In the community

Testimonials

Our students were buzzing on their return from the Careers Fair, eager to share their experiences with their teachers, having found out about a range of courses from beauty to hospitality, hair design to The Army. Many students wanted to stay longer and felt they were much more informed about their options and future career paths. The only complaint was the strain on their arms from the many bags of information and freebies they had all acquired! October 2017.

Crispin School, Street

Thank you for letting me be involved with the event – I very much enjoyed it and was pleased that I could be a part of it. Overall, I thought the event was very well organised, it really was a great day and I hope that the University of Oxford may be involved again next year. October 2015.

Alice McCallum | University of Oxford

Thanks for organising the event and for putting on another good show! Students at Ansford really benefited from the time spent sourcing info and ideas and it gave them the confidence to find out more for themselves. One student was particularly taken with the stick insects on display with Bicton College. Look forward to next year. October 2015.

Wendy Watson | Keystone Careers Service

Supporting the community

The One Step Foundation has invested heavily in the workforce of tomorrow through The Somerset Skills and Careers Fair and continues to do so through our work with schools and young people. In addition, our founder Sean O’Brien played the primary role in setting up the charity Go Commando and was also an active supporter of Think Amy – both local charities we continue to champion today.

Go Commando

Go Commando was founded in 2010 in response to the community’s overwhelming desire to support Taunton’s Royal Marines Unit 40 Commando RM on their return from Afghanistan. The charity was founded by Sean, who experienced first-hand the support of the local community following pioneering cancer surgery.

For more information, please visit the Go Commando website.

Think Amy

Think Amy is a local charity promoting safer driving. It was established by the inspirational Jane Hofmeister in memory of her daughter Amy Rose, who tragically lost her life in 2011 aged 13, in an incident involving two cars racing each other in a residential area of Taunton. Having a daughter of his own, this charity and Jane’s tireless hard work touched Sean’s heart.

For more information, please visit the Think Amy website.

The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation

The One Step Foundation was approached by The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation, launched in 2012 with the single purpose of organising and funding weddings for the terminally ill. One Step Recruitment recruited and continues to fully fund a member of staff for this worthy Foundation. This is a charity which often helps make arrangements against the clock and in very testing circumstances – the founder herself being inspired by the help she received to marry her sweetheart, following treatment for breast cancer.

For more information, please visit The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation website.

Creating Learning Paths

The Foundation is all about supporting young people, so let’s not forget the amazing work done for young people by teachers.

Creating Learning Paths offers a practical and enjoyable training programme for teachers to learn new teaching techniques, as well as enhancing their proven skills. The programme is designed to give children the opportunity to develop and improve their collaborative, communicative and problem solving skills whilst improving their outcomes, self esteem, self belief and self confidence.

For more information for teachers, parents and students please visit the Creating Learning Paths website.

Testimonial

We appreciate the effort that goes into an event like this and are grateful that the Foundation continues to invest on behalf of young people. October 2017.

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

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