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Ailsa hands
news
on her skills
to Natasha
TWO
created their own little bit of
ScottishPower history
staff at Hoylake have
Skillseeker
Ailsa Fitzgerald, a former
, is now training and
.
mentoring her very own
Skillseeker
company in January but is
already enjoying the year-long
Natasha, 17, joined the
, Natasha Davies.
experience, which helps to train
a
t
for the future.
he business skills they will need
nd develop young people with
Merseyside, took part in the
P
Natasha, of Noctorum on
in W
Power Learning, which is how
rinceʼ
she heard about Skillseekers.
allasey
s Trust T
, run by Scottish-
eam programme
of the first Skillseekers on the
scheme just over 10 years ago
Ailsa, of Woodchurch, was one
little
Twinkle,
twinkle
Ballet Central experts
stars
SIXTY
take kids to the King’s
with a troupe of ballet dancers … thanks to
ScottishPower
young dance hopefuls took to the stage
joined in a two-day dance workshop, leading to a
performance at the Kingʼ
Sons and daughters of ScottishPower employees
’s links with Ballet Central.
SKILLS SHARED: Ailsa and Natasha
was a fantastic experience for my six-year-old daugh
ter and her cousin.
Commenting, one parent said: “The whole event
s Theatre, Glasgow.
from the outset with a good detailed timetable.”
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delighted when she recently
and has worked in several roles
Ballet Central has been the springboard for many
The event was very well organised
joined EnergyNetworks.
at the company, but was
successful dancers around the world and of
audiences a chance to spot the stars of
new post, I found there was so
tomorrow
fers
much paperwork involved and
She said: “When I started my
we needed additional admin
McDonald said: “Sponsorship of Ballet Cen
Group Sponsorship manager Heather
, today.
support. I understood what was
tral
involved in the Skillseeker
increase accessibility to the arts,
programme and knew how
particularly for young people,
supports ScottishPowerʼs aim to
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much I had benefited from it. I
and underlines our
requested a Skillseeker to help
commitment to
me and luckily I got Natasha.”
local communities.”
Jones said: “More than 1,200
have participated in this training
Community manager Roy
programme and more than 30
per cent have been employed by
the company
am aware of an ex-Skillseeker
.
becoming a Skillseeker
“However, this is the first time I
supervisor
both of them and shows just
and assisting another
, mentoring, coaching
.
how the employee experience
“It is great development for
can be enhanced by these
schemes.”
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