Career Inspiration Events

Join EBP South’s dynamic career events – the ultimate opportunity to supercharge your recruitment pipeline while making a real difference. These high-impact, cost-effective events connect your organisation with hundreds of students from a diverse range of schools, helping to break down barriers, close the gender gap, and boost social mobility.

Bring your industry to life through hands-on, interactive activities that spark curiosity and inspire the next generation. Show young people the exciting possibilities within your sector and the skills they’ll need to get there – all while building a stronger, more inclusive future for your business.

Get Inspired

We invite your business to design a quick, captivating 5-minute activity that young people can dive into solo or in small groups. Want to make it even more hands-on? Bring along a cool piece of equipment from your workplace—like a bus for a transport company or theatre lighting gear—that students can explore up close!

Your activity should showcase what makes your industry unique and give young people a taste of what it’s really like to work in your field. The goal? To spark their curiosity, encourage questions about careers, and help them realise that if they can master this challenge, a future in your industry could be well within their reach.

Benefits of Taking Part

• Inspire the future workforce by highlighting job roles they may not even know exist.
• Engage with young people in a fun, interactive way that brings your industry to life.
• Tackle future skills shortages and strengthen your recruitment pipeline by encouraging early interest in your sector.
• Give back to your community and contribute to the long-term growth of the local economy.

Join us and be part of a movement that’s shaping brighter futures—for young people and for local business.

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Primary Schools’ STEM Fairs

Our Primary Schools’ STEM Fairs are more than just a fun day out for students—it’s your business’s chance to inspire the future workforce and ignite a passion for STEM from an early age.

This unique event offers local businesses the opportunity to engage with young minds, spark curiosity, and start building your recruitment pipeline long before CVs hit your inbox.

What You’ll Do

We’re inviting businesses to deliver a fun, 25–30 minute hands-on STEM activity that primary school students can take part in as they rotate in small groups throughout the day.

Think creative, simple, and exciting—whether it’s building a mini car to race, launching the furthest paper plane, or solving a STEM puzzle. All equipment and resources should be provided by you, and you’re welcome to add a competitive twist with prizes for the winners!

The goal? Show students that STEM isn’t just in textbooks—it’s in everything they love doing. If they can build a toy car today, they might one day design the real thing.

What’s In It for Your Business?

• Inspire the next generation of engineers, designers, coders, and scientists
• Open young eyes to exciting careers they’ve never considered and break down job role stereotypes
• Bridge the future skills gap by making STEM real and relatable
• Strengthen your talent pipeline by engaging early
• Boost your brand visibility in the community and with future families
• Demonstrate your commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility

This is your chance to make a difference, spark excitement, and shape futures—all while showcasing what makes your business and your industry great.

Join us, and help turn curiosity into careers.

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Inspiring STEM

Step into a world of innovation and possibility at our Inspiring STEM Event – a high-energy, hands-on day designed to ignite young minds and showcase the incredible careers available in science, technology, engineering, and maths.

This one-day, timetabled event gives businesses a unique opportunity to connect with secondary school students and bring STEM to life through interactive activities. Hosted at the world-renowned National Oceanography Centre, the event blends cutting-edge science with real-world industry experiences.

What’s Involved?

We’re inviting businesses to run a fun, 25-minute STEM challenge that students can take part in as a group. Whether it’s building a mini-racing car, designing the furthest-flying paper plane, or cracking a code—your challenge should be engaging, energetic, and hands-on.
You’ll need to provide the materials, but feel free to add a competitive twist—small prizes for the fastest, furthest, or most creative solution are a great motivator!

Alongside business-led challenges, students will also explore lab-based activities and a NOC virtual ship tour, making this a truly immersive STEM day.

Why Get Involved?

• Inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, coders, and creators
• Break down stereotypes and show the diverse, exciting possibilities in STEM careers
• Help students discover roles they may never have considered—or even heard of
• Tackle future skills shortages by sparking early interest in your industry
• Give back to your community in a meaningful, memorable way

Don’t miss this chance to engage with young talent, showcase your industry, and shape future career paths—all in one inspiring day.

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Partnership and Sponsorship

You can be the named partner for the event or you can sponsor the event raising your profile and being the names organisation on the header, literature of the event. Its a great way to show that you are proactive in recognising the importance of inspiring young people into their future careers and highlighting the opportunities in your industry.

Learn more about sponsorship