Thursday the 31st March saw the official opening of our Tamworth NITP centre. Principal and Chief Executive, Graham Morley or South Staffordshire College who host the centre officially cut the ribbon an audience of invited guests from the locality followed by a tour of the facility. With 50 learners appointed to the programme in less than 8 weeks and the facility being refurbished and equipped with over £100,000 of equipment, it is a stunning facility. Most of the learners have joined the programme from the NEET’s register, are motivated to learn and are excited about their career prospects on this exciting course. Over 25 learners have already secured employment through our dedicated employer team located at the College.
We look forward to the opportunity of developing further academies in conjunction with South Staffordshire College over the months and years ahead
Despite the training market undergoing turbulent times with many providers having significant financial difficulties and some unfortunately going bust,3A continues to move forward with careful planning and strong execution.Staffing numbers this month went past 80 which is a significant achievementin just over two years of trading.
Di McEvoy Robinson commented “Whilst our business itself has had to manage itself very carefully over the past 12 months, we have been able with careful management of our finances to steadily build our business. We have anumber of opportunities in front of us which will be important in positioning the business for the next five years. Whilst our business continues to be reliant upon public funding to support our clients trainingneeds, and this will tighten in the next few months and years, we aredelighted to be able to further recruit able people to our team. We willlook to continue to grow our business our a professional manner over thenext few months and years to support our strategic aims as a business tobecome the partner of choice for our clients¹
Following our announcement in May last year that Steve Broomhead CEO ofthe North West Development Agency was supporting the business as strategic advisor, we are delighted that Steve has now formally accepted the appointment as Chairman of the Board.
Monday April 4th will see 3AAA celebrating our first Aspiring Achieving Advancing Awards, hosted by Lord Hoyle of Warrington. With over 150 guests expected to attend, and the award presented by Dame Kelly Holmes, it promises to be an exciting and important milestone in the development of 3AAA in a short period of time.
Watch this space for further information following the awards
We are delighted to announce that our sixth NITP centre opened at the College of North East London and Haringey at Enfield last month.50 motivated and excited learners have commenced this apprenticeship with many of them already securing new jobs.
With six NITP centres opened in the past twelve months, our academies are going from strength to strength
On the 4th April 2011 Lord Hoyle of Warrington hosted a very special event for Aspire Achieve Advance Ltd. The grandiose and historical House of Parliament was the stunning venue for a prestigious event for the 3aaa Apprentice Awards. The 9 award winners received beautiful glass awards for their outstanding achievements.
3aaa at the house of Lords
Dame Kelly Holmes – gave an inspirational speech and talked to all of the apprentices, their families and their employers about the importance of earning and learning and the value of apprentices for economic growth.
Dame Kelly – herself a gold medal winner – gave out the awards and she was joined on stage by College Principals who have supported the apprentice academies and by key employers, who have taken on young people and helped to develop their skills and knowledge.
Many of the participating funding partners, students, employees and prestigious honorary guests attended with the resounding conclusion that the programme has been a success with benefits for both employer and student.
3aaa at the house of Lords
“For us coming all the way down from Birmingham to the House of Lords really emphasised how important it was, and for Annie our Apprentice who won the award it really brought it home to her how important and highly viewed the course is,” Nicola Fleet Milne Owner of – Fleet- Milne Residential.
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