On Tuesday 21st March, Beth Tudor, one of CCL’s budding apprentices attended the Hereford and Ludlow College County Training Apprenticeship Awards at the Gateway in Shrewsbury. Supporting her there, were her family, Beth’s Assessor Christine Burns, Chief Executive Vikki Pryce and Beth’s supervisor Gill Ward. The room was filled with anticipation with around 100 people [...]
We last spoke to Ellie in March 2021 when she was working as an Administration Apprenticeship at the Head Office of CCL. At that point in time she had aspirations to achieve a Level 4 in Business Administration and move into the HR Department. Ellie completed Business Administration in Level 3 and decided to go [...]
To celebrate apprenticeship week we want to share the story of our newest apprentice. Beth started work for CCL in May 2022 as an Apprentice Administration Assistant and has flourished in her role, assisting everyone in the office on a day-to-day basis whilst completing her Business Administration Apprenticeship. Apprenticeships are a fantastic way to gain [...]
On the 9th June seven learners from the Grafton Centre took part in their Duke of Edinburgh Expedition, the last section to complete before achieving their Bronze award. Learners took part in an overnight stay at a campsite near the Long Mynd. On the weeks running up to the expedition all learners helped to prepare, [...]
"Thank you CCL for the employee cash incentive for referring someone to work at CCL. Lovely £100 cash bonus. The new member of staff has settled into his role as a support worker, and I hope other staff can benefit from this incentive" Hazel Rice
Today, Laura Conway, our Lead Specialist Speech & Language Therapist, held Induction Communication Training at our Grafton Centre. Laura led the group through various aspects of communication, covering the importance of being able to communicate and a range of ways to do so with our learners and residents, such as Intensive Interaction and Makaton. [...]
Today, we are celebrating Laura, our Lead Specialist Speech & Language Therapist, who recently qualified as a Dysphagia Practitioner. Dysphagia is the medical term used to describe swallowing difficulties (NHS, 2021). To celebrate Laura’s latest achievements, we sat down with her to discuss her career. Let’s take a look at her story… Laura started [...]
10 Year Service Awards On Friday 23rd July, we celebrated another four members of our team reaching 10 years of service at CCL. Vikki Pryce, our Chief Executive, hosted the morning awards, accompanied by CCL’s Executive Group and tea, coffee and, most importantly, cake! For those of you who aren’t aware, we started our 10 [...]
Take a look at CCL's June 2021 highlights: CCL e-Newsletter June 2021
It has been a busy weekend at CCL! On Friday 12th February it was Chinese New Year! Our schemes all got involved in celebrating – creating Chinese lanterns and enjoying Chinese food taster sessions! The Crescent even made models of the Chinese New Year dragon! It was Valentine’s Day on Sunday, which was also celebrated [...]
