma and with the charity Young Minds.  

  
  

• 'What's the point of ........ ?' explores how study of a particular curriculum subject can lead to various career options within that academic or vocational field. Any subject such as Mathematics, Physics, French, English, Health and Social Care, Business Studies etc can be inserted to produce an interesting approach to Careers Education Information, Advice and Guidance, to identify pathways and to motivate young people to work harder and achieve better results. If you are looking to boost performance in a particular subject, say Mathematics for instance, then this programme could provide the stimulus you are looking for.
  The format for the day, or half day, is a conference where a group of professionals with a background in the subject will run a series of workshops exploring their own pathways and wider career options within their own particular area. In addition keynote speakers will be available as well as exhibition areas where Professional Bodies and the Private and Public sector will be represented. Actors are sometimes used where appropriate to maximise the impact of the day.  
  To facilitate these events The Britten Partnership will visit your school to discuss the format for the day and the particular learning outcomes you are seeking. The Britten Partnership will then organise the event, recruit and train the workshop leaders and keynote speaker, recruit exhibitors, brief and rehearse the actors if appropriate, provide all documentation, oversee the event and provide an evaluation. The school will provide a venue, select the students to take part (providing transport if required) and provide catering for all guests.
  
  

• Health Ambassadors East Programme for the NHS across the East of England including individual programmes with NHS County Workforce Groups and the Education sector.
  
  

• Enterprise Education CPD for teachers through workshops and presentations in connection with the ambassador programmes.
  
  

• Enterprise Education workshops such as profit and loss calculations, presentation skills, running a virtual business.
  
  

• Sector Specific Work Related Learning Activities Day or Half Day including workshops from sector professionals, careers exhibitions, sector specific employability skills. Sectors currently available are: Health, Social Care, Children’s Services, Construction, Retail, Engineering and Technology.
  
  

• Employability and Functional Skills Work Related Learning Activities Day or Half Day including: CV writing skills, interview techniques, recruitment processes and principles of Employment Law.
  
  

• Sourcing of Work Experience Placements for FE Colleges and Schools – acting as a brokerage service.
  
  

• Young Apprenticeships support within Health & Social Care, Motor Vehicle Maintenance, Catering and Construction.
  
  

• Development of work placement guides in various sectors including Adult Social Care and Engineering.
  
  

• Education Partner with a major construction company to support Academy Programmes.
  
  

• An E mentoring service to Health and Social Care students using the Uniaid Brightside Trust system.
  
  

• Organising taster days at particular companies/organisations for young people and teachers