Wythenshawe Hospice receives apprenticeship funds
The donation will help St Ann's Hospice fund Apprentice Production Chefs and two Apprentice Healthcare Cleaning Operatives.
St Ann's apprentices (l-r) Julie Cecil, Jennifer Jordon and Monika Manning.
A food service business has used its apprenticeship levy to fund five apprentices at St Ann’s Hospice in Greater Manchester.
The levy transfer, from Compass Group UK and Ireland, will fund two Apprentice Production Chefs, two Apprentice Healthcare Cleaning Operatives and one Apprentice HR qualification, all taking place over a 12-18 month learning programme, in the hope the hospice is able to develop and up-skill five of its existing employees.
These five apprentices form part of the army of amazing key workers who have kept St Ann’s Hospice running smoothly since the pandemic started. St Ann’s provides care and support for thousands of patients and families every year from its three sites in Heald Green, Little Hulton and The Neil Cliffe Centre at Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester as well as via a range of community and outreach services. It has also recently launched a range of online support services and virtual access for patients and their loved ones from across Greater Manchester and parts of Cheshire.
St Ann’s Hospice has an excellent track record with apprentices, supporting six in 2020, one of which had successfully completed their qualification. The hospice will support a further four clinical focused apprenticeships this year, and with the help of the Compass sponsorship, a further five Support Services development opportunities have been created to enable individuals to learn their trade. Apprenticeships play an important role at the hospice and the additional funds are a significant investment in non-clinical focused staff development.
Rachel McMillan, Chief Executive of St Ann’s said: “We are extremely grateful to Compass Group UK and Ireland for supporting the hospice in this way. At St Ann’s we pride ourselves on providing world-class care to patients and their loved ones, and we can only do that thanks to the amazing team of staff and volunteers that support them. These apprenticeships are a great way for us to continue to invest in the development of our teams and help us to ensure we remain an organisation of choice well into the future too.”
Jonathan Foot, Head of Apprenticeships and Early Careers, Compass Group UK and Ireland commented: “We are dedicated to supporting local people and communities, so we are delighted that we have been able to use our levy to support another business in their vision to create a career pathway for their non-clinical employees.
