Working in partnership with leading apprenticeship provider, Paragon Skills, Nottingham City Council has gifted approximately £60,000 in unspent levy funding to support apprenticeship training to Abbey Green Therapeutic Children’s Services. Redistributing unspent levy funding by investing in a local childcare business, covering their training costs,...
What's Skills for Care and the Centre of Excellence award? Established in 2001, Skills for Care is an independent registered charity working with over 21,000 adult social care employers in England to set the standards and qualifications for social care workers. They work with employers, Government,...
The Government is set to scrap the requirements currently used for the 20% off-the-job training in apprenticeships and replace it with a new model as set out in the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) Apprenticeship funding rules: August 2022 to July 2023. Meaning as...
The Independent Children’s Homes Association (ICHA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Seminar takes place on Thursday 9th June from 9:30 am till 3:30 pm, and this year’s event will have a significant focus on recruitment and workforce development, which are current challenges felt across the...
The team at Paragon Skill have been working for the last 12 months on our “transfer to train” campaign, focused on building connections between our large levy employers and their non-levy paying counterparts to help cover the full cost of apprenticeship training. As a part...
Working in partnership with Paragon Skills, Roadchef has gifted over £21,000 in unspent levy funding to healthcare employers to support the recruitment and upskilling of employees through apprenticeships. Whilst most catering and hospitality companies choose to donate their leftover funds within the same sector or simply...
Paragon Skills is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our learners, and we hold a Leaders in Safeguarding Gold Award. As an education provider. the principles and outcomes of our work are based on individual respect, the promotion of human rights, and...
Youth Voice Census 2022 Each year our friends at Youth Employment UK run a ‘Youth Voice Census’ which is an online survey targeted at 11-30 year old’s across the UK. 1000s of young people take part and have their say on training, careers and opportunities for...
Paragon Skills apprentices win Silver and Bronze Awards as “Breakthrough Apprentice of the Year” at the Skills for Health our Health Heroes Awards 2022. About the Learners The team at Paragon Skills want to say a massive congratulations to Jade and Megan on being named Silver and...
The winners of the 2022 Annual Apprenticeship Conference Awards have been revealed at a glitzy ceremony in Birmingham yesterday, 22 March. From a record-breaking 370 awards entries, judges selected 24 award winners and 12 highly commended recipients. Categories included awards for diversity in apprenticeships, SEND apprenticeships,...
