The Wings of Hope Achievement – or WOHAA as it is now fondly known - was created to recognise and reward the hard work that students put into their projects and events for the Wings of Hope. It will develop and enhance your students outside the boundaries of the school curriculum in key skill areas such as teamwork, leadership, entrepreneurship and creativity.

The award scheme is growing year on year with record numbers of students benefiting from the WOHAA experience. To date, over 4,000 UK students have participated in WOHAA.

The students that have taken part in WOHAA rate their experiences on average 9 out of 10. When asking them what skills they thought they learnt, over a quarter pointed to teamwork and over a fifth to time management skills. Many of the students also felt more socially responsible after completing the award scheme.

WOHAA will unleash your students creativity and ingenuity like no other award scheme out there, while helping the poorest kids in the poorest places.

There are many aspects to WOHAA which makes it stand out from the crowd (exactly what it does for the students that take part). Not only does it ripen key skills but also benefits from giving students the flexibility to fit their projects into the school timetable.

What WOHAA can offer your students...

The overall winners of WOHAA get a chance to roll up their sleeves on an all expenses paid trip to one of the educational projects in a far flung corner of the world, to see first hand the amazing work that their projects has made possible.

Uniquely, in the long term the scheme offers students a chance to get proper work experience at some of our associated sponsors. Such leading UK organisations as Accenture, Saatchi & Saatchi, PricewaterhouseCoopers, TATA Consultancy Services, ARUP, Edelman, and The Sunday Times.

Accenture, one of the world’s largest global management consultancy organisations, will be hosting a series of skills workshops for participating students of WOHAA throughout the year. The workshops will educate students on the commercial world in addition to building CV writing skills and interview techniques. Vice Chair of Edelman, Jackie Cooper, also hosts a workshop for students into the world of Public Relations and the power of the media. We also run law workshops for students which will take place - along with the Accenture and Edelman workshops - during half term breaks.

Finally, WOHAA also fulfils the service part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award, not to mention adding a prestigious element to CVs and UCAS forms.