On the 18th of September, a joint celebration marked the official start of the Swarm Apprenticeships into Suffolk and the Fresh Aspirations Forum, an initiative helping young people fulfil their potential.
Addressing an audience that included councillors, youth leaders and EADT editor Terry Hunt, Robert Ashton and Chris Perry, of Swarm, explained their aim to offer young people entrepreneurial apprenticeships in a business setting “It’s fantastic to bring Swarm back to the place where for me the original idea of Swarm was conceived. It was during an apprenticeship focus group right here at the Framlingahm Technology centre that the concept of was born after hearing the feedback from the businesses taking part in the group.” Robert Ashton said.
Robert Ashton then went on to talk about the Swarm journey so far and introduced Chris Perry who had been recently appointed as Swarms new Managing Director. “Being a Swarm apprentice is about showing innovation, ability, aspiration and desire – not just following orders. said Chris Perry. “We coach our Enterprise apprentices to develop an intrepreneurial mind-set by encoraging them to want to stand out from the crowd, be proactive and think creatively about their approach to a task”,he added.
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