Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) has reached day 50 of its campaign to generate 100 Apprenticeship opportunities in 100 days and so far a total of 64 employers have pledged their support.
Many employers have appointments pending with the College and further employers have expressed an interest in recruiting an Apprentice.
Local employers that have taken on an Apprentice include Cable Detection, Ceram, Gorgeous Gowns, Moorcroft Medical Centre, Eldon House and Hanley Economic Building Society.
Vicky Boulton-Clarke, Head of Employer Engagement and Work Based Learning at NULC, said: “We’ve reached the halfway point of the campaign and we’ve had a really positive response from the local employers that we’ve engaged with.”
The College and partners launched the ambitious campaign to generate 100 Apprenticeship opportunities in 100 days on Friday 15 March. The campaign, spearheaded by Newcastle Borough Council MP Paul Farrelly and backed by local training provider Martec, the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS), Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and Stoke and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) will try and address youth unemployment issues locally.
Councillor Gareth Snell from Newcastle Borough Council said: “One of the main areas that we seek to address in our Economic Development Strategy is around worklessness and encouraging Apprenticeship. This campaign goes someway to address those issues which really is fantastic news for the local area.”
NULC currently provides Apprenticeships in more than a dozen areas including Accounting, Business and Administration, Construction, Childcare, Electrical Installation, Engineering, Hairdressing, Health and Social Care, Retail and IT.
To find out more about Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s Apprenticeships campaign visit www.nulc.ac.uk/100, email employers@nulc.ac.uk or contact the Employer Training team on 01782 254376.
