Our Co-Chairs, Ian Green and Jenienne Hinchcliffe welcomed the PM pledge for 20,000 new apprenticeships.
Ian Green & Jenienne Hinchcliffe, said investment and changes to simplify the levy will be welcomed by businesses. Full announcement:

gov.uk/government/new…

Fantastic meet up at DCCC this week.
Hearing from Kim Smith about Early Connect and positive updates from Chairs Jess and Jenienne, as well Alan on KPIs.
Next week it's the National Conference, so we'll update on that ASAP
youtu.be/gtfPDIT1LNU

Sophie Ogden started as an apprentice for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust aged 17.
She's since been working her way up the career ladder in the finance department.
Read her blog here...
#apprentices hips #apprentices #ambassadors
neaan.org.uk/sophie-ogden-m…

Meet Adam Henderson, customer service apprentice, at Mitie.

Adam, has achieved a great deal in a short while – please take a minute to read his blog, in which he outlines his employment journey and provides tips for would-be and newby apprentices…

neaan.org.uk/adam-henderson…

📣Calling Apprenticeships Ambassadors📣
Registration is open for the Apprenticeship Ambassador Network Annual Conference.
London’s The Kia Oval will host your conference on 21 March.
Ambassadors can access the site here:

orcula.com/dfe-ambassador…

🏆 Charlie Baker Apprentice of the Year - Jordan Whelpton!🏆

As part of our #NAW2024 celebrations, we were delighted to once again host our Apprentice of the Year Awards in memory of much loved employee, Charlie Baker.

We love #NAW24 but it's important to make sure that the we continue to spread the word throughout the rest of the year too...which is what we do at NEAAN.

New aApprentice Ambassador Chair, Jess Duff, sets out our aims for the coming year...

youtu.be/xZL7YllBisQ?si…

It's National Apprenticeship Week Eve Eve...Eve, but we don't need an excuses for 'going early' 😁

Make #NAW2024 the year we really shout about the amazing things happening in the North East using the online toolkit - check it out:
naw.appawards.co.uk/toolkit

The North East Apprenticeship Awards takes place on July 11 and we're proud to once again be able to support this incredibly important event.

The full programme and entry details have been released, so it's all systems go again.

nationalworldevents.com/neaa-2024/

🎂...sweet dreams are made of...

🍰 ...soon

The Great Apprentice Bake-Off is turning up the heat on Apprenticeships Ambassadors.
It's the 4th and largest ever bake-off organised by NEAAN, marking Apprenticeship Week 2024.
Read more...
#ambassadors #apprentices hips #apprentices #bakeoff
neaan.org.uk/piece-of-cake-…

🌟What a night!🌟
The North East Apprenticeship Awards was an absolute triumph, rich with talented, dedicated apprentices, employers and organisations - we've uploaded some more images from the night on our website. See the link below.
neaan.org.uk/the-north-east…

Andy Black Katie Bulmer-Cooke NewcastleWorld Kier Group AccentureUK Esh Group North East Ambulance Service NorthofEngland RFCA Newcastle Building Society North East Apprenticeship Ambassador Network Apprenticeships Teesside University Full gallery online now..👇

nationalworldevents.com/neaa-2023/gall…

The North East Apprenticeship Awards saw Ambassadors scoop honours!
Congratulations:
Northumbria NHS Trust's Matt Dawson
Northumberland County Council
Kate Chapman
Paula McMahon
Hays Travel
Eve Craig
🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉

Ian Mcclelland Media 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Katie Bulmer-Cooke And what a FAB evening it has been Ian. Such gr8 talent being recognised in these #NEapprenticshipawards and clearly supported by excellent local #business #mentors . TY to Katie Bulmer-Cooke superb host. Well Done all those nominated👏👏. Congratulations 🎉 NewcastleWorld

Congratulations Matthew Dawson on the higher apprentice of the year award at the North East Apprenticeship Awards 👏👏👏 #NEapprenticeshipawards NorthumbriaNHS

There're big nights ahead at St James' Park this year, but none more so than the NORTH EAST APPRENTICESHIP AWARDS!
NEAAN is sponsor of the SME award and we wish all nominees 🪅good luck🪅 as we recognise incredible talent & celebrate amazing work across the apprenticeship agenda!

📣New recruits!📣

We're delighted to announce the appointment of Jess Duff and Jake Richardson as Apprentice Ambassador Co-Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively.

Read about Jess and Jake's appointment here:
neaan.org.uk/new-talent-at-…

Last week we were delighted to rank as one of the Apprenticeships Top 50 SME Employers! 🤩

Positioned at number 27, we were the highest placed company in the engineering sector, as well as in the North East region, highlighting just how passionate we are about #apprenticeships .