Taskforce News out today

The latest edition of Taskforce News published today. As well as updates on current issues and forthcoming events it includes a review of 2011. It covers: How can work experience…



About

…of volunteers and hear first-hand about jobs and the world of work. To help make this happen the charity works with state schools, employers, the national bodies that represent them…


OECD Financial Literacy briefing

…word problems’. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the OECD also find that real world experience of the financial world through realistic school-based enterprise activities and owning a bank account are also associated with…




Book Review: Our Kids by Robert Putnam

…Those who ‘have’ social capital ‘have’ access to many more opportunities, while those without are run higher risks of becoming trapped in a world offering limited opportunities. John Field (2003)…


Inspiring the Future Ireland

…free and easy way for thousands of schools and volunteers from the world of work to connect. The project is based on a best-practice model first established in the UK…