College of West Anglia (CWA) celebrated the end of National Apprenticeship Week activities on Valentine's Day by hosting a ‘love to grow’ event in the School of Nursing Studies. Health and social care employers were invited to experience a clinical session, networking and wellbeing opportunities.  The event aimed to bring people together on the day focused on the heart, reflecting the day of love and raising awareness of training opportunities for staff, including distance learning, entry level qualifications, degrees and a chance generally for employers to understand how CWA can support them.

Emma Harrison, Work Placement and Careers Mentor  at CWA and event organiser said, “We hope to be able to support organisations with opportunities across the college, from English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) through to Access to Higher Education - Medicine courses.  We have been working alongside our apprenticeship colleagues to raise awareness to employers about the potential benefits of employing apprentices, including developing and retaining their existing staff.”

Natalie Chandler, Head of People, Caring Together attended the event and said,

“This has been an excellent event. The School of Nursing Studies is an excellent facility and I’ve been able to meet some really useful contacts to discuss apprenticeships and all the things we can do to support our employees and volunteers with their own personal learning.”