About and criteria
This award recognises the outstanding activity of a provider or employer regarding widening participation with their apprenticeship offer. Organisations must demonstrate how they’ve successfully led a campaign to fully embrace apprenticeships to recruit apprentices with personal characteristics such as long-term unemployed, ethnicity, English as a second language, former offenders, special educational needs, gender or disabilities.
Key questions:
- Outline why your organisation should receive The Widening Participation Recognition Award (100 words, 0 marks)
- Provide a brief overview of the problem that the activity was initiated to address. (100 words, 10 marks)
- Explain the steps that your organisation has taken to tackle the problem (250 words, 30 marks)
- Detail the outcomes and impact of the activity that has been seen in relation to advancing widening participation (250 words, 30 marks)
- Outline how your organisation advocates widening participation beyond your organisation. (200 words, 30 marks)
