Moy Park is funding the training of adult social care workers. The company has agreed to transfer £165,000 from its apprenticeship levy fund, enough to support potentially 40 NHS apprenticeships.
Moy Park will fund the training of apprentices at Horizon Care sites across Sheffield and Rotherham over a period of 12-18 months. The apprentice levy transfer scheme allows companies to transfer up to 25% of funds raised through their levy to other employers.
Horizon Care provides residential, nursing and specialist care for young people, adults and the elderly, including specialist dementia care.
Nicola Hayward, Early Careers and Apprenticeship Manager at Moy Park said: “At Moy Park we are committed to investing in the communities our people live and work in. The NHS has faced an incredible challenge for the past two years in dealing with the pandemic, and we felt it was right to use some of our surplus apprenticeship funds to support our NHS, and train new key workers.
“We are especially proud to be supporting the training of around 40 apprentices in the adult social care sector. Organisations like Horizon Care do great work in supporting vulnerable and elderly adults. Moy Park’s charity partner is the Alzheimer’s Society, so we feel Horizon Care is a perfect fit.”