Any Livery company, school or educational organisation is welcome to join us . Our aim is to bring Livery companies and schools together to help prepare young people for the world of work.

You may be a Livery company that is interested in joining us, or already a member and looking to offer specific support. Or you may be a school or educational organisation based in London that would welcome support from Livery companies. Please read the sections below to find out more about how you can get involved.

For all general enquiries, please email info@liveryschoolslink.co.uk or write to us at:

David Smith, Administrator , Livery Schools Link,
Guild of Educators, c/o Bakers' Hall,
9 Harp Lane, London EC3R 6DP

You can read more about our current and upcoming volunteer opportunities in our Volunteering Leaflet and in our Bulletin. You can also read some examples of what other volunteers have done in the past and find out more about the Lord Mayor's Volunteering Initiative.

If you wish to volunteer as an individual, please contact Chris Marshall, our Volunteer Coordinator.

We are also able to offer School Governorship opportunities. School Governors One-Stop Shop (SGOSS) Executive Director, Steve Acklam writes:

"School governance is the most important volunteering role in education. Governors help teaching staff provide children with the best possible education and so realise their expectations and aspirations. There are 350,000 governor places in England and of these 10-12% are vacant at any one time. The problem is most severe in urban areas. Being a governor offers the chance to help children and their community and both learn new skills and enhance existing skills. It is possible to be an effective governor and add value based on a time commitment of 6-8 hours per month. School Governors' One-Stop Shop provides a totally free (charitable) recruitment and brokerage service doing its utmost in partnership with Local Education Authorities and schools to meet the requirements of its volunteers."

Explanatory material, leaflets and forms about being a School Governor are available through the SGOCC website.

Schools wishing to enquire after possible support through Livery Schools Link should first consider the help that those from the public or private sector business, academic, administrative or civil society communities might provide to enhance your students' educational experience and employability. You may wish then to:

1. Identify a Livery Company that may be responsive to your particular need and make contact with them directly through our members list .
2. Contact us via post or email about your school and/or its pupils/students and invite the help of Livery Schools Link in brokering new links or new kinds of links for you.

Conversely, we would welcome your email or letter offering examples of successful school links with the world of employment, crafts, trades and professions (to enable Livery Schools Link to help others with examples of successful practice, which they may care to emulate). A list of partner organisations that may be of interest to schools can be viewed by clicking here.