Employment & skills engagement with local schools

Lea Hampton is the Council’s new Employment and Skills Manager for the One Horton Heath development. The pandemic has meant she has had to find new ways of engaging with schools as she feels careers education is crucial. In her role she brings guest speakers from local businesses to speak to school children, either

in school or virtually depending on the current situation. Lea is passionate about careers education and helping students understand their options.

Lea recently ran a workshop to 280 pupils in year 7 at Wyvern College, Fair Oak, as part of their “Aspiration Day”. The session helped students to look at ways they could achieve their goals.

Lea has also developed an innovative programme for younger children called Jobs in a Box – this is a resource box of costumes, props, games, lesson plans and information for use in primary schools. She created this last year in her role as an Ambassador for National Careers Week and wants to bring it to primary schools across the Borough. If you would like to know more about this free resource, contact lea.hampton@ eastleigh.gov.uk to arrange it for your school. She has also run two successful funded Train the Trainer sessions on gambling and gaming awareness with The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) for people supporting young people.

As part of our ongoing dedication to skills and development we also have a devoted area on our website called SkillsZone, helping people find available training opportunities and courses. eastleigh.gov.uk/skillszone