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Dawn, Could you add Abingdon ATOM Festival of Science and Technology 14-18 March? I am chair of the Schools and Families Sub-Committee and we would be very interested in an exhibit. Thanks. Jeremy Thomas On 5 July 2017 at 20:55, Dawn Bonfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > I am sure that you are aware that next year, 2018, is the Year of > Engineering. What a fantastic opportunity this is for our engineering > sector to get together around a coordinated campaign to promote > engineering. As you will probably also know, a couple of campaigns are > already on the drawing board – the Dept. for Transport’s YOE18 campaign, > and the Royal Academy of Engineering Talent project, ICE200, RAF100….all > great ways to engage students and their parents and tell them about the > great opportunities we have in engineering.On the latter point, I would > like to propose that a way of reaching parents would be through a year-long > roadshow taking an engineering careers ‘stand’ around the country, staffed > by volunteers from our respective companies, using the educational and > outreach resources that are excellent and plentiful in the sector, and > reaching out to parents directly. As such, I am proposing to organise this > activity and am looking at the possibility of getting a company to sponsor > an event that is on their own doorstep by providing some funding to cover > the stand and travel expenses of an organiser, and provide members of their > own staff to act as volunteers at the event. If you would be interested in > getting involved in this (as a sponsor as opposed to a volunteer at this > point) then please do get in touch and let me know. The idea is to choose > non-science as well as science shows where a good cross section of the > public are likely to be attending. > Shows I have in mind so far are: > > York Literature Festival, March 2018 > Hay Festival, end of May- early June > Cheltenham Science Festival, June 2018 > Royal International Air Tattoo, 14-16 July 2018 > Kendal Calling, 26-29 July 2018 > Edinburgh International and Fringe Festival, August 2018 > British Science Festival, September 2018 > Abergavenny Food Festival, September 2018 > > Please let me know if you would like to either sponsor or volunteer to > organise or staff the stand at any of these shows. Please also send other > suggestions. I look forward to hearing from you. Contact me at > [log in to unmask] > > ********************************************************************** > > psci-com how-to: > Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If > not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ > cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send requests for items to be posted on > your behalf to [log in to unmask] > > To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any > subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages > (ignoring text in brackets) > > • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) > • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) > • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) > > Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] > Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy > https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print > > ********************************************************************** > -- Jeremy P. Thomas Co-ordinator Abingdon Science Partnership 01235 849151 http://www.abingdon.org.uk/abingdon_science_partnership -- Abingdon School: A company limited by guarantee Registered in England and Wales. Company No. 3625063 Registered Office: Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon OX14 1DE Registered Charity No. 1071298 All information in this message and attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. Only intended recipients are authorised to use it. E-mail transmissions are not guaranteed to be secure or error free and the sender does not accept liability for such errors or omissions. The company will not accept any liability in respect of such communication that violates our ICT policies. ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send requests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************