We are a national charity that focuses on young people working and learning to boost their employability, as well as the sustainability of communities and employers.
Student
Learning is the main support – with continuous learning, workshops,
mentoring and accreditation. We want to treat all our users as learners.
Force
Young People are the main users – generally those over 16 years old who want
short-term volunteering or paid placements leading to a job. We want to help the
future workforce
For Sustainability
Sustainability is our main focus – with projects, volunteering, placements
and employment that promote and practice sustainable development. We want to
boost the local community, economy and environment together.
We are the only organisation in Europe that solely focuses on young people, employability, sustainability and learning through placements, volunteering and career advice.
Young people
We recruit, support, and train recent graduates on paid placement and young
people as volunteers.
We advise young people on careers, volunteering, and employment
Communities
We find, train and support young volunteers for community projects
We help them learn about and practice sustainable development
We help them work more sustainably with young people
Employers
We find, train and support the right graduates to work on short-term
projects
We help them learn about and practice sustainable development
Attracting young people who are committed to sustainable development.
We will focus on raising the capability,
involvement and profile of StudentForce nationally, so that it becomes a first
choice for young people who are committed to sustainable development.
Meeting the needs of our main users and funding organisations.
We will manage the organisation in a way that is both prudent and effective, providing the resources to meet the needs of young people by developing innovative experiences that attract funders.
Supporting our main users and the community over time.
We will develop ways of delivering ongoing support for our users in furthering their commitment to sustainability. We will raise awareness of our services and share our knowledge to the benefit of our users, StudentForce and the community at large.
StudentForce is centrally based in
Oakham town centre in the East Midlands. We offer a national service to young
people and a regional service to communities and employers.
As a national charity we advise young people from the UK and other parts of
Europe.
However most of our projects are in the central and eastern parts of England,
especially in the East Midlands Region - Leicestershire, Rutland,
Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire - and the Eastern Region –
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Bedfordshire. We also place
Project Workers in the Yorkshire and Humberside, London and West Midlands
Regions.
The
Stationmaster’s house and parcel office at Oakham railway station, derelict for
about 20 years, has now been transformed into StudentForce’s new offices, an
interpretation centre and meeting room.
StudentForce was the first organisation in the UK to benefit from the Central Trains Station Initiative of Network Rail and Central Trains, giving them a 25 year lease at peppercorn rent. However StudentForce had to find the renovation costs of about £80,000. So with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Railway Heritage Trust, Welland Partnership, Cory Environmental Trust in Rutland and DEFRA, the charity transformed the station into working offices and a training centre.
The LocalCheck Centre is initially open on Wednesday mornings from 10.00 to 12.30 to coincide with market day in Oakham. Local volunteers can help you explore ways of looking and acting more locally whilst still thinking globally.
