Award finalists announced
There are dozens of finalists, including teenagers and other young people from across Lincolnshire and Rutland who learn while working. They are in contention to be named the best Young Apprentice, Apprentice and e2e (Entry to Employment) students. And employers which excel at enabling staff to learn while working are in the running for their own awards. Three schools are vying to be named the school which has best embraced work-based learning for its pupils.
The prestigious awards scheme, now in its fourth year, culminates at a glittering ceremony on March 25 2010. All the finalists are given free tickets to the evening celebration at The Lawn in Lincoln.
The winners and finalists from Lincolnshire and Rutland may also go on to taste success at the East Midlands Apprenticeship Awards and the National Apprenticeship Awards in the summer.
This year the Lincolnshire & Rutland Work Based Learning Awards are being organised by the Lincolnshire and Rutland Employment and Skills Board (LRESB) in partnership with the National Apprentice Service (NAS) and the learning providers’ body, the Work Based Academy.
Roy Harper, LRESB project manager, said: “We have a cracking collection of finalists, all with great stories to tell of how they have embraced work-based learning. The apprentices and e2e learners have all grasped the opportunity to take a giant leap forward in their lives, to gain valuable qualifications and to prepare for interesting and rewarding careers ahead.
“The employers and the schools have proved how work-based learning enriches those organisations which put in time, commitment and energy. All the finalists deserve congratulations; they have already achieved great things. It’s going to be an exciting evening when we find out who the winners are.”
Geoff Middleton, of the Work Based Academy, who is on the awards’ organising board, said: "The quality of the entries to these awards made it very difficult to pick out the finalists. We’d like to thank everyone who nominated and entered. It’s to the credit of the local people, employers and work based learning providers who continue to demonstrate the great opportunities that can be created through vocational pathways.”
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The Finalists
The finalists of the 2009 Lincolnshire and Rutland Work Based Learning Awards are:
Young Apprentice of the Year Award
Kevin Gilbert, 15, of Grantham
Workplace: BGB Innovations : Training Provider: Grantham College
Leo McCourt, 16, of Cold Overton
Workplace: Sharmans Agriculture : Training Provider: Vale of Catmose College
Luke Roberts, 15, of Thurlby
Workplace: Corby Glen County Primary School Training Provider: Grantham College
Entry to Employment Learner of the Year Award
Laura Blades, 19, of Louth
Workplace: SENSE : Training Provider: Lincolnshire Rural Activity Centre
Ryan McColm, 21, of Chapel St Leonards
Workplace: Tennyson High School : Training Provider: CG Partnership
Tammy Osbourne, 19, of Gainsborough
Workplace: The Hub : Training Provider: CG Partnership
Entry to Employment Personal Achiever of the Year Award
Garry Betts, 19, of Revesby
Workplace: Boston Auctions : Training Provider: ISIS Training
James Hutton-Hoare, 18, of Ludford
Workplace: The King’s Head : Training Provider: Lincolnshire Rural Activity Centre
Daniel Rust, 18, of Mablethorpe
Workplace: Roy Wilkinson Civil Engineering : Training Provider: CG Partnership
Apprentice of the Year Award – Apprenticeship
Ben Davies, 19, of Boston
Workplace: Fonz’s Barber Shop : Training Provider: Boston College
James Dembrey, 19, of Lincoln
Workplace: Century Plumbing and Heating : Training Provider: Lincoln College
Adam Winch, 18, of Grantham
Workplace: tms Support Solutions : Training Provider: ISIS Training Lincoln
Apprentice of the Year Award – Advanced Apprenticeship
Daniel Coe, 20, of Grantham
Workplace: Terry Ballaam Motor Engineers : Training Provider: Grantham College
Scott Gregory, 21, of Lincoln
Workplace: Century Plumbing and Heating : Training Provider: Lincoln College
Chris Hailes, 26, of Skegness
Workplace: Butlins : Training Provider: Boston College
Apprentice Personal Achiever of the Year Award – 16-18 years old
Harley Jackson, 17, of Whaplode St Catherine
Workplace: Massey O’Brien Cars : Training Provider: George Farmer College
Lee-Jay Martin, 17, of Boston
Workplace: Bannister Farms : Training Provider: University of Lincoln
Apprentice Personal Achiever of the Year Award – Adult
Ame Austin, 20, of Navenby
Workplace: Century Plumbing and Heating : Training Provider: Lincoln College
Samantha Inman, 25, of Gunthorpe
Workplace: Hereward Care Services : Training Provider: Boston College
Stewart Needham, 19, of East Keal
Workplace: self-employed : Training Provider: Boston College
Employer of the Year Award – Young Apprenticeship
Grantham & District Mencap – Cree Centre, of Grantham
Sharmans Agricultural, of Melton Mowbray (NB: The company employs Young Apprentices from Lincolnshire)
Small Employer of the Year Award – Apprenticeship
Clipz Hair Design, of Boston
Mon Ami Children’s Day Nursery, of Alford
R Harvey Builders, of Boston
Large Employer of the Year Award – Apprenticeship
Boston Mayflower, of Boston
Gelder Group, of Sturton by Stow
Larkfleet Homes, of Bourne
The School that has Embraced Work Related Learning Most Effectively Award
The Deepings School, of Deeping St James
Robert Pattinson School, of North Hykeham
Uppingham Community College, of Uppingham
