The donation means that In-Comm Training, a leading independent provider of apprenticeships and training, can increase the reach of its programme. The donation has seen the company enlist five additional schools to take part in an intensive mix of STEM workshops, apprenticeship taster days, pre-apprenticeship courses, the nationally recognised F1 in Schools programme launch days and company visits connected to its Aldridge facility.
Encouragingly, there is enough money in the fund to invite a further ten schools to be involved in one of two special STEM workshops.
“My wife Susan had a fantastic career in education and always shared a desire to give young people - who have often faced challenges early in their lives - a chance to have the best possible career they could,” explained Michael.
“This is what inspired my sons and I to explore the possibility of backing the STEM Engagement Fund in her memory, after she sadly passed away from cancer in 2022. The world can be a difficult place for 14 to 16-year-olds in the Black Country and Birmingham, and if we can make a positive difference, in some small way, then that would be the best possible legacy for Susan.
“We wanted to focus on apprenticeships and, in particular engineering and manufacturing. The region used to be such a global force of industry and, if we are going to compete internationally again, we need young talent coming through, yet many school pupils never consider a career in this field."
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