A Fizzy 'Well Done', a Bank Holiday and a Fully Funded Work Experience - What Could be Better?

This week we had some very good news....we are having yet another record year! We currently have booked 886 students - a real achievement for our team. To mark this milestone the Directors got us all a little pressie :0) This is, I know, very much appreciated by all the team who have worked so hard to make this happen - also huge thanks must go to our wonderful Host Families and Work Placements - without whom we would not be able to do what we do!

It is also an ideal time to have a little glass of fizz to celebrate the Bank Holiday!  Happy Days!

Included in this amazing number are a group of students from Italy - this group are here for Language Training and to experience our local area, both culturally and from a business perspective; so far we have visited, the brilliant Paignton Zoo, The Golden Hind in Brixham, Torquay Museum and many other places planned for the coming week. We also spent an afternoon at MGVP, using recording equipment and generally learning about the media/film industry...the outcome of this experience was a collection of individual videos which you can see on our TTPL YouTube Channel and this 5 second clip.... We are so pleased that you 'Love Torquay' - we think it is a special place too!

To end this weeks blog I would like to draw your attention to a fantastic opportunity for any UK based recent Graduates...we have been successful in obtaining funding to send a group of students to France or Germany for a fully Funded 13 week program that will change lives - so if you are, or you know, a recent Graduate who has a basic understanding of French or German ask them to get in touch with us...don't wait too long as spaces are limited....Have a great weekend and stay safe - see you next time.

A day in the Life - Mia Carus

Where to begin... It usually only takes me 10 minutes to get to the Training Partnership offices and once there it is straight to work.   If I’m not doing Work Placement Starts for students, then I start the day off by checking my emails, usually it is confirmation from one of our companies offering a placement to a student or requests for a specific skill or project, which is always exciting.  Then it’s a case of checking through  files and finding a work placement that matches the trainees requirements - which quite often is a challenge, but always rewarding!  Once the students are placed there is paperwork to do sending out Work Placement Agreements and making sure they all have the necessary Health and Safety Details before they are placed.  Then of course there is the Itinerary to arrange so all the students know how and when they are going to get to their Companies on their first day! So important when you are in a new country!  

We have Welcome Meetings most weeks, normally in the afternoons but when there are a lot of students it could be mornings too!  Some students like to have a UK bank account and need to be taken to the Bank to obtain English Bank Accounts. 

There are also Team Meetings to attend to catch up on the week’s events, which are always interesting and give us the opportunity to check on every one of our trainees.  Occasionally there are problems to deal with, so listening to the students and trying to resolve, to the best of my ability, their worries regarding work is an important part of my role!  These are the main tasks that fill my days at work – believe me, life here is never dull – challenging and hectic are the main adjectives I would use; however, as busy as we are I wouldn't change a thing.