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A trainee surveyor is one of only four degree apprentices in the UK selected for a feature in the Guardian newspaper’s apprenticeship supplement. Megan Lightfoot, a former student at Richmond School and Sixth Form College, is working towards a career as a quantity surveyor after securing a degree apprenticeship with Tom Willoughby Ltd, on their Catterick-based Regional Prime Contract.

Working in partnership with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), we are hosting an online event including local businesses Aviva and Ellis Patents to showcase how apprenticeships can help businesses grow and become resilient. This free event will also cover information regarding incentives being offered by government to encourage apprenticeship start-ups which have suffered during the pandemic. For further information and to sign up for this event, businesses can visit: https://www.ynygrowthhub.com/events/leverage-apprenticeships-to-build-back-better/ .

Richmond Dales Amateur Swimming Club has been actively coaching successful competitive swimmers since 1976 and we train at Richmond and Catterick Leisure Centre. Our membership base (over 130) covers a wide geographical area stretching right across the Yorkshire Dales and into the North East of England.

Like many organisations and businesses in the area, our club has been financially impacted by the global pandemic. Without the ability to raise vital funds by holding swimming galas, plus the additional costs to ensure we are Covid-19 secure and pool hire cost increases of 27% last year - we now face a £20k deficit!

We've recently launched a crowdfunding page to try to secure the future of our club. Crowdfunding is a way for people, businesses and charities to raise money. It works through individuals or organisations who invest in (or donate to) crowdfunding projects and in return receive a potential profit or reward. Our project is supported by the 'Active Together' partnership in conjunction with Crowdfunding UK and Sport England. We need to raise £10,000.00 to be eligible for £10,000.00 match funding and we've just hit the 17k mark, but the funding isn't secure until we reach our target of 20k

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/richmond-dales-swim-club-covid-appeal-10k-for-10k

We have a great opportunity for companies to support us and in return the club would like to offer a choice of sponsorship packages (prices start from £250). 

A Product Design graduate has returned to her old school to start her first full-time job as a Product Design Technician. After graduating with a BA first-class honours degree in Product Design, from Sheffield Hallam University, alumna Emily Tavanyar was delighted to hear of the vacancy at Richmond School and Sixth Form College, following Geoff Davies’ retirement, after 42 years as a teacher and technician at the school. 

Last week, the York & North Yorkshire LEP hosted its largest ever skills conference with over 120 delegates and a prestigious line up of speakers and panellists attending.

Social media education under the spotlight as North Yorkshire English Teacher selected as UK’s representative for Europe-wide Erasmus research project.

The Areté Learning Trust is delighted to be part of an international group who have been awarded funding from ERASMUS, the European programme for education, for a two-year social media education project. Philippa Lark, English Teacher at Richmond School and Sixth Form College, has successfully achieved a place as the UK’s project leader on the project team, which involves five countries, with the aim of focusing on the benefits and dangers of social media.

York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub is still offering free subscriptions to the shopping platform ShopAppy, to help high street retails sell their products online, they have also launched a free service for any business looking for advice (however technical) relating to Brexit/EU Transition.

With lockdown 3 upon us, we know digital marketing is more important than ever - both to keep your business going but to keep you busy too!

So, with that in mind, we are hosting a LIVE Q&A session over on our Instagram later this month. Emma and Jess will be streaming live to answer your questions and troubleshoot any issues you may be having so you can keep beavering away on your marketing strategy for 2021.