Aspiring Clubs

This taster session is delivered at our Blackburn training centre and is designed to give young people an insight into the world of becoming an accountant.

Activities will include:

• Current apprentices as guest speakers
• Balance sheet activity
• Double entry bookkeeping activity
• Accounting board game
• Accountancy in the working environment
• Accounting card games

When: 

Monday 16^th February2026 | 9.30am – 12.30pm
Wednesday 8^th July 2026 | 9.30am – 12.30pm

The 3 hour taster session is delivered at our Blackburn training centre and is designed to give young people an insight into the world of business.

Activities will include:

• Decision making
• Prioritising
• Project planning
• Communication in the workplace

When: 

Monday 16^th February 2026 | 1pm – 4pm
Wednesday 8^th July 2026 | 1pm – 4pm

The 3 hour taster session is delivered at our Blackburn training centre and is designed to give young people an insight into to world of dental nursing.

Activities will include:

• The role of a dental nurse
• Surgery tour looking at equipment and instruments
• Mixing alginate impression material
• Discuss oral hygiene and diet
• Current apprentices as guest speakers 

When: 

Monday 21st July 2025 | 9.30am – 12.30pm
Monday 16^th February 2026 | 9.30am – 12.30pm
Monday 6^th July 2026 | 9.30am – 12.30pm

The 3 hour taster session is delivered at our Blackburn training centre and is designed to give young people an insight into optical.

Activities will include:

• Different eye conditions
• Demonstration of magnifiers
• Different prescriptions and trial frames 

When: 

Monday 21st July 2025  | 1pm – 4pm 
Monday 16^th February 2026 | 1pm – 4pm
Monday 6^th July 2026 | 1pm – 4pm

The 4 week course is delivered in our high-tech engineering workshops and is designed to give young people an insight into different areas of engineering. It offers the chance to gain hands-on experience whilst producing engineering activities by using our machinery and other equipment.

You’ll get an insight into the different areas of engineering using our machinery and other equipment which could include:

• Manual milling and turning
• Mechanical maintenance
• Engineering fitting
• CNC machining
• Electronics and electrical (including Fire & Security)

When: 

6^th, 13^th, 20^th and 27^th November 2025 | 4.30 - 7pm (Four weeks on a Thursday evening)

5^th, 12^th, 19 and 26^th March 2026 | 4.30 - 7pm (Four weeks on a Thursday evening)

Due to high demand, our Aspiring Engineers is for year 11 and year 12 

Cost: There is a small cost to cover materials which is £20