Pillars of Sustainability

At Shared Apprenticeships, we can support contractors across the three Pillars of Sustainability.

1. Economic impact

Engaging with local schools across the region
Helping to raise aspirations
Employing young people from the local community
Creating new jobs
Creating new skills through apprenticeships
Engaging with organisations that deliver inspirational activities such as job shops, bootcamps, careers events, and work experience
Advertising vacancies in the local area
Interviewing local people (typically aged 16-21 years)
Making it easy for main contractors as well as the supply chain to support an apprentice (through Shared Apprenticeships)

Offering a bespoke Pre-Apprenticeship placement to support those who have yet to attain entry-level qualifications
Employing apprentices from a wide variety of backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, or gender for example
Engaging with organisations which focus on addressing equality, diversity and inclusion in the industry – e.g., Building People
Providing a dedicated Mentor for support and guidance
Providing academic supervision
- to minimise any challenges with studying, whether due to academic or mental health pressures
- committed to completions – we have above average success rates for construction apprenticeships
- focused on progressing our apprentices into full-time employment and / or a higher apprenticeship

Our Apprenticeships are based on apprenticeship Standards, most of which incorporate sustainability and environmental considerations
Minimising travel pollution by:
- Keeping our apprentices local, and working on construction sites as near as possible to their hometown
- Ensuring that many of our apprentices have the option to study their course on block release or in the workplace
- Funding a saver Railcard for those apprentices able / wanting to travel by train instead of driving