The Birmingham Apprenticeship Awards 2020 will celebrate achievement among individuals, their employers and education and training providers.
This year's event is run in partnership with Ladder for Greater Birmingham, a campaign which is working to create hundreds of new apprenticeships across the region.
The awards in July will celebrate achievement across 12 separate categories including crowning our overall Apprentice of the Year.
Here, we focus on two of the six individual categories which will be presented on the night.
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Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Health, Education and Care - Private or Public Sector), sponsored by Skillsfirst
We are looking for applicants who go above and beyond for the people they work with, whether they are learners, service users or patients in care. Nominees will be working in fields such as mobile care or a care home setting, mainstream and higher education, for private and NHS hospitals and other healthcare sectors.
Last year's winner in this category was Elle-Marie Reid from Bumble Bees Nursery.
After initially struggling with her confidence and ICT skills, she improved immensely and went on to complete her Level 2 and was working towards her Level 3 qualification. Assessors praised her ability to command a room confidently, interact with children and help them to grow and develop to the best of their abilities.
Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Professional Services)
Birmingham has the most thriving professional services sector outside London and although not a field traditionally associated with apprenticeships that culture is changing. Applicants could be working for a big accountancy firm, a small creative agency or anything in between with judges looking for personal development and an ability to work with clients across all types of different projects and briefs.
Last year's winner in this category, then called 'Financial and Business Services', was Freya Lyndon from Adecco Group UK.
She joined Adecco in 2017 to work in its contact centre and deal with contractor issues. The role enhanced her customer-centric skills and she later became a fundamental part of the refocusing team, even coaching long-serving staff members.
The other award categories are:
- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Construction and Property Industries)
- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Engineering and Manufacturing)
- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Tech, Digital and Creative Industries)
- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Travel, Tourism and Hospitality)
- Apprentice of the Year (chosen from the six category winners above)
- Small Employer of the Year (1-50 staff)
- Medium Employer of the Year (51-249 staff), sponsored by BCTG
- Large Employer of the Year (250+ staff), sponsored by The Development Manager
- Training Provider of the Year, sponsored by The Ladder Foundation
- Education Engagement Award, sponsored by Birmingham & Solihull Training Provider Network
Training provider Performance Through People is our drinks sponsor for the evening and Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership is also an event supporter.
The awards are run in conjunction with the Ladder for Greater Birmingham campaign, an initiative launched in 2018 aimed at creating 1,000 new apprenticeships in Birmingham and Solihull. To find out more about the Ladder campaign and how employing apprentices can benefit your business, visit ladderforbirmingham.co.uk or call 03332 409 699
