College Celebrates Apprentices

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Lancaster and Morecambe College in association with PrintingPlus and with the support of the Lancaster Guardian hosted the first Apprentice Celebration event in February 2012
To celebrate the employers and Apprentices who have joined or completed an apprenticeship in 2010/11 Lancaster and Morecambe College joined forces with local printing company PrintingPlus and the Lancaster Guardian to host a glamorous awards evening in February 2012.
Employers will be given the opportunity to nominate their Apprentices in 5 different categories which are:
- Most Dedicated Apprentice
- Best Team Player
- Most Innovative Apprentice
- Most Improved Apprentice
- Apprentice of the Year
Jacqueline Buchanan form the Employer Engagement Team at Lancaster and Morecambe College said; 'We are really excited to be hosting these awards, it's a great opportunity for us to thank the employers we've worked with and for them to recognize some of the best Apprentices out there.'
Marianne Turner ...
... from PrintingPlus added ‘We are delighted to be working in partnership with the College to make these awards happen. We feel it's extremely important for local businesses to work with the College to insure that we keep creating jobs and upskilling the workforce as this is what will help grow the local economy'
Awards for Most Improved Apprentice, Most Innovative Apprentice, Most Dedicated Apprentice and Best Team Player were awarded to Lee Adams (Lancaster University), Georgia McDevitt (Goody Good Stuff), Lisa O' Kane (Travis Perkins Ltd) and Tracey Mulligan (The Midland Hotel) respectively.

The award for the Apprentice of the Year went to Scott Fairweather, who was taken on by Punch Bowl Inns Ltd after completing the Professional Cookery Level 3 at Lancaster and Morecambe College.
The evening will also mark the official end to the 100 in 100 campaign which has been a joint job creation initiative for the Lancaster Guardian with Lancaster and Morecambe College and has so far created over 76 new Apprenticeships in the local area.
College Governor, Mike Wistow was also impressed with the event: "I was part of the judging panel and was highly impressed by the range of talent which employers have recognised in Lancaster and Morecambe College's apprentices.

"It was a tremendous evening. It was really good to see the apprentices getting recognition for their hard work and achievement and to appreciate how the academic and industrial worlds have worked together to help young people to successfully develop themselves for their future career paths."

All nominees were awarded with a medal at the end of the evening, and the winners went away with trophies.