Beeston Hockey Club, formed by Nottingham High School students in 1907, is the largest hockey club in the Midlands with over 300 adult playing members, a junior section with over 450 children, and 70 vice-presidents. The club is also incredibly proud to host a successful disability squad, ‘Flyerz’, with over 40 members.
With 16 adult teams there is hockey for players of all abilities, including four National League sides (two ladies’ and two men’s) playing at the very top of the domestic game. Players who join Beeston will be able to develop their career whilst also playing high level hockey. The club also prides itself on being an important part of the local community and works with a wide number of clubs, schools and charities to support the growth of the sport.
The city has two large universities providing a wealth of courses for people wanting to study a wide variety of courses whilst also playing hockey at the top level.
Objective
The Beeston Hockey Club Work • Train • Play Scheme is designed to:
- Allow National League level players the opportunity to continue to play at the top level of English hockey whilst also pursuing a career path that will set them up for life beyond hockey.
- Provide the opportunity to continue to play in any adult team in the club whilst also pursuing a career path that will set them up for life beyond hockey.
- Maintain the club’s long tradition of giving talented young players a pathway into international hockey whilst also setting them up with a higher education qualification or providing a great opportunity to develop invaluable experience for life after hockey.
Areas of expertise
Educational Opportunities
(Learn • Train • Play)
We work with various educational providers to support talented young players to play at the club. A wide variety of courses and apprenticeships are available through the following links:
Nottingham Trent University https://www.ntu.ac.uk/
University of Nottingham https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/
Process
If you would like to be involved in the Beeston Hockey Club Work • Train • Play scheme, or just want to hear more about what the club’s playing offer is then please contact us via email on [email protected]
We can’t guarantee finding someone a job or an educational course, but through our network we can provide the support and contacts to help with your search.
Jobs in Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas
Beeston Hockey Club works hard to support players to find appropriate work opportunities in the surrounding area in a wide variety of industries. A list of job opportunities is posted regularly on this page and the club also works with various recruitment agencies within the Nottinghamshire area.
For further information about the Work • Train • Play scheme and Beeston Hockey Club please contact [email protected]
Please note: All jobs with companies listed below will use their own application process which must be followed through their links or websites. All companies will use their own recruitment processes which will be outlined in the individual advert.
Does your company need to fill a position? Would you like to advertise your role to the wider Beeston Hockey Club membership free of charge? If so please send appropriate information to [email protected]
Encore
Encore place over 4500 people into work every week supporting 500 businesses recruit and hire a flexible workforce. In 2021 we also placed almost 500 workers into Permanent roles.
Encore Personnel have worked with clients and job seekers since 2001 in locations throughout England. As well as being proud to operate in Nottingham we have offices in the following locations plus over 20 managed service locations Nationwide;
| Birmingham | Northampton |
| Coventry | Nottingham |
| Derby | Peterborough |
| Leeds | Spalding |
| Leicester | Telford |
In addition to these locations, we have a Mobile Recruitment Office in the form of our Recruitment Van that is equipped with fully trained staff, tablets to complete online registrations and up to date information regarding employment opportunities in your area so if you can’t come to one of our locations, we can come to you!
Encore are an equal opportunities employer and are proud to support incredible initiatives such as Women in Logistics, the Armed Forces Covenant as well as helping rehabilitate offenders and those that have found themselves out of work due to the Covid Pandemic.
We are also passionate about charity and in the last 10 years we have raised over £135,000 for our chosen charities which have included the following:
