Barnardo’s Intern Blog

For my internship, I have been asked to research and write a report about young carers who support adults with stigmatized problems (such as drugs alcohol...

The Children and Families Internship is a very diverse role. It has provided me with the opportunity to support a variety of workers in delivering wide-ranging services...

I’m interning with the Campaigns team, supporting their Cut Them Free campaign to tackle child sexual exploitation across the UK. Since launching in January 2011, the...

Half way through our internship we were offered the opportunity to attend a CV and interview skills workshop delivered by an ex-IBM executive. It started at 10am...

I should have known that the internship was going to go quickly but I was shocked when a fellow intern at the CV and interview skills day reminded me that we only...

The moment my internship began, I was surrounded by the term ‘Gift Aid’. After taking some time to research and understand that this meant ‘money from...

Working as a Policy and Research Intern you quickly adapt to the busy environment, especially the buzz surrounding the Media Team. I start my day reading the Media...

As part of the Intern Development Board, a team consisting of over fifteen interns at head office, were set a task of organising internal fundraisers to raise money for...

There is a buzz of excitement this morning in the Borough office. Our new advert, Life Story, which aired for the first time on the Channel 4 network last night, has...

Ok I’m going to start with a bit of cliché, but it does only seem like yesterday that I arrived for my first day at Barnardo’s. After my long search for a parking space, I...

First day as an intern and I was delegated the task of arranging Barnardo's Scotland’s largest volunteering drive ‘Make a Difference Day’ (MADD). No pressure...

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM), held at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in Regents Park, has finally arrived. With a schedule breakdown fit for a...

For the last three months I’ve been one of two interns working in the Community Campaigns department. This internship is based in the North West office in...

Being a Direct Marketing Pathway Volunteer has been a lot of fun and a great opportunity to work closely with all members of the Barnardo’s Supporter...

Arriving in the office on my last day I have mixed emotions. I am sad to be leaving my colleagues in the Challenge events team and my fellow interns, but excited...

“Organisation” is something I always thought I was good at whilst at university. Having worked with Barnardo’s for the last two and a half months, I can say with...

When this outlook appointment arrived in my inbox I thought - Hold on! My Birthday and an intern leaving lunch in one day! I was a lucky girl! Having never spent a...

On Wednesday 24th August, 7 Scottish interns visited the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh for a behind the scenes tour, provided by the Lothian Green MSP...

As part of the Barnardo’s Internship Development Board we we're asked to put on a fundraiser. A tall order perhaps for the fresh faced 2011 Barnardo’s summer...

Being a Barnardo’s Intern has given us a kick start to our careers offering unique experience in working for a charity. But how do we get our dream job afterwards...

I am now in my 5th week at Barnardo's and this opportunity has been very enjoyable and insightful. I settled in to my team almost immediately and felt very...

On arriving at 9am I greeted my colleagues, dodged a spider on my desk and switched on my computer to check my emails. Today’s tasks included working...