Congratulations to Graduates and Award Winners
At York's Sixth Annual Apprenticeship Graduation and Awards Ceremony
On 24 November over 300 friends, family and employers joined more than 140 apprentices to celebrate their graduation and to enjoy the awards ceremony at The Principle York hotel.
Graduates were presented with certificates from the guilds of York, whilst the hotly contested Apprenticeship Awards saw winners in five categories chosen from over 40 nominations.
The 2016 winners are:
York Apprentice of the Year 2016 (aged 16-24, Smaller Employer)
Shane Fenton
Employer: YorMed
Health Care Support Apprenticeship (Intermediate)
Training Provider: Monumental Training
York Apprentice of the Year 2016 (aged 16-24, Larger Employer)
Louise Watson
Employer: PureNet/PureClarity
IT & Telecoms (Advanced)
Training Provider: York College
York Apprentice of the Year 2016 (aged 25+) Joint Winners:
Nicola Eastwood
Employer: The Lodge, Roseville Holdings, Ltd.
Health and Social Care (Advanced)
Training Provider: MCQ
Nicky Smith
Employer: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Business Administration (Intermediate)
Training Provider: YH Training
York Smaller Employer of the Year 2016
York Millennium Windows
York Larger Employer of the Year 2016
Nestlé
Special Award, Apprentice Ambassador of the Year:
Alan Milner
Cllr. Keith Myers, Conservative spokesperson for Community Engagement said:
"We congratulate all of the graduates and award winners. This was a fantastic event which captured just how high the profile of apprenticeships has risen across the city, and rightly so as employers, parents and young people are recognising what a valuable entrance to a good career a well-organised apprenticeship can be.
"We will continue to give all the support we can to both employers and young people and their families to make apprenticeships in York the best possible launching pads for future success, and to encourage the roll out of as many high quality programmes as possible across the city."