London Metropolitan University in Islington, North London, is very much part of the local community. A very high proportion of the students come from the areas around the university, and an even higher proportion go on to take up posts in the immediate inner-city environment. The education department was therefore very keen to foster already-existing links between its trainee teachers and local schools, and conversations between link-schools and tutors suggested that science was an area where schools would welcome additional support. In this article, the authors explain how trainee teachers ran science days and set up science clubs for local schools. Six workshops of 40 minutes each are outlined. (Contains 4 figures.)