CELEBRATING SUCCESS AWARDS 2011

Lagat held its annual "Celebrating Success" event on Friday 4th Novemebr 2011 at the Atrium, Lindum Business Park.
The event is organised to celebrate the success of achieving learners from the previous 12 months with all achievers receiving invites to the event to receive certificates and lunch.

Presenting certificates to the learners for this event was Stephen Phillips, Member of Parliament for Sleaford and North Hykeham, a staunch supporter of education and providers of training.

Achievers were called up by Hannah Spencer, Managing Director of LAGAT and presented with a tied certificate noting their achievement. More than 127 people attended the event including employers and local businesses in support of the learners achievements.

Achievements had been gained on Apprenticeship, Advanced Apprenticeship or part of the Governments "Train to Gain" schemes in occupational areas such as Teaching & Learning, Retail, Commercial Enterprise, IT, Management, Business and Hospitality.

Special Awards were given to the following categories for employers:

 Lincoln's Most Supportive Employer: Lace Housing

 Most Supportive School : Trent Valley Academy

 North Kesteven District's Most Supportive Employer : Crazy Bongos

 Best Employer of Apprenticeships : Ringrose Law

Why not visit the Gallery to see all the photo's of this event.

LAGAT team up with AAT for Accountancy Quals

We are proud to offer qualifications in Accountancy through the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), who are arguably the best known british accountancy awarding body.

We have rolled out the following qualification routes:

Level 1 in Computerised Accounts
Level 2 in Computerised Accounts
Level 3 in Computerised Accounts
&
Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
Level 3 Diploma in Accounting

Additionally, the Certificate and Diploma in Accounting may be part or fully funded (eligibility criteria apply), if any of these interest you, then why not get in touch through our website for mor information.
www.lagat.co.uk/contactus

The Outlook for 2011/12

Sunny is the answer!
We are moving into the new year from August with more capability to support young people in Apprenticeships and have some excellent vacancies for those enthusiastic young people looking for their first step on the employment ladder. Check out our current live Apprenticeship vacancy list

Additionally, there is scope for us to offer other funded and part funded qualifications through one of our partner agencies, we offer NVQ only qualifications in a wide and diverse occupational base, some examples are Management, Health & Social care, Supporting Teaching & Learning, Customer Service, Legal Secretaries and many more. For the full listing of the training we offer visit our training page.

The Tentercroft Learning Centre

LAGAT has a training and learning centre on Tentercroft Street in the centre of Lincoln. The Tentercroft Learning Centre (TLC) offers foundation learning courses for young people (16-18) who wish to move into an apprenticeship, these courses give the learners an insight into qualifications, soft life skills and basic literacy/numeracy.

The TLC also offers IT based training free of charge as part of the UKOnline program, the program is open to all and allows users the ability to learn basic computing skills such as using a keyboard, mouse, using a word processing program, setting up a mail account and so on. The facility also gives users shortcuts to basic online government assistance like benefits calculators.

Looking for more information on anything mentioned above, please get in touch on 01522 501300 or through the main website: www.lagat.co.uk