Since the government introduced levy in 2017 to create long term sustainable funding for apprentices, Sodexo has been ‘proactively encouraging’ their employees to consider apprenticeship as a way of personal development.
Sue Davison, head of apprenticeships at Sodexo, said: “We are passionate about developing our own employees, but also to benefiting the communities in which we serve, and gifting our apprenticeship levy is a great opportunity to do this.
“We are building on our existing apprenticeships programme at Sodexo to ensure all appropriate vacancies and job roles are considered as an apprenticeship.
“We are also passionate about supporting SME growth and see apprenticeship levy gifting as a great opportunity to do something truly meaningful with long-term benefits.”
Through levy transfer Sodexo has supported 63 apprentices at SMEs, with more coming on board recently. One example is Fiesta Sports Coaching who provide primary and secondary multisport camps for children aged four to 18.
John Mulholland, director of Fiesta Sports Coaching, added: “Sodexo was recommended to us by our training provider, Aspire Training Solutions, and the partnership has been invaluable.
“It’s essential that our business can focus on the job of delivering our coaching services and running the company, rather than on how we will fund the training of our apprentices.
“Our apprentices will now receive the professional training required to become up-skilled team members who are capable of delivering our programmes and add extra value to the company and the local communities we operate in.”