APPRENTICESHIPS
‘Such a good
opportunity’
For the second
year running, the
council’s ‘100-in-100’
apprenticeships campaign
is getting local businesses
involved in creating job
placements – and it is now
looking for young people
eager to start a career.
A
s the name implies, the aim
of the campaign is to signup companies to pledge
100 apprenticeships in
100 days, between September and
December. Last year, this target
was smashed and the final total
of placements pledged reached
an astonishing 167, split across 75
different companies.
It meant there were a huge number
of apprenticeship positions waiting for
the right person to fill each of them.
Now the council is doing it again
and we need more enthusiastic young
people, aged 16-24, to come forward.
As Around Ealing went to press, the
target of 100 placements had already
been exceeded and the number was
growing by the day. The closing date for
employers to contact the council’s Ealing
Apprenticeship Network is 9 December.
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Hannah Regan
‘A GENUINE OPPORTUNITY’
Councillor Jasbir Anand, the council’s
cabinet member for housing,
employment and skills, said: “Modern
apprenticeships are an excellent and
proven route to building a career.
The council is determined to support
such opportunities. Our 100-in-100
campaigns have proved a tremendous
success and we have now made
a commitment to help create 500
apprenticeships by 2018. The high
standard of placements is providing
a genuine opportunity for dedicated
young people to make their way in
life – and providing enthusiastic new
members of staff for local business.
I would urge anyone interested in
getting involved to contact our Ealing
Apprenticeship Network.”
CASE STUDY: THE APPRENTICE
Hannah Regan, 18, was taken on as
an apprentice through the network in
November 2013 by chartered financial
planners FPS London, based in Ealing.