Last week saw DHL colleagues from all across the UK support multiple DHL UK Foundation programmes and UK charitable initiatives: On Wednesday 11th November, eleven young people from the Heston Community School visited the DHL Express UK Head Office in Hounslow. The Workplace Workshop, part of Teach First’s employability programme, saw students inspired about the world […]
This week sees Tony Cooper, DHL Mail Country Manager visit the Rivers Academy, a Teach First supported school in West London. Tony will be delivering an inspiring talk to students studying Geography at GCSE Level. Aiming to raise aspirations amongst young people and raise awareness of career opportunities within the logistics industry, 25 students aged […]
15 tired mentors have now returned to work after spending a week with 150 young people from schools across the UK. They have abseiled, rafted, jumped into cold water, built teams, wiped tears and got the young people through one of the greatest challenges of their lives. These mentors took part in the programme, often […]
We are delighted to welcome back Christopher Stephens as chair of the Foundation’s trustees. He previously led the Foundation until 2011, during which time he guided the charity through a period of transition from being the Exel Foundation to becoming the DHL UK Foundation. Chris was Group Human Resources Director of Exel (now DHL) until […]
Applications for the 2015 Outward Bound mentoring programme are now open. 2015 will be the last year that the programme exists in this form. In future we will be working with Outward Bound to develop longer term relationships with the students, as we believe this will better help achieve their full potential. So if you […]
Missed out on the public ballot for the Prudential Ride London Surrey 100? You can still race 30,000 other cyclists on the iconic course, by joining The Outward Bound Trust. The Trust has places for the Ride London event taking place on 2nd August 2015. You need to apply to the Trust, pay £50 registration […]
