10am - 2pm Saturday 17th March 2012 at The Gateshead Skills Academy

At Which Way Now - Get An App! you can find out more about Apprenticeships and getting paid while you learn the skills you need.

Come Along and win an iPad!

• Find out what's involved in doing an Apprenticeship.
• Get advice on how to apply for Apprenticeship vacancies.
• Speak to apprentices and find out what they think.

The Collective, a group of leading Gateshead based learning providers will be there to advise you and provide you with information.

Where:
Gateshead Skills Academy
8th Avenue
Kingsway
Team Valley
Gateshead
NE11 OJL

The Which Way Now - Get an App Event recently held at the Metro Centre was a great success with hundreds of interested people coming along to find out more about Apprenticeships and getting paid while you learn the skills you need.

The lucky winner of the iPad was Jamie McEwen of Ryton who was presented with his prize by Susan Briganti.

For more information about Apprenticeships please contact The Collective on 0191 490 4640.

The Metro Centre 9am - 7pm Saturday 2nd July 2011.

Which Way Now? - Get An App! is where you can find out more about Apprenticeships and getting paid while you learn the skills you need.

Come Along and win an iPad!

• Find out what's involved in doing an Apprenticeship.
• Get advice on how to apply for Apprenticeship vacancies.
• Speak to apprentices and find out what they think.

The Collective, a group of leading Gateshead based learning providers, will be at Town Square, Metro Centre 9am - 7pm Saturday 2 July 2011

We are pleased to announce that Gateshead Council Adult Learning and Skills has joined The Collective.

We are also pleased to announce that Access Training Centres Ltd (ATC) has become the ninth partner of the Collective.
ATC is a national provider for Apprenticeships, Training and Skills. Founded in 2002 it operates a multi million pound Government contract to provide access to training. ATC has grown commercially and in partnership with regional institutions to offer a range of training in a variety of sectors including Health and Social Care and Construction. ATC work with leading companies such as UK Coal, Four Seasons and Sir Robert McAlpine and each year secure hundreds of Apprenticeship placements for candidates.

If you are 16-18 years old and considering an Apprenticeship or you are an employer interested in offering an Apprenticeship opportunity, the following may help

Sixth form student Megan Snowdon has grabbed the chance to get her career prospects on track by timetabling some studies with the Tyne and Wear Metro.

And thanks to a programme between her school - St. Thomas More in Blaydon - and training provider Access, the signals look good for the 17-year-old from Lobley Hill.

Megan is one of 12 students to be given the chance to experience the real world of work while studying for a recognised qualification through the special arrangement between the school and Access.

Just two days after Sir Alan Sugar hired Yasmina Siadatan as his new apprentice, he came face to face with the real thing when he met an Access apprentice at a major event in Gateshead. Sir Alan is heading up the national publicity campaign for apprenticeships and was in Gateshead to host the last of 4 national employer events to herald the launch of the National Apprenticeship Service.

16 year old Jade Bruce was one of three apprentices from across the region selected to meet Sir Alan and government ministers, and to answer questions from some of the 300 businesses present at the event, held at Gateshead's Lancastrian Suite. Sir Alan and Under Secretary of State Lord Young both said how impressed they had been with the apprentices they had met, and commented particularly about Jade's background as a Young Apprentice, gaining valuable experience from the age of 14 through the programme delivered by Access, ITEC North East and Kingsmeadow School.

Jade, and her employer Laura Fox from Rok Build, impressed everyone so much that they were snapped up for interviews with the press and both featured on BBC and ITV local news later that night.

Managing Director of Access Malcolm Armstrong added "we welcome the launch of the National Apprenticeship Service and were pleased to be part of this event. Jade and her employer did an excellent job in explaining the benefits of apprenticeships to those present and then again through the press interviews. It was plain to see how much Jade has developed in the last few years - what confidence and such great communication skills in somebody so young!"

For more information about apprenticeships visit www.apprenticeships.org.uk or contact the Access Business Solutions team on 0191 490 4651

With limited funding Carolyn Power, Human Resources Manager at Seaton Park Medical Group in Ashington, welcomed an approach by ITEC to train staff through government funded Adult Apprenticeships. Facing the challenge of merging two local GP practices, structured vocational training is an excellent opportunity to give her team positive focus, working together for mutual gain and individual achievement for their Level 2 NVQ’s.