School Event Request Form

To help us support your event, please complete this form 4–6 weeks in advance. This allows us to explore volunteer availability and suitability. We cannot promise volunteer support, but we will do our best to help.

School details

School name

School address

School type

Primary

Secondary

Sixth form

Other

Main contact name

Job title

Email address

Event overview

Event title

Date of event(s)

(DD/MM/YYYY)

Event format

Type of activity

(e.g. careers fair, assembly, workshop, panel, classroom talk)

Year group(s) involved

Approximate number of students

Format details

(e.g. stalls, small groups, whole year group)

Volunteer support requested

Number of volunteers requested

What would volunteers be asked to do?

(e.g. talk about career pathway, support activities, answer questions)

Additional information

Is there anything else we should know to support your request?

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