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Steve Hutchings, WHIreland Wealth Management – “Everything you buy from Amazon will earn a donation to Worktree”
Steve Hutchings is Head of Business Development at WHIreland Wealth Management, having moved from Coutts in March 2017. He is a regular volunteer at Worktree's Career WorkOut sessions, especially at The Hazeley Academy, near where he lives. He...
Daniel Briggs, Dawsongroup – “A chance to engage with students”
Daniel Briggs has been Head of Marketing at Dawsongroup for four years. He recently attended a Career WorkOut session at St. Paul's Catholic School. He said:"Dawsongroup are looking at charities to partner with, this is part of our corporate...
Sharon Rai, Entrepreneur Development Manager, Natwest – “The hour flies by”
Sharon Rai is Entrepreneur Development Manager for the NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator programme in Milton Keynes.“I have been here for almost 2 years. Initially I joined as an Acceleration Manager, coaching our Entrepreneurs, and then was...
National Locums Wins Worktree Award
MK-based specialist recruitment company, National Locums, won third place in Worktree’s Volunteering (Small Company) Award with 11 hours volunteered in Career WorkOut by their staff in 2018-19. This is from a standing start, since National...
Business and Civic Leaders Celebrate Worktree Awards
100 employee volunteers from 60 MK companies attended Worktree charity’s annual Awards event hosted by MK College and Hewitsons LLP in Central Milton Keynes. They represented 934 workers from 330 companies who have volunteered in Worktree’s...
New Training to ‘Find Your Job in 25 Conversations’
On 17th July, Worktree delivered a one-day employability training at MK Council Civic Offices for unemployed adults, ‘Find Your Job in 25 Conversations’.Trainee feedbackA total of 8 trainees participated. Immediately after the training, 7...
Stuart Goldwater & Jessica Compton, PragmatiQ Solutions – “An opportunity to give something back to the community”
Stuart Goldwater is Co-Founder and Managing Director of PragmatiQ Solutions, a Microsoft Dynamics 365 partner, specialising in implementing & designing bespoke CRM systems. Jessica Compton is the Marketing Co-ordinator for just over a year,...
“This made me value my job decisions” – Vicci & Michael – John Lewis
Vicci (Catering Assistant) and Michal (Chef) of John Lewis attended their first Career WorkOut at St Paul's Catholic School this month. They were encouraged by their line Manager, Laura Batchelor (Catering Section Manager) to take part. Vicci...
Career WorkOut an ideal team volunteering opportunity – Xero
Christine Prince, Head of Workplace Experience at Xero, brought a team of colleagues to volunteer for Career WorkOut sessions at Denbigh School.“We wanted a local team volunteering opportunity,” said Christine, “and Worktree’s Career WorkOut was...
Tracey Lathwell, Tesco – Career Workout Experience
Tracey Lathwell is a People Advisor at Tesco and has been there for 13 years. Tracey took part in her first Career WorkOut at The Radcliffe School last week. “I was contacted by Theresa Mercer of Worktree through LinkedIn and decided to give it...
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