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Can’t sing, don’t dance, but would love a career in the world of arts, culture and entertainment?

No problem – meet Naomi, Niamh, Lisa, Phoebe, Armani, Aisha and Mya, trainee youth leaders on a mission to help Rotherham’s youth discover career opportunities in the industry.

They are part of the Sense of Place Project being run by The Source Skills Academy, one of eight organisations getting 55 young people upskilled so they can lead the way as the town becomes the UK’s first Children’s Capital of Culture in 2025.

What is an apprenticeship?

Apprenticeships provide a unique opportunity for anyone looking to advance their career. You'll be able to undertake in-depth training relevant to the role you're working in while earning a wage!

Apprenticeships, unlike university or college, provide a mix of hands-on experience and tutor-led learning and, by the end of your apprenticeship, you'll have all the skills you need to undertake your role on your own and progress your career even further.

Businesses are urged to give pandemic-hit teens a chance to reset their futures through life-shaping work placements.

Students not only lost time in the classroom and struggled to study at home – they missed out on the customary work experience placements which help prepare them for employment.

Many are now finding even the lowest rung of the career ladder out of reach.

The Source Skills Academy is a Sheffield charity that exists to get people into jobs and upskill the employed.

Ryan Moore

Winner of  Engineering and Manufacturing Apprentice of the Year at the SCR Apprenticeship Awards

Ryan Moore is proof you’re never too old to learn new skills - or be an award-winning apprentice!

The 41-year-old was voted Engineering and Manufacturing Apprentice of the Year.

Leading Sheffield training academy The Source has strengthened its senior management team.

Natalie Doherty joins as director of Quality, Curriculum and Innovation.

Liverpudlian Natalie, 45, brings over 20 years of education sector management expertise to The Source, a registered charity that has been helping people into work and training since 2003.

A leading Sheffield skills academy is calling on businesses for support as it prepares to help thousands of South Yorkshire workers likely to be made jobless in the New Year by the pandemic.

“The miracle has happened; vaccines are now rolling out and we can start to look to a brighter future. There is no immunisation to prevent economic fallout in 2021, but there are ways employers can fight unemployment,” said Tricia Smith, CEO of The Source Skills Academy, a registered charity.

Sheffield school-leaver Sophia Ward was predicted a clutch of GCSE A-grades. But whatever her results this week, unlike many from the COVID class of 2020, the 16-year-old will be unruffled...

She landed a job interview during the pandemic and started work as a Digital Marketing Apprentice on July 6.

High Storrs pupil Sophia grew up helping in her dad’s family business and wanted to get into I.T. via an apprenticeship rather than continuing in education.