Take your child to work day

NATIONAL WORK-LIFE WEEK

  Tips for organising a

Take Your Child*To Work Day:

• Decide whether you are going to target a specific age group. This can make activities etc easier to organise.

• Draft a letter to schools in advance for parents to use to help them get permission  for the children to take part.

• Think of what you have as an organisation that would be of interest to the children and work from there.

• Generate a work pack.

• Draft some simple guidance notes for teams to follow.

• Create a framework for the teams to develop themselves so they take ownership  

• Map out what a typical day might look like including some events - so that each business sector can use it as a template.

• Create a banner for your homepage.

• Set up a dedicated web page.

• Encourage each line of business to get involved and make it their own.

• Encourage each line of business to communicate with each other so they can share ideas.

• Get line managers to recognise the work their team is doing on the event.

• Come up with a theme that is good for the business and that people will buy into.

• Design the programme so that it has value to the business and not a “fluffy experience”.

* niece, nephew or any young family member