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We were honoured to be invited to the inaugural Research and Education Awards held at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust on Wednesday 25th April. The Awards were hosted by The Christie’s Chairman, Lord Keith Bradley and were supported by the senior management team including Chief Executive Caroline Shaw and Dr Richard Cowan, Director of Education.

The Trust, which uses the motto “We Care, We Discover, We Teach” to summarise its core values and strategy, is firmly committed to teaching and developing staff and students at all levels. Damar has partnered with The Christie on apprenticeships for almost five years, during which time around 80 members of staff have successfully completed apprenticeship and NVQ qualifications.

We were delighted that one recent achiever, Janette Rea, who recently completed an NVQ in business and administration, was commended in the “student of the year” category. Our thanks go to Janette for all her hard work and also to Michelle Norton, Vocational Training and Development Co-Ordinator and Karen Hellewell, Head of Education who have both provided such strong support for the programme.

Pictured below (left to right) are Robin Lindsay (Damar) Michelle Norton, Janette Rea and Maria Grimsley (Damar).

Damar’s work on legal apprenticeships is featured in today’s Sun (page 53). We work in partnership with ILEX Tutorial College (the training arm of CILEx) and are able to offer law firms and young people access to the only Government approved legal apprenticeship designed specifically for entry-level paralegal and administrative staff.

For more information, please contact Jonathan Bourne at Damar on 0161 480 8171 or email jonathan@damartraining.com.

We were delighted to present Mario Bryan with this month’s learner of the month award. Mario (pictured left below) works in the finance department at Manchester Metropolitain University Students’ Union. He has made excellent progress in his advanced apprenticeship in accounts over recent months and has shown a real commitment both to his studies and his job at MMU. Mattew Gush, Finance Manager, and Matthew Robinson, Chief Executive, also attended the presentation and commented on how pleased they were with Mario’s progress. Our thanks go to the team at the MMU, to Mario and to his assessor, Steve Ainsworth (pictured right below).