It’s just under a month until the second Powys Careers Festival takes place at the Royal Welsh Showground in Llanelwedd.

Keynote speaker at this year’s festival is the 2016 winner of the BBC TV Apprentice series, Alana Spencer.

Visitors will have the chance to speak to some 100 exhibitors at the festival, which takes place on Wednesday, March 7.

Organised by the Positive Pathways Powys Group, the event pulls together employers, universities and colleges as well as a range of other organisations to offer young Powys students an insight into the opportunities which await them.

The event is free to exhibitors and young people attending but it is not open to the public, only to students of Powys schools and NPTC Group of College students in Powys.

They will also be able to try their hands at a range of ‘have a go’ pieces of equipment, including an operating theatre and a mountain bike track and see Powys-based Riversimple’s Rasa hydrogen car.

Headteacher at Crickhowell High School and Chair of the group, Jackie Parker said: “We want to show our young people the world class opportunities that await them when they finish compulsory education. Whatever their decision, we are trying to make it as easy as possible for them to find out the information they need”.