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Access Training Celebration
Event - May 2010
Over 200 learners and
their guests enjoyed an evening of celebration at the Notts
County ground on the evening of 20th May 2010 and
found out which of them had been awarded the Access Training
Learner of the Year Award.
The
Annual Celebration Event marks the achievements of learners
in work based learning and all learners and their guests
know only too well how hard they have worked and the
difficulties they have surmounted in juggling work, study
and very often the commitments of family too.
They
were inspired by Antony May, Corporate Director for Children
and Young People for Nottinghamshire County Council, who
described how he had left school with a smattering of
qualifications and started his working life as a filing
clerk. He rose to his current position as a result of
receiving support and gaining qualifications whilst at work
and he urged the audience to similarly commit to lifelong
learning.
The
Learner of the Year Award, sponsored by Alpha Graphics and
Lyreco was presented this year for the first time to Scott
Porter who joined Access Training on an E2E course and
overcame enormous difficulties to achieve an NVQ at Level 3
in Child Care and permanent employment at Busy Bees Day
Nursery.
Runners up were Susan Lamb and Emma Hall.
Pictured below is Antony May from Nottingham County Council,
Scott Porter, Susan Lamb and Emma Hall from Access Training
and Steve Johnson from Alpha Graphcs.
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Access
Training Celebration Event -
May 2009
107 COLLECT AWARDS
More than a hundred successful learners packed into the 1862
Suite of the Notts County Ground to collect their awards at an event organised
by Access Training to celebrate achievement.Workers from such diverse areas as Health & Social Care,
Child Care, Animal Care, Education, Passenger Transport, young people on E2E
courses and school pupils were all praised by both Terry Laws from the Learning
and Skills Council and John Endersby from Connexions for their commitment to
self improvement.
John, Operations Director for Connexions, commented on how
much pleasure he felt from seeing young learners who had under-achieved at
school and who had low self esteem, but were now confident and proud of their
achievements. 17 school pupils from 12 different schools were invited to the
event.A total of 372 learners have gained qualifications with
Access Training this year, including 20 of Access Training staff themselves.
Dawn Gibson, Operations Director of Access Training, said,
“All our learners should be very proud of themselves, and the extra mile they
have gone to fit in learning around working and often the needs of a family
too.”Pictured below is from left Mark Piper and Dawn Gibson of
Access Training, Samantha Orton, E2E learner, John Endersby, Connexions, Sarah
Swales, E2E Learner, Terry Laws, LSC, Samantha Underwood, E2E Learner and Ian
Cohen of Access Training.
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