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Dorset apprentices celebrated at awards ceremony
Five young people received recognition at the Dorset Chamber and Dorset and Somerset Training Provider Network ceremony.
The Dorset Apprenticeship Awards winners were announced at a ceremony held in Ferndown.
Dorset Chamber and Dorset and Somerset Training Provider Network (DSTPN) held the annual celebration with sponsorship from manufacturing firm Superior.
The winners were:
- Supported Internship Award: Alfie Blake – BCP Council/SWRAC
- Intermediate Apprenticeship Award: Morgan Simpson – Nusura Thai Fire Kitchen/Bournemouth and Poole College
- Advanced Apprenticeship Award: Jack Lant – Poole Accident Repair/RWC Training and Skillnet
- Higher Level Apprenticeship Award: Aleasha Ellis – Bluebird Care/t2 group
- Degree Level Apprenticeship Award: Sarah Matthias – University Hospitals Dorset/Bournemouth University
Former apprentice and upholstery expert from television programme ‘The Repair Shop’ Sonnaz Nooranvary presented the awards and shared her own experience about becoming an apprentice at 17.
She urged employers to support this valuable training route. She was accompanied by fellow presenters Dorset Chamber Chief Executive Ian Girling, Superior Managing Director Tim Brown, Richard Jenkins of DSTPN, Cllr Mike Cox, deputy leader of BCP Council, and Cllr Nick Ireland, leader of Dorset Council.
Ian Girling said: “Congratulations to all of our very worthy winners.
“They impressed the judges with their inspirational achievements in a field of incredibly strong entries that demonstrate the great depth of talent we have among our apprentices in Dorset.
“The ceremony was a fitting celebration of all of our apprentices and their employers who recognise the value of nurturing the next generation and giving them opportunities to progress their careers.
“My thanks go to everyone who entered, judges, sponsors, employers, training providers and all who contributed to the success of this year’s awards.”
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