Applications Now Closed for this Year

The 2012 Skills Awards builds on the success of previous years: the Work Based Learning Awards 2010 and the Skills Awards 2011.

These Awards provide a fantastic opportunity for our own local young people, employers, employees and learning providers to gain a well-deserved, overdue profile and reward for their skills development excellence in the two counties.

Categories include:

Apprentice of the Year (7 Awards in total: 6 occupation Awards and 1 overall Apprentice winner)

Young Apprentice of the Year (Year 11 school pupils)

Employer of the Year (3 Awards: small, medium and large local employers) 

School of the Year (For partnership and collaboration)

Apprentice ‘Alumni’ of the Year (For former Apprentices who have gone onto great things!)

Applications are now closed and Judging will take place in February 2012

Finalists will be notified in March 2012

A Gala Awards Evening to celebrate with Awards Winners and Finalists is scheduled for 19th April 2012 - more details soon. 

Click here to read about last years Skills Awards