Local Government Apprentice of the Year 2024 Event
In this national online event, participants from across the
country competed to become the Local Government Apprentice of the Year
2024! 119 Level 2 and 3 local government apprentices took part from across England and Wales, covering 9 of the 10 regions across England and Wales.
One of our Devon County Council Apprentices Alisha, a Level 3 Business Administration Apprentice, was a part of one of the two the winning teams
(tied position).
Alisha said:
“I’d say it was a real challenge, and very much
out of my comfort zone! The experience was great from start to finish though;
it really brought out my creativity and gave me a deep insight into how
everything works. It has been a privilege to work alongside such great people,
to be in such a fantastic team, and to help represent Devon County Council
through it all."
You can found out more about the event and the winners, here: 2024 Local Government Apprentice of the Year announced | Local Government Association.
Our
other amazing apprentices who took part in the event, were:
Neve
– Level 3 Business
Administration Apprentice.
Neve said:
“The Local Government Apprentice of
the year awards is an amazing opportunity to meet other apprentices in the same
situation as you. It was really fun to meet all of these new people and come
together using our varying skills to complete the tasks.
It's a great way to
improve your confidence, communication skills and learn what areas you excel in
and what you want to improve. I thought that I would be really nervous and not
contribute to my group, but I quickly felt comfortable sharing ideas and opinions
with my team!”
Bronte – Level 3 Business
Administration Apprentice
Bronte said:
“I
enjoyed being part of the LGA event and having the opportunity to meet so many
people from different councils and hearing about their roles. It was exciting
to be part of a new team to complete tasks using our own individual skills and
I think it is a great learning and confidence boost for apprentices.”
Mason
– Level 3 Business
Administration Apprentice
Mason said:
“I really enjoyed my time taking
part in the Local Government Apprentice Awards 2024. I was put out of my
comfort zone where I had was able to acquire new skills such as team work by
being more assertive with my ideas, meeting deadlines as tasks had a short time
limit to complete them and producing information in different formats.
I grew confidence in
my decision making and believed more in my idea suggestions, as the ones I
presented to my team were received really well. I would encourage all
apprentice to take part in this competition as it is a great way to network and
meet other apprentices/organisations.”
Leo
– Level 3 Civil Engineering
Apprentice
Leo said:
“On
the 21st May 2024 I, along with other apprentices in Devon County Council,
competed in the Local Government Apprentice of the Year challenge, this year
the topic of discussion was Health & Wellbeing and how councils can improve
their support surrounding this important matter.
We started the day with
rapid-fire, speed networking sessions where we introduced ourselves to other
apprentices from across the nation, I got the chance to meet many of this
year’s 120 participants. We were put into our groups for the day’s task, first
identifying what we wanted to focus on regarding Health & Wellbeing.
Many
subjects were suggested from social housing to sewage in our waterways,
ultimately my team and I settled on loneliness within our growing elderly
population. We titled our project WISER an acronym of Wide Integrated Service
for Elderly Recognition. Our proposals suggest the implementation of posters
for awareness of social events available, help boxes at community hubs for
those with limited access to technology and simplified council websites with
large text and a widely accessible User Interface. These all aimed to create
inclusion within our elderly population. Finally, we put these concepts into
action and designed our posters and developed a presentation to voice our
proposals.
Overall, I believe this event helped me prove and develop my
leadership skills, along with giving me an insight into how other councils and
their respective departments operate, this should be exceedingly helpful in my
job role here at DCC. A huge thanks goes out to the apprenticeships teams both
at Devon County Council and the East of England Local Government Association
for arranging such an amazing event.”
Below are some example posters Leo and his team created as part of the challenge.
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