{"id":1547,"date":"2026-04-09T08:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:40:04","slug":"back-to-school-for-vital-staff-with-triple-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1547","title":{"rendered":"Back to School for Vital Staff with Triple Outing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no\"><meta http-equiv=\"X-UA-Compatible\" content=\"IE=edge\"><meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><title>Back to School for Vital Staff with Triple Outing<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Back to School for Vital Staff with Triple Outing\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\"><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"website\"><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/press-releases\/back-to-school-for-vital-staff-with-triple-outing\/\"><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Back to School for Vital Staff with Triple Outing\"><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<p>We love taking the opportunity to meet youngsters to discuss climate change, the work we do to combat it and the various career paths available in the green energy sector. November was a particularly busy month with our staff getting invited to three schools across England and Scotland to deliver climate education talks.<\/p>\n<p>Our Project Director, Hugh Thompson and Proposals Manager, Gemma Dyson travelled to St John\u2019s Primary School in Blackwood, Scotland to meet a group of 20 pupils aged 9-11 and talk about global warming and ways to join the future green workforce.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"wrap quote__wrap\">\n<div class=\"swiper-container js-simple-quotes\">\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"quote__holder\"><span class=\"quote__icon\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"36\" height=\"28\" viewbox=\"0 0 36 28\"><g fill=\"#F58220\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M12.319 0h3.648a2 2 0 0 1 1.838 2.788l-10.286 24A2 2 0 0 1 5.681 28H2.033a2 2 0 0 1-1.838-2.788l10.286-24A2 2 0 0 1 12.319 0zM30.319 0h3.648a2 2 0 0 1 1.838 2.788l-10.286 24A2 2 0 0 1 23.681 28h-3.648a2 2 0 0 1-1.838-2.788l10.286-24A2 2 0 0 1 30.319 0z\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg> <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"quote__holder\">\n<p class=\"quote__text\">The pupils at St John\u2019s were so polite and really engaged in the session. We talked about what they could do to help tackle climate change and they had loads of great ideas from sustainable fashion to vegetarianism. Lots of them have started already. If these pupils represent their generation, our future is in safe hands.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"quote__author\">Gemma Dyson, <span class=\"quote__position\"> Proposals Manager &#8211; Vital Energi<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<p>Richard Houghton returned to Bolton School, where he had previously studied, to address a lunchtime audience of years 10-13 and talk about careers in electrical engineering. Richard talked about studying for a degree, the importance of the right work placements and the work he does now with 3-D models, diagnosing problems and finding ways to solve them.<\/p>\n<p>Our third visit involved Design Director, Operations North &amp; Scotland, Lee Moran, who attended St Bede\u2019s in Lytham, where he spoke at a careers provision event and discussed the wide variety of roles and pathways into the future green workforce.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d like to thank all the schools who made our staff feel so welcome and the students for their engagement and enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-image rte\" data-anchor=\"\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-image__wrap\">\n<div class=\"rich-text-image__img-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rich-text-image__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/raxnnvk5\/school-visit-bolton-school.jpg?crop=0.0383638068448195,0,0.098450539146741817,0.0000000000000001112617317130&amp;cropmode=percentage&amp;width=835&amp;height=474&amp;rnd=132827490036970000\" alt=\"School Visit Bolton School\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-image__text-container\">\n<p>Bolton School students<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/javascript:\" class=\"js-read-more-rte read-more-btn\">Solution detail<span class=\"btn__link font-ico-plus\"><\/span><span class=\"btn__link font-ico-minus\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Back to School for Vital Staff with Triple Outing We love taking the opportunity to meet youngsters to discuss climate change, the work we do to combat it and the various career paths available in the green energy sector. 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