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Reaching out to young people
10,664 YOUNG PEOPLE
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ACROSS 25 LONDON BOROUGHS”
Our learning and outreach activity with schools, colleges and youth groups has gone from strength to strength this year. We carried out 102 visits and engaged with 10,664 young people across 25 London boroughs. Our Helivan has certainly been well used in our aim to inspire the doctors, paramedics and pilots of the future.
In July 2019 we were invited by our friends at Centre of the Cell to deliver a Big Question Lecture to members of the public. Dr Flora Bird, paramedic Alex Ulrich and Chief Fire Officer John Power spoke to an audience of over 100 people about their roles and experiences working at London’s Air Ambulance. In March 2020 we took our giant operation game and ran workshops about the service at KidZania over six days as part of their careers focused activities. The team engaged with young people from across London and further afield that came to visit the indoor city run by children.
CASE STUDY: I CAN BE
In 2019, we began a partnership with I Can Be. The charity’s aim is to introduce children to the world of work, broadening horizons and helping them to discover the breadth of opportunity around them. Targeting inner-city primary schools, I Can Be enables girls to explore jobs they otherwise may never be exposed to, building their curiosity and confidence along the way.
We were delighted to take the opportunity to host groups of seven and eight-year-old girls in our charity office to learn about the work our charity does daily and what it’s like to work for our team.
We have hosted groups from schools in Tower Hamlets and Newham. Located close to The Royal London Hospital, the pupils often see the helicopter flying overhead and these visits gave them the opportunity to find out more about the service and the different people that work in our team. The pupils that attend the visit deliver an assembly for their classmates when they return to school, to share what they have learned.
The pupils are asked to prepare questions in advance to make the most of their visit. Rhiannon Evans, Learning and Outreach Manager, said: “We were impressed with the questions the girls had about our service and the different jobs in our team. We’re looking forward to hosting more visits from I Can Be”.
