Recently at our head office in Liverpool, our management team attended a training session called ‘Ambassador of Hope’ which was delivered by Jake Mills, founder of ‘Chasing the Stigma’. Chasing the Stigma is an amazing charity founded by Jake from his own experience of mental health issues, dealing with mental illness and living with positive mental health. The twenty-minute session covered Jake’s own battles with depression, his recovery and his vision and passion to change

English and mathematics Functional Skills qualifications help learners to gain important real-world skills for the future. Starting in September 2019, the current qualifications will be replaced by reformed Functional Skills qualifications to make them even more relevant and credible for the world of work. To find out more, Kay Chandler our Functional Skills Operations Manager and Claire Burton, Head of Quality and Compliance attended the ‘NCFE The Future of Maths and English