Creating new apprenticeships
Creating new apprenticeships
The Ladder for Staffordshire is the leading multi-organisation champion for apprenticeships in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
Working with employers and training providers, we promote the apprenticeship brand while improving skills and employment opportunities across the region.
The Ladder for Staffordshire offers a collaborative, joined-up approach to improving skills and enrichment opportunities for all, particularly for the young and disadvantaged. We link up employers, training providers and candidates to give all the best chance of success in upskilling and employment.

We bring candidates and training providers together with employers

The Ladder for Staffordshire has found that companies that invest in an apprenticeship scheme often find that they are increasing productivity of their company whilst providing the skilled workers required for the future to keep business thriving.
We bring candidates and training providers together with employers
The Ladder for Staffordshire offers a collaborative, joined-up approach to improving skills and enrichment opportunities for all, particularly for the young and disadvantaged. We link up employers, training providers and candidates to give all the best chance of success in upskilling and employment.


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The Ladder website offers extensive information on the opportunities available, whether you are a candidate looking at apprenticeships, an employer considering the apprentice route or a training provider ready to offer support.
Working to upskill the region
Launched in 2015, the Ladder for Staffordshire has helped thousands of people into work, got hundreds of employers engaged with apprenticeships and provided expert support for training providers, as well as schools and colleges.
Leading local publishers Midland News Association and Reach teamed up with training provider Performance Through People, along with leading public and private sector organisations, to deliver the campaign to secure new futures for people across the region.
Working to upskill the region
Launched in 2015, the Ladder for Staffordshire has helped thousands of people into work, got hundreds of employers engaged with apprenticeships and provided expert support for training providers, as well as schools and colleges.
Leading local publishers Midland News Association and Reach teamed up with training provider Performance Through People, along with leading public and private sector organisations, to deliver the campaign to secure new futures for people across the region.




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We bring candidates and training providers together with employers


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