A traineeship’s power is its simple, sharp focus on employability and employment. Where other education and training programmes might build the technical skills, knowledge and behaviours a learner needs for a sustained career in a given sector, traineeships – done well – help young people smash through the more immediate barrier of finding, getting and keeping a job.

This Pride Month, we are celebrating our colleagues, customers, learners and partners who identify as LGBTQ+.

This year’s well-deserved winner, Holly Bailey, is a fantastic example of an inspirational young learner who hasn’t let her sometimes complicated home life stop her from achieving her goals.

This year’s ‘Highly Commended’ award was presented to 18-year old Elica Hale, a CACHE Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care student at Halesowen College in the West Midlands.