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Small to Medium Enterprise in Partnership with a Training Provider Award 2025

1. Training Provider Details

Name of nominating Training Provider

Address

Postcode

Which council area is the Training Provider based in?

Name of primary contact

Work telephone

Mobile telephone

2. Nominating Employer details

Company/Organisation Name

Address

Postcode

Which council area is the Employer based in?

Name of primary contact

Work telephone

Mobile telephone

What business sector best represent the employer's work?

3. Employees and Apprentices

How many employees do you have?

Of your employees, how many are completing Apprenticeship Programmes at the following levels:

ApprenticeshipsNI Level 2

ApprenticeshipsNI Level 3

ApprenticeshipsNI Level 4 and above

4. Questions for the Training Provider

How does your partnership with the Employer show commitment to the delivery of professional and technical training through the Apprenticeship programme? (Maximum word count: 150)

Demonstrate how you have worked with the Employer to develop and deliver innovative and original work/training practices to the benefit of the organisation and the Apprentice. Please include any considerations you have made in priority skills areas. (Maximum word count: 150)

Demonstrate how the partnership is sustainable by explaining the next steps for the partnership to continue to support the Apprenticeships programme. (Maximum word count: 150)

5. Questions for the Employer

How does your partnership with the Training Provider show commitment to the delivery of professional and technical training through the Apprenticeship programme? (Maximum word count: 150)

Demonstrate how you have worked with the Training Provider to develop and deliver innovative and original work/training practices to the benefit of the organisation and the Apprentice(s). Please include any considerations you have made in priority skills areas. (Maximum word count: 150)

Demonstrate how the partnership is sustainable by explaining the next steps for the partnership to continue to support the Apprenticeships programme. (Maximum word count: 150)

6. Other Applications (to be completed by Training Provider)

How many nominations are being submitted by this Training Provider in this category?

How many nominations did this Training Provider initially consider as for the 2025 competition in this category? Please combine numbers across all partner employers.

7. Permissions and data usage

The Department for the Economy will be using the information supplied and subsequent photos for promotional purposes. Please tick this box to confirm agreement of all parties.

Shortlisted Nominees, Training Providers and Employers must agree to commit to full participation in the selection process. Failure to facilitate judges’ interviews and filming in the workplace/training environment/or at an independent film location chosen by the Department for the Economy, will result in disqualification. Please tick this box to confirm agreement.

I understand any information provided in this nomination form will be held in line with the Department for the Economy’s retention policy.

Tick this box to confirm you have completed all questions. It is your responsibility to make sure there are no questions left unanswered otherwise your application may be considered ineligible.

8. The Climate Change Act (NI) 2022 commits Northern Ireland to achieving net zero Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2050. Can you outline the ways in which your business and workforce is working to reduce its impact on the climate?

(Required)

9. When we talk about diversity and inclusion in Apprenticeships, we want to showcase organisations which have worked to remove barriers to encourage more people to apply for and stay in their apprenticeship. Can you outline ways in which your organisation has achieved this?

(Required)