Yorkshire Housing are the region’s largest developing housing association. The Yorkshire Housing group was formed in 1999 and became Yorkshire Housing in 2008. Today they manage almost 20,000 affordable and social rent homes. Their ambition is for everyone to have the opportunity to live in a quality home they can afford.
HARIBO, the UK’s leading sweets manufacturer and one of Yorkshire's largest employers, is proud to continue to invest in skills and innovation to maintain Yorkshire's rich heritage in sweet-making and manufacturing excellence. HARIBO has a team of over 600 skilled colleagues across two manufacturing facilities situated in Pontefract and Castleford, as well as nine retail stores run by over 80 colleagues across the country.
HARIBO has invested in apprenticeships for many years, providing invaluable guidance and nurturing colleagues through their apprenticeship journey in Engineering, Packaging, Production and Retail.
HARIBO delivers quality, great-tasting treats and brings exciting flavours and textures to the market, to deliver choice, innovation, and fun to the confectionary aisle to create some childlike happiness to kids and grown-ups alike.
Appris Charity is a not for profit, registered charity. Established in 1967 as a Group Training Association (GTA) that continues to be governed by engineering employers to this day. Appris Management Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Appris Charity Limited.
The heart of Appris’ business is Apprenticeships, specialising in the delivery of Engineering and Manufacture accredited programmes and bespoke courses. With over 150 member companies and 400+ apprentices in learning across West Yorkshire, Appris is the provider of choice for the engineering industry. Our award-winning apprentices are an international testimony to the quality of our provision.
Zenith is the UK’s leading independent leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing business. Headquartered in Leeds, its 1,200 employees manage over 150,000 vehicles. Its operations span the breadth of the automotive market with commercial vehicles, corporate fleets and consumer leasing. Our mission is to decarbonise the UK vehicle parc by eliminating tailpipe emissions and we’re proud to be a carbon-neutral organisation.
The Apprenticeship Ambassador Network inspires and influences people to choose apprenticeships as a route to create business and individual success. Apprenticeship Ambassadors are all employers who have recruited apprentices as part of their workforce. They are passionate about their experiences with apprentices and are keen to promote the apprenticeship route to other employers and potential new apprentices.
FDM Group is a global professional services provider with a focus on IT. The Group’s principal business activities involve recruiting, training and deploying its own permanent IT and business consultants to clients. We are a FTSE 250, multi award-winning employer with a mission to bring people and technology together.
The West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges is delivering a £3.2m skills project to improve apprentices’ skills for work and support businesses to take on the apprentices they need. ‘Collaborative Apprenticeships’ will run in the Leeds City Region until December 2023 and is funded by the European Social Fund.
Leeds City College is one of the largest Further Education institutions in the country with more than 20,000 students and is one of the biggest providers of apprenticeships regionally.
It is a member of Luminate Education Group and boasts a portfolio of impressive industry links, working with organisations such as the NHS and Leeds City Council to provide opportunities for apprentices.
Tileyard North is a creative industries destination in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. A hub providing recording studios, creative offices, membership spaces, event venues, and delicious food & beverage offerings onsite. Boasting world-class facilities and state-of-the-art design & technology, Tileyard North is curating a vibrant destination for collaboration and community. We are proud to be hosting this year's West Yorkshire Apprenticeship awards.
Aphasia affects over 350,000 people in the UK and usually occurs after a stroke, impacting a person’s ability to speak, write, read, and understand language. Yorkshire charity, Aphasia Support, helps those living with aphasia, and other communication conditions, to work on key communication goals with the support of speech and language therapists to improve outcomes and wellbeing. The West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards are delighted to be hosting Aphasia Support as their charity partner.
