Compass Group Funds Five Important Apprenticeships at St Ann’s Hospice

Compass Group, the UK's largest foodservice business, is providing support to St Ann's by funding five apprenticeships for our hospice.

By News Team on January 15, 2021

Compass Group UK and Ireland, the UK’s largest foodservice business, has used its apprenticeship levy to fund five apprentices at St Ann’s Hospice.

The levy transfer 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. This means the hospice is able to develop and up-skill five of its existing employees, providing them with an opportunity to obtain a qualification and develop their career. 

At Compass Group UK and Ireland 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. St Ann’s Hospice is an unbelievable facility and offers a great opportunity for five apprentices to start their career development in culinary and facilities management. An apprenticeship supports individuals to develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours they need in the workplace and provides excellent progression opportunities, as well as improves employee retention – a win-win for apprentices and employers! Jonathan Foot, Head of Apprenticeships and Early Careers, Compass Group UK and Ireland

These five apprenticeform part of the army of amazing key workers who have kept our hospice running smoothly since the pandemic started. 

Last year we support six apprenticesone of which had successfully completed their qualification. The hospice will support a further four clinical focussed apprenticeships this yearand with the help of the Compass sponsorship, a further five Support Services development opportunities have been created to enable individuals to learn their trade. Apprenticeshipplay an important role at the hospice and the additional funds are significant investment in non-clinical focused staff development. 

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. Rachel McMillan, Chief Executive