AN apprenticeship scheme in the North York Moors National Park has been honoured with a prestigious Princess Royal Training Award. The National Park Authority now stands alongside 47 other UK companies that have been recognised for their outstanding training and development programmes.
Representatives from the National Park Authority will receive the Award from HRH The Princess Royal at a ceremony next month.
The apprenticeship programme was launched in 2002, with a small team of environmental conservation apprentices.
Since then it has supported 120 young people to become ‘job ready’, directly addressing local skills shortages through their training and development programme.
The Authority now employs 17 apprentices and its head of corporate services, Ian Nicholls, said: “We are delighted to be recognised for our commitment to providing outstanding training for young people, something almost every member of staff at the Authority is involved with in some way.”
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