Brathay Challenge

Council apprentices up for a challenge

A team of nine apprentices from Plymouth City Council is competing in the national Brathay Apprenticeshop Challenge.

The team are currently taking part in regional heats and are assessed on their delivery of a community project that benefits young people in the local area, as well as activities that raise the profile of apprenticeships within the city, in which the team are from and...

Council apprentices joint winners in Brathay Challenge

The nine apprentices from Plymouth City Council, who have been taking part in the Brathay Apprentice Challenge have been announced as joint winners of the Brathay's Community Project Award, for their orchard project in Ernesettle.

At the finals which were held at Lake Windermere, the team were also delighted to take second place in the overall competition.

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Bid to be apprentice team of the year

A team of apprentices from Plymouth City Council have launched their bid to become apprenticeship team of the year.

Over the next six months they will be developing a community orchard near Lakeside Drive in Plymouth.

This bid is part of the Brathay Apprentice Challenge, the official search for the apprentice team of the year supported by the national apprenticeship service....

Apprentices set for team of the year finals challenge

Things are warming up as Plymouth City Council apprentices, five of whom are from City College Plymouth, start getting plans underway as part of the Brathay Challenge to become ‘Apprenticeship Team of the Year'.

Last month eight teams across the country were announced by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock as finalists in the 2013 challenge after planning, delivering and communicating a...