Social Impact Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 19
Driving accessibility for all
To deliver on our apprenticeship strategy, we partner
with a wide range of employability organisations
including Aurora Foxes, Project Search and local
authorities in areas of high social deprivation.
In Salford, where we have a head o昀케ce, we have
worked in partnership with the local council’s Speech
and Language department for a number of years
to assist young people with disabilities in pursuing
lifelong careers.
One apprentice who has joined us through this
partnership is Alicia...
“I learnt about the carpenter apprenticeship at
Sodexo through a teacher at college who has
supported me since I was little. At the time, I
was doing an NVQ Level 1.
With my teacher’s help – who contacted
Sodexo’s Head of Apprenticeships – I applied.
I started six months later a昀琀er risk
assessments had been completed for my
hearing, as I have double cochlear implants,
and I’ve been loving it ever since.
Alicia, apprentice carpenter at Wythenshawe Hospital
“Every task is di昀昀erent, and I work with a great
team of joiners, doing everything from 昀椀xing
doors and toilet locks to making signage for
Manchester Pride. Now, I’m starting to handle
my own tasks and really enjoying the added
responsibility.
“Attending College and working is going well and
I’m underway in completing my Level 2 NVQ.
My mum is excited about my new joinery skills
and already has ideas for projects at home, like a
window bench!”
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