| Show & Tell Project Profiles |
Stand 1: Babington Group |
 Enhancing Employer Engagement for Apprenticeships in Financial Services Aimed at strand 1 this project will increase the skills of Provider staff in employer engagement with Financial Services (FS) employers, ensuring a joined up approach throughout the learner journey, thereby improving recruitment and achievement rates for Apprenticeships. How:
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Stand 2: Skills & Work Solutions |
 The focus of the project is to provide employer facing staff with the knowledge, skills and resources to better support employers in making informed decisions about apprenticeships within their organisations in the changing apprenticeship landscape. The resources developed as part of the project will support the delivery of a 5-day blended learning programme allowing staff to provide:
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Stand 3: Bedford College
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 The project ran from July - December 2014 and was called: Skills and Knowledge Exchange (SAKE): engaging providers and industry based representatives in shadowing or exchanging roles and other mutually supportive knowledge transfer activities to secure more coherent Apprenticeship programmes. The partners in the project were: Bedford College, Milton Keynes College, Aylesbury College, The Policy Consortium in association with MLM Learning Design, Cranfield Precision, Arqadia Limited, Arcana, Fountain Builders, Leighway Construction, RF Brickwork, and PJ Care. W: www.bedford.ac.uk E: mpalmer@bedford.ac.uk T: 01234 291080 |
Stand 4: Lifetime Training |
 Lifetime Training has created a suite of resources to allow any provider to deliver the Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training. The course and all resources have been developed to meet the assessment strategy of City and Guilds and requirements of Lifetime Training however they meet the National Occupation Standards and could be easily adapted to meet the requirements of any provider and Awarding Organisation . The resources include:
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Stand 6: Bromley by Bow Centre |
 Two high quality East London Charity Training providers (ELATT, Bromley-By-Bow Centre) have the following objectives:
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Stand 7: Capital Training Group |
 Capital Training Group Ltd - working in partnership with Merton Chamber of Commerce developed an online employer engagement toolkit. The toolkit shares the good practice from Merton’s Economic Wellbeing Group and Merton Chamber of Commerce’s ‘Take One’ campaign. The project focused on securing and further developing employer involvement, in particular SME’s in apprentice delivery; and supporting staff working in the sector to engage effectively with employers.
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Stand 9: South Tyneside College
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 South Tyneside College is the largest provider of post 16 education and training in South Shields, every year the college enrols students from the local community, the North East Region, across the UK and over 30 countries. We deliver apprenticeship frameworks and qualifications across many sectors including Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy, Engineering, Business Administration, Management and Logistics. The College provides an extensive range of Foundation/LLDD-related provision for 16-18 and 19+ learners on a full time and part time basis, including courses for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, emotional, social and behavioural needs and those who are disengaged from learning and in danger of becoming NEET. |
Stand 10: Petroc |
 The Developing Employer Engagement project seeks to engage employers with little or no experience of Apprenticeships, and to embed the curriculum more effectively into the on-the-job training element of Apprenticeships. Creating a network of experienced apprentice employers and creating opportunities for them to interact with employers who have little or no experience with apprentices. Utilising the research carried out to identify sectors where developments in apprenticeship delivery are required. We developed toolkits to support employers to embed the English & Maths curriculum into the on-the-job element of Apprenticeships focusing on key sectors where the perception in the workplace needs to be raised and ensure employers are supporting the development. W: www.petroc.ac.uk E: apprenticeships@petroc.ac.uk T: 01271 345291 |
Stand 11: In Touch Care |
 About us In Touch Care was launched in September 1994 by Jo North, Executive Director/owner. Jo has been in Nursing/Nurse Education since 1960. In Touch Care deliver work based learning and training in Health & Social Care, Childcare, Dental Nursing, Teacher Training, Business Administration and Customer Services. Learners Our mission is to provide a unique learning experience using our innovative technology and specialist teaching. Employers We work with employers across the country to provide high quality CPD for their staff through a range of different qualifications. W: www.intouchcare.co.uk T: 0114 2633880 |
Stand 12: Gloucestershire College |
 Gloucestershire College (GC) is a modern career-focused innovative general further education College in the South West of England. Our mission statement: Transforming Lives Supporting Business - is embodied in our provision, where our partnership with employers sees young people learning, developing and contributing to their employers from day one. The spirit of enterprise and entrepreneurship is at our heart, ensuring our learners get a head start in business as they complete their studies. We have four main campuses in Cheltenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury and the Royal Forest of Dean. Provision ranges from entry to degree level, includes vocational and A-level programmes, and very large numbers of apprenticeships and other workplace learning. Our curriculum offer covers 15 subject sector areas. We are graded as “Good” with outstanding features by OFSTED. W: www.gloscol.ac.uk E: Julie.tegg@gloscol.ac.uk (Apprenticeship Funding Manager) |
Stand 13: Pera Training |
 For over 60 years, Pera Training has brought first-rate tailored learning solutions to all areas of the UK economy and we are now one of the largest providers in the UK of government funded and commercially tailored training programmes. We work with organisations of all sizes to provide support that gives real results to our clients, ensuring they have the range and depth of skills and capabilities needed to fuel growth. Whatever their size and sector, one thing in common amongst all our clients is their attitude to training; they all want the type of support from us that gives real results to their people, in turn providing them with bottom-line benefits for their business. To provide such results, we focus on your needs – always working closely with you to help grow, develop and bring out the best in your people. Last year alone Pera Training trained more than 5,500 learners in 350 client companies. Our diverse client list runs into the hundreds and includes global brands such as Speedo, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, AstraZeneca and Coca Cola Enterprises. We hold quality awards from Ofsted, BSI’s ACP, Matrix, ISO 9001, BS11000, ISO14001 and Investors in People for our training. This means you can be rest assured that our training is only of the highest standard. W: www.peratraining.com T: 01664 501 501 |
Stand 14: Norfolk Adult Education |
 The aims of our project were to work with small employers and apprentices to develop resources for support staff involved in the recruitment to and the delivery of Apprenticeships. Our focus was on Enterprise and Business Skills, delivered in small enterprises, and opportunities for NEET young people who are potential entrepreneurs. The project aimed to:
W: www.norfolk.gov.uk E: information@norfolk.gov.uk T: 0344 800 8011 |
