It was our great pleasure to welcome the Sail Academy school onto site last month for our latest Insight Day.

These fantastic events are an absolute joy to host, and we love seeing the smiles on the young people’s faces who attend.

If you’re not familiar with Insight days (and Challenge days), they are a nationwide initiative to provide work experience for students in a unique and impactful way.

Instead of hosting one student for a week, they ask businesses to welcome a group of students for a single day, offering them a glimpse into the professional world and our industry.

Sail Academy pupils were our latest visitors, and they were invited to carry out some warehouse jobs, complete some challenges and to operate our forklift truck – something that always goes down well.

The headteacher said “We really appreciate you accommodating us again — the students thoroughly enjoyed their visit, and word has definitely spread, as even more of them are now keen to come next time!”

We love hosting them and we highly recommend them to any business who wants to share the passion you have for your industry with the next generation.  It’s our responsibility to inspire the next generation of potential employees, and it’s a brilliant opportunity to have a huge amount of fun at the same time.

Here’s looking forward to the next one in a few months’ time.

For more information of how forklift operating can help people into work, please click here for information on our Pathway to Employment