How we… are using apprenticeships to tackle the housing skills gap

Insight13.11.25by Ursula Bennion

Ursula Bennion, chief executive of Trent & Dove, explains how the housing association is using an apprenticeship scheme to recruit staff and develop transferable skills within its workforce

Trent & Dove apprentices

A cohort of Trent & Dove apprentices. Back row: (left to right) Isaac Nadin, Jessica Sutton, Owen Satchwell, Freya Harvey, Ethan Samrai and Ruth Binks. Front row: Hollie-Marie Ison and Joe Grummett

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