FRIDAY 26 NOVEMBER - Visiting Acacia Training in Plymouth

Off early this morning, wearing my hat as Chairman of the Somerset Employment and Skills Board, to a meeting at the Skills Funding Agency offices in Plymouth about the South West regional allocation of European Social Fund money to support workforce development and training. All very complex but considerable funding for Somerset at stake, to be negotiated alongside representatives of other counties in the region.

On my way to the meeting I had time to call in to our Acacia Training and Development Training Centre in Plymouth.


It proved a good time to visit as it was the morning of management team update meetings so I was able to catch up with some of the team as they discussed the latest, very positive, state of our training business in Devon and Cornwall. Our management team, as always at this time of year, are busy recruiting learners to apprenticeships and monitoring their progress through our assessment and support staff.


Members of the ATD Plymouth management team (l to r) Jacqui Trainor, Jarod Harvey, Hazel Lessiter and Jim Black.

Location:Plymouth