Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202

Vale of White Horse District Council

Work experience at the Council

The Council runs a work experience programme each year to give young people an opportunity to learn about the work of the Council and experience a variety of careers which are available in local government. 

A number of work experience placements are available in areas such as:

• Legal
• Shadowing the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team
• Media and Communications
• Economic Development and Tourism
• Youth Development
• Sports Development
• Reprographics
• Post Room
• Working in the Guildhall and Civic Halls.

For more details of the placements on offer, and an application form to apply for a placement, please download the document on the right of the page.

The Council’s Youth Development Strategy (2006-09) sets out the Council’s vision to provide better opportunities for good quality work placements and to encourage local businesses to do the same. For more information about this, please see our Youth Development Strategy page.

In 2008 the Council adopted a policy to support the work experience programme and formalise it’s commitment to offering work placements to young people who live or go to school in and around the Vale. 

The programme is managed by the Council’s Human Resources Department but works in partnership with the Youth Development Co-ordinator to develop and improve the programme to meet the needs of young people.

If you are interested in finding out more about the work of the Council and would like to be considered for a work placement please complete the attached application form and return it to Sandra Varney, Training and Development Co-ordinator, Human Resources, to the address on the right of the page.

Here are some accounts from young people who have spent time at the Council on work experience:

• Sam Palmer - who did work experience with the Sports Development Team
• Kyrsten Cross - who did work experience with the Community Strategy Team   
• Matthew Hutchinson - who did work experience shadowing the Chief Executive    
• Ewan Sutherland - who did work experience shadowing the Chief Executive