This’ll work for you if …
- You have local or national businesses within 10 miles of your school – anything from Morrisons to an independent hardware shop
- As a headteacher you can free up a few hours a week to focus on it. Businesses will be impressed that it's you contacting them, not your PA or admin staff
1. Get in touch with every local and national business in reach
Do an internet search to find all shops, cafes, restaurants and companies within a 10-mile radius of your school Contact as many of these as you can. Find the right person to talk to (someone senior, usually the manager or CEO) and invite them into your school. Pick up the phone, and send an email (see below) Never send a generic email. Personalise it to the person