One of Norfolk Chamber’s key campaigns is ‘Develop the Talent of Norfolk’s Young People’. As part of our undertaking for this campaign, Norfolk Chamber is delighted to be sponsoring the Apprenticeship Graduation Ceremonies in both King’s Lynn and Norwich.
Norfolk Chamber is working with our members, stakeholders and the British Chamber’s of Commerce (BCC) to bridge the gap between education and the world of work. We are also part of a BCC pilot project to develop the ‘Young Chamber’ offering to schools to enable them to better connect to their local business community. The Chamber is also part of Norwich4Jobs helping more of Norfolk’s young people to access employment.
Last year, Norfolk Chamber had four apprentices, which represented 25% of our workforce. We were delighted to employ two of those apprentices upon completion of their apprenticeships. Katie Downes is now an Event Assistant and Jack Edwards is now our Membership Administrator. The remaining two apprentices, Darcy and Sam are studying for a Level 2 apprenticeship in Business Administration and a Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship respectively.
Nova Fairbank, Executive Assistant at Norfolk Chamber said:
“More and more employers are seeing the advantages and benefits of apprenticeships and Norfolk Chamber feels that it important to celebrate the apprentices’ success. The graduation ceremonies are an opportunity for employers, training providers, and the apprentices own families to acknowledge what a great achievement it is for those apprentices. They are not only gaining a qualification, through lots of hard work, but from an employer’s perspective, they are also totally work ready, which is why Norfolk Chamber has sponsored the National Apprenticeship Graduation Ceremonies in both Norwich and King’s Lynn.”
The graduation ceremony in King’s Lynn will be held on Thursday 9 July 2015 from 6.30pm – 8.30pm at the King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, Tuesday Marketplace, King’s Lynn. The Norwich ceremony will be held on Friday 17 July 2015 from 6.30pm – 8.30pm at St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew Plain, Norwich.
For details of how to book to attend one of these events, visit: www.apprenticesnorfolk.co.uk.
