York Cares Kids' College
‘Our Transport sessions have seen us take children on trains to help them learn about the rail industry, how it contributes to the economy and the jobs available within it. It's been tremendously satisfying for our employee volunteers and for the children too.’
Richard Allan — Head of Marketing, Northern Rail
York Cares Kids' College links real life and learning for disadvantaged children from York primary schools.
Our employer partners help deliver a range of innovative programmes including:
- Finance in schools — making money management fun
- Cookery and kitchen gardening — teaching children about healthy eating
- Transport in schools — trains and rail travel, sponsored by Northern Rail
- Right to Read — reading with children to boost their literacy
» find out more - A day in the life of — career talks by business volunteers
Get involved!
To find out more about how your organisation can get involved in York Cares Kids' College — or anything else about York Cares — just contact our dedicated team, based at the University of York. We'd love to hear from you.
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01904 433482
Recent news
Success stories from the York Press:- Pupils learn about horseracing as part of York Cares Kids' College
- The Press talks to children about the newspaper industry
Get involved
Find out more about out Right to Read programme.- You can join us.
- York Cares makes volunteering easy for organisations of all sizes with a flexible, reliable and high-profile framework.
- Starting Blocks
- Through this nationally-acclaimed, York-based programme you can provide supported work placements and skills workshops for care leavers aged 16-18.
- Young York Cares
- Your volunteers can help us to engage over 1000 young people each year from schools, further and higher education in inspirational community projects around York.
- Regular volunteering programmes
- We also design and manage an annual calendar of one-off, weekly and seasonal volunteering opportunities: we aim to offer every business in York the opportunity to volunteer on their own terms.