This February, the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk will once again be celebrating all its apprentices, during National Apprenticeship week, 3-9 February 2020.
The council has run a successful apprenticeship scheme for 8 years, supporting employees by offering a broad spectrum of apprenticeships across a variety of fields. At the moment, there are 30 apprentices working towards qualifications.
As part of the week-long celebration, a fresh campaign will be launched highlighting the apprentices, their successes and experiences while earning and learning at the council.
All apprentices are being asked to take part in the campaign. In addition, Stephanie Glasser (Accountancy) and Holly Attlesey (Waste & Recycling) have participated in the East of England Apprentice Challenge, competing to be the Local Government Apprentice of Year.
Stephanie says “For me, working for the council means making a practical and positive impact to the lives of people living and working in the borough. The borough council is committed to understanding employees’ needs and maximizing their potential to progress in their professional development.”
Cllr Brian Long, Leader of the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, said: “As a council we really feel that the apprenticeship scheme is worthy of our support. We encourage lifelong learning and an apprenticeship scheme is an excellent way of achieving career progression for individuals and an improved workforce for the council.”
“Because of our positive experience we would encourage other local businesses to consider developing their own apprenticeship scheme”
This is all part of the campaign #GetUpandGrow that has been run by the East of England Local Government Association since 2017.
New electric car charging points have become available to residents to use in King’s Lynn and Hunstanton.
The charging points based in five locations across west Norfolk have opened, ensuring that people with limited access to off-street parking can still choose an electric vehicle.
Mayor of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, Cllr Lesley Bambridge, was joined by Cabinet member for Environment and CO2 reduction, Cllr Paul Kunes to visit several of the new points and used them to charge their electric vehicles.
The Mayor said: “I’m regularly driven to functions around the borough in the hybrid Mayoral car. This car is more economical and environmentally friendly. Many journeys are short enough to be completed on electric power only.
People are being invited to kick start the New Year by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Norwich and King’s Lynn.
The charity’s much-loved events are returning to Norfolk and anyone who joins this January can claim 50 per cent off the entry fee, as part of a half-price sale, by using the code RFL23NY*.
This is the 30th year of Race for Life and participants will receive a special medal to mark the milestone.
Every year around 36,600 people are diagnosed with cancer in the East of England**. Money raised at Race for Life enables scientists to
The switch on for the King’s Lynn Christmas lights was a huge success once again as hundreds turned out for this special annual event on Sunday.
The lights were switched on by a group of Ukrainian families who have sought refuge in west Norfolk this year, with their sponsors.
The children of the families also sang some traditional Ukrainian carols to entertain the crowd.
Mayor of King’s Lynn and west Norfolk, Cllr Lesley Bambridge, said: “It was wonderful to see so many people in good cheer at the Christmas lights switch on in King’s Lynn, which is always a special event in the local calendar.
Veterans from the Bridge For Heroes Armed Forces charity joined with students from Greyfriars School to prepare Remembrance Bird Boxes for The Walks.
The boxes were made at the Bridge For Heroes Activity Centre, based in Nelson House on the North Lynn Industrial Estate, which has a fully equipped carpentry workshop and was set up to enable veterans to engage in meaningful activities, these including, in addition to carpentry, art, photography, crafts and amateur radio skills and recreational pursuits.
The Centre, which is open to veterans and their dependants, has seen a gradual increase in beneficiaries using the facility in the year since it first opened and it was the carpentry class that decided to make the bird boxes, having been told that many of those already in the walks were falling into disrepair.
Local architectural excellence and craftsmanship was celebrated last night. The Mayor’s Design Awards winners were announced at a special ceremony held at King’s Lynn Town Hall.
An initial 72 entries and 52 site visits were shortlisted down to 35 nominated schemes for awards in ten categories.
Mayor of King's Lynn & West Norfolk, Cllr Lesley Bambridge, said: "The awards ceremony was a great evening, a celebration of our push for better design and innovation and construction standards across our borough. We've worked closely with architects, contractors, developers, and their clients to achieve this aim, and we are glad to reward buildings and schemes that illustrate this focus on quality and innovation.