Georgia Woloszczak, based at the company’s White Rose Business Park office, is part of a UK-team from WSP which has taken part in a four-month campaign to compete in a series of challenges against more than 650 apprentices from across 75 organisations from the country’s leading apprentice employers, training providers and colleges.

The team of nine apprentices from cities across England will be joined in the final by teams from Derwent Training Association, JCB, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Nottingham City Homes, Redrow Homes and Severn Trent Water.

As part of the Challenge, the WSP team of apprentices organised a community project to refurbish and reinvigorate the Lozells Recreational Group youth centre in Birmingham after flooding.

The WSP team also conducted eight visits to schools and youth groups to talk about the benefits of apprenticeships, and hosted a business event to talk to potential employers about offering apprenticeships.

On getting through to the national finals, Georgia Woloszczak, Transport Planning Apprentice, said: “It is an amazing feeling to know that all the hard work each team member has put into the challenge has been recognised in a great way. It’s such a remarkable achievement and now I’m even more excited for the final.”

The National Finalists will now continue awareness raising activities until early June, when they will be invited to Brathay Trust’s Windermere headquarters for the Logistical and Teambuilding Finale where the apprentice team of the year will be announced on 14^th June.

You can keep up to speed with WSP Team Ventures progress by following them on twitter @WSP_PB_Venture

For more information on the Brathay Apprentice Challenge and to see a list of all teams entered visit brathay.com/challenge.

From left to right, Georgia Woloszczak, Trelawney Cooper, Edward Joynson and Godfrey Owen, Chief Executive of Brathay.

Notes to editors

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The Brathay Apprentice Challenge

The Brathay Apprentice Challenge (#BAC17) is the search for the apprentice team of the year.

To win the Brathay Apprentice Challenge, teams undertake a series of exciting and interactive work-related challenges to develop new skills and showcase their employer by engaging with young people and businesses to promote the benefits of apprenticeships.

The challenges are designed to ensure that the teams demonstrate their team building, leadership, logistical and communications abilities.

Teams of nine apprentices can be from a single employer, a group of small businesses, an industry, supply chain or training provider.

With teams working together on the Brathay Apprentice Challenge, the apprentices and employers benefit from an enhanced apprenticeship experience.

To find out more visit brathay.com/challenge

Brathay Trust

Brathay has been a leader in experience-based learning since its inception as an educational trust in 1946. 

Brathay specialises in the design and delivery of bespoke people and organisation development programmes dedicated to the development of apprentices, graduates, teams, and emerging talent, as well as organisational development, engaging change, and leadership programmes.

By creating learning experiences that relate to the workplace, participants are able to fully understand behaviours and their impact on individual and group performance.  The focus is on exploring skills such as communication, leadership styles, teamwork, and logistical planning. Programmes are aligned with company values and tailored to specific roles within an organisation, using their language. 

Working nationally and internationally, Brathay’s qualified facilitators deliver programmes at company premises, appointed venues and at Brathay’s headquarters; a 360-acre estate on the shores of Windermere in the Lake District.

Brathay’s extensive client portfolio includes a wide range of large and medium sized corporations, as well as numerous County Councils, government funded agencies, Fire & Rescue Services, universities, local governments, social enterprises and schools.

By selecting Brathay as a provider, organisations demonstrate Corporate Social Responsibility. All profits generated through Brathay’s people and organisation development programmes are used to benefit Brathay Trust – an educational charity which is committed to the personal and social development of over 7,000 young people in the UK each year. 

For more information about the people and organisation development services of Brathay Trust contact

Linda Stone, Business Development Manager

linda.stone@brathay.com

015394 39700

www.brathay.com