Fife firm takes hospitality training academy online
Diageo Learning for Life, has launched on a new virtual hospitality academy to ensure its training programmes can continue during lockdown.
It is open to new applicants looking to develop key skills in hospitality and improve their future employability, as well as over 2,000 individuals who have previously taken part in the company’s programme.
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Hide AdWith the majority of the UK hospitality sector currently not operational due to lockdown, the virtual academy aims to encourage those at home to improve their skills and earn new certificates, which will help them to be at the front line of the recovery process.
In a first for Diageo, the ground-breaking Learning for Life programme will be delivered fully online and includes over 40 online knowledge, skills and training modules and webinars to support, motivate and alleviate isolation for learners at this time. Guest speakers from the industry will also host online sessions and each student will receive access to dedicated one-to-one mentoring and coaching.
Lucy Lamb, programme manager at Diageo Learning for Life, said “With 900 individuals still actively involved in the programme across the UK, we had to move quickly to think of alternative ways to continue supporting them.
“Our partner, The Springboard Charity, has developed the excellent virtual hospitality academy, which allows Diageo Learning for Life to continue supporting those in our communities by delivering online training modules, webinars and vital one-to-one careers advice and support.”
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Hide AdInga McVicar, national head of employability, The Springboard Charity, said “The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected the hospitality sector, but it is important that we continue to provide crucial support services to people from disadvantaged backgrounds. When we emerge from this crisis, those we support will be equipped with new skills, knowledge and confidence, so that they are better able to secure employment”
The Diageo Learning for Life programme launched in the UK in 2014 and has supported over 2,000 unemployed people, globally the programme has supported over 140,000 individuals.
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