Equality & Fairness Report 2020 Fairness Annual Report 2020 | Page 31

Accord Equality & Fairness Report 2020 Apprenticeships Since launching the new delivery of the Apprenticeship Programme at Accord in 2018 we have had 69 active learners on programme, being taught from Entry Level 2 to Higher Degree level 6 programmes. Accord have continued to deliver a suite of programmes that have met the needs of business objectives, ranging from Health Care, Finance, Business, Management, Customer Service to Quantity Surveying and Property Maintenance. Overall in the last two years, Accord have recruited 31 new apprentices to join the organisation ,which has progressed in making 10 new recruits permanent after they have successfully passed their apprenticeship in a timely manner and shown to be a great value to the organisation . We have also continued our mission to further develop and upskilled a further 38 members of staff over this period, continuing upon this success in the future of the Apprenticeship Programme at Accord. The Accord Way - Ambitious Learning and development Our e-learning training offer for colleagues has been updated to include essential training including safeguarding, fairness, recruitment and selection, domestic abuse, anti-social behaviour and hate crime. Safeguarding training is mandatory all colleagues, regardless of job role. 29