Cheshire East Council has been spreading the word about its outstanding apprenticeship scheme on a fitting, top-flight stage.
Members of the Council’s A-Team programme gave a lesson in how to provide top-class, on-the-job training for young people at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.
So impressed were the National Apprenticeship Service and Stockport Borough Council with this programme that they invited the authority to share its success story and best practice model with other councils across the north.
It was part of the biggest-ever gathering of councils to explore apprenticeships called ‘Sharing Best Practice in Local Government approaches to Apprenticeships’.
Councillor Peter Mason, Cabinet member with responsibility for procurement and shared services, said: “Cheshire East was asked to pass on its experience and knowledge to other councils to improve apprenticeships and share knowledge of what makes a successful scheme.
“This event consolidated the A-Team’s status as a leading apprenticeship scheme in the UK and it is now acting in a consultancy role to other councils to help them develop or improve their schemes.
“Our overarching philosophy is ‘inspiring apprenticeships’ – to try and get as many people and organisations involved in our scheme and apprenticeships as a whole.
“This event gave us national recognition and I would like to congratulate the work of our human resources department in building such an outstanding scheme.”
Visiting delegates attended workshops which looked at separate key messages and best practices of delivering a good apprenticeship programme within a council organisation.
Cheshire East’s workshop was based on ‘apprenticeships developing innovative approaches and initiatives.’
This included a presentation from the Council’s senior organisational officer Ben Whitter, activities and talks from A-Team apprentices about their personal experiences and a question and answer session.
The A-Team’s workshop attracted more than 65 people and was given extremely positive feedback.
The event was addressed by the Stockport Council chief executive, Eamonn Boylan, and National Apprenticeship Service northern divisional director, Sue Price. Other authorities that delivered workshops were Staffordshire, Calderdale, Wirral and Hartlepool councils.
Anybody interested in finding out more about apprenticeship opportunities in Cheshire East should call Ben Whitter on 01270 686662, email apprenticeships@cheshireeast.gov.uk or alternatively go to www.cheshireeast.gov.uk and click on jobs and careers.
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