FEATURE
Academia At Its Best
After three years of operating, we hear from Metsa Tissue, who tell us all about their educational programme – the Katrin Academy – and how, alongside its partner, the Source Supplies Academy, it is helping to curb youth unemployment, help local communities and bridge the gap between local schools and local businesses.
Metsa Tissue is pleased to announce that, three years on, it’s educational programme, The Katrin Academy, is still going strong. Aimed at Metsa Tissue customers selling washroom products and those involved in facilities management and contract cleaning, the Academy provides an intensive day of Katrin training for small groups of people. The content is very hands on and along the way, attendees have the chance to practice using their knowledge information in a live, but non-customer environment.
Jo Long, Account Manager and Katrin Academy Manager at Metsa Tissue, said: “It is important to ensure that our customers have sufficient Katrin knowledge to be successful at promoting it effectively. Their business is our business – this is what initiated the Katrin Academy and this is what drives it to continually evolve.”
Youth Unemployment Although the Academy started as a pilot scheme, more than three years later, having held some 60 Academy sessions and trained more than 300
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people, the Katrin Academy has become a “best practice training model” for other parts of Metsa Tissue across Europe.
But what about training for young people trying to get into business in the first place? According to a paper produced for Parliament by the Office for National Statistics in March 2015, the unemployment rate for 16-24 year olds not in full-time education from November 2014 to January 2015, was 14.3% – almost 500,000 young people, of which, more than 200,000 had been unemployed for more than 12 months. Here, Katrin customer, Source Supplies is trying to do their bit with another Academy initiative.
Community Matters As well as helping young people looking for work, it is also important for these academies to embed themselves into their local communities. Ollie Rastall, Sales Director for Source Supplies said: “Large companies run apprenticeships and internships, which is a great way to get started,
but since joining the Community Matters Partnership Project last year, we’ve been looking for ways in which smaller companies like ourselves, can contribute to local communities”.
He continues, “At a recent conference in Rushmoor hosted by the Partnership, it was highlighted that many school leavers are not ready for the world of work. This was a ‘light bulb moment’ for us and the Source Supplies Academy was born.”
Bridging The Gap Recognising the need to bridge the gap between local schools and local businesses, the Source Supplies Academy creates opportunities for young people in the region to get ‘work ready’. Source Supplies will invite two year 10 students, aged 14-15, from each of the four secondary schools in Rushmoor Borough to a series of days working at Source Supplies. This is an opportunity for school students to experience the inner workings of a thriving business whilst picking up and developing life skills.
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