Stamford College Awarded Forterra Construction Hub Status

Stam­ford Col­lege, part of the Inspire Edu­ca­tion Group, has been award­ed the pres­ti­gious acco­lade of becom­ing a Con­struc­tion Hub Ambas­sador for Forter­ra, the UK’s lead­ing man­u­fac­tur­er of build­ing sup­plies and build­ing mate­ri­als for the con­struc­tion industry.

Stam­ford Col­lege was one of eight col­leges to receive this award, hav­ing been recog­nised for its engage­ment with the local com­mu­ni­ty through its projects and char­i­ty work. Suc­cess­ful col­leges will receive a dona­tion of 12,000 Lon­don Bricks, brand­ed mer­chan­dise, and the chance for their most out­stand­ing stu­dent or appren­tice to receive £500 worth of indus­try-lead­ing tools. Emma Hill, Head of Fac­ul­ty for Tech­ni­cal and Mod­ern Con­struc­tion Skills at Stam­ford Col­lege, expressed her grat­i­tude; ​“This pres­ti­gious award to become a Con­struc­tion Hub will ben­e­fit Stam­ford Col­lege learn­ers mas­sive­ly, from gain­ing the lat­est brick­work exper­tise, to receiv­ing insights into careers with­in the indus­try through site vis­its and vis­it­ing speak­ers. Plus, we’ll have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to take part in Forter­ra events and com­pe­ti­tions, as well as men­tal health and well­be­ing work­shops with the char­i­ty ​‘Band of Brothers’”.

In form­ing these part­ner­ships, Forter­ra is sup­port­ing the Government’s Careers Strat­e­gy that seeks to plug the skills gap in the con­struc­tion indus­try. Forter­ra aims to inspire the work­force of the future to make a pos­i­tive con­tri­bu­tion to the UK’s pro­duc­tiv­i­ty. This aspi­ra­tion is echoed by Inspire Edu­ca­tion Group, with the build of Stam­ford College’s new £3.3 mil­lion Mod­ern Meth­ods of Con­struc­tion Cen­tre being a response to the increased demand for skilled work­ers in trade-based indus­tries with­in the local area.

To learn more about con­struc­tion cours­es at Stam­ford Col­lege, vis­it: https://​www​.stam​ford​.ac​.uk/​c​o​u​r​s​e​-​d​e​p​a​r​t​m​e​n​t​s​/​c​o​n​s​t​r​u​ction