North West Learner Awards

The LSC’s 2008 National Apprenticeship Awards were launched on 3 December. Now in their fifth year, the Awards are designed to recognise the hard work and commitment of young people currently on, or who have recently completed an Apprenticeship, and employers who are successfully using Apprenticeships to improve business performance.

The 2007 awards attracted more than 1,000 entries, including Jonathan Pearson, 22, an apprentice at Lancashire based Schwan’s Consumer Brands, who won the the Apprentice of the Year title.

This year in the North West the LSC will be running five sub-regional Awards, called the LSC Learner Awards, in Cheshire & Warrington, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Greater Merseyside and Lancashire. These will feed into a North West regional final and from there into the LSC National Apprenticeship Awards.

The North West sub-regional Awards will consist of the same categories as the National Apprenticeship Awards. The North West Awards also include two FE categories – FE Academic Learner of the Year and FE Vocational Learner of the Year. 

The sub-regional 'Oscar' style finals were held as follows

Cumbria*	9 May 2008	Centre Parcs, near Penrith
Cheshire and Warrington	14 May 2008	Park Royal Hotel, Stretton, Warrington
Lancashire	15 May 2008	Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa, Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire
Greater Merseyside	19 May 2008	Anfield Stadium, Liverpool
Greater Manchester	22 May 2008	The Lowry Hotel, Manchester

*In Cumbria, the LSC North West Learner Awards form part of the Excellence in Cumbria Awards which this year are being run by Cumbria Chamber of Commerce

Click here to view photos from the awards ceremonies.

The LSC national Apprenticeship Awards final takes place on 10 July 2008.