Name: NEXT Gen Stockport: Building Meaningful Work Experience
Start: 2026-01-14T08:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-14T12:00:00+00:00
Location: Hat Works

NEXT Gen Stockport: Building Meaningful Work Experience

Join PIE & partners for a morning of collaboration, discussion, and networking focused on creating meaningful & successful work experience!
About this Event

You asked, we listened!
Following October’s inspiring NEXT Gen event, we’re bringing everyone back together to turn ideas into action.

Join PIE: Pursuing Individual Excellence and partners for a dynamic morning of collaboration, practical discussion, and networking focused on creating meaningful, inclusive and impactful work experience opportunities across Stockport.

Together, we’ll build on your feedback — more discussion time, young people’s voices, and cross-sector solutions — to design real, local change.

What to expect

Inspiring lightning talks from employers, educators and young people
Interactive table workshops on designing and improving work experience
Open discussions on barriers, inclusion and creative solutions
Opportunities to connect, co-design placements and share learning
Extended networking time to forge new partnerships and follow up on ideas

This event will take place at Arc @ The Hat Works, Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK3 0EU.

Arrival from 8:30am with refreshments
Event runs 9:15am – 11:30am, with open networking until 12:00pm

Whether you’re a school, employer, college or VCSE organisation, this event will help you strengthen partnerships, spark new ideas and play your part in shaping the future of Stockport’s young workforce.