{"id":16284,"date":"2025-02-12T12:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T12:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/?p=16284"},"modified":"2025-02-12T14:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:00:59","slug":"celebrating-national-apprenticeship-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/news\/celebrating-national-apprenticeship-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<html><body><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-value-of-apprenticeships\">The value of apprenticeships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At Family Fund, we believe in nurturing talent and providing opportunities for people starting a career to grow their skills. All the while making a meaningful impact on families raising a disabled or seriously ill child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This National Apprenticeship Week, we&rsquo;re celebrating the power of apprenticeships by hearing from our own rising star, Communications and Marketing Apprentice Angelika, along with her colleagues Rachel and Jenny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apprenticeships offer a fantastic pathway to hands-on experience, boosted confidence, and a well-defined career trajectory &ndash; something we&rsquo;ve witnessed first-hand with Angelika&rsquo;s impressive progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Angelika&rsquo;s apprenticeship journey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past 18 months, Angelika has been a vital part of our marketing and communications team. She has supported campaigns, content creation and engagement with families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this video, she shares her experiences. Hear all about the skills she has developed and how her apprenticeship has helped her grow professionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"National apprenticeship week - Angelika\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhoWDtONf44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The impact of apprenticeships at Family Fund<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Angelika&rsquo;s journey hasn&rsquo;t just been valuable for her, but also for our team. Media manager Rachel and Jenny, Angelika&rsquo;s line manager, have seen first-hand how her creativity and enthusiasm have enriched our communications work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week - Rachel and Jenny\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pfgShTc-Y3U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Family Fund, we&rsquo;re proud to support apprenticeships and the opportunities they bring. Not just for people&rsquo;s individual careers, but for the charities and communities they serve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This National Apprenticeship Week, we celebrate Angelika&rsquo;s achievements and the impact she, and other apprentices, have in shaping the future of charitable organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/about\/careers\/\">\n    Find out more about working at Family Fund\n    <\/a>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re marking National Apprenticeship Week with a celebration of the incredible contribution apprenticeships make to workplaces across the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_mixd_wp_review_post_reminders":[],"_mixd_wp_review_date":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[59],"class_list":["post-16284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-staff-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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