Voltage is helping to promote social enterprise in East Lancashire with the help of Burnley Football Club’s Community Sports Trust.

In July 2008 the Voltage team took a group of school pupils from Lancashire on a trip to Liverpool, to help them become the social entrepreneurs of the future.

Voltage is run by the Lancaster University Volunteering Unit and funded by v, the youth volunteering charity. Voltage aims to inspire young people to create and develop their own social enterprise business ideas.

Student volunteer Nicola Bennett helps pupils from Our Ladies Catholic College in Lancaster build a rocket: photo courtesy of Abi Williams.

The first ever PGCE Week at Lancaster University has seen twenty students interested in becoming teachers gain valuable experience by working with local schoolchildren.

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This is an opportunity for anyone who wants to or is thinking about doing a PGCE and would like some more experience. Whether it is to improve your CV for an application or simply to decide what sort of teaching attracts you most, with many hours of experience on offer as well as a varied experience of primary, SEN & secondary, this is an ideal week for you!