Activate Apprenticeships

🌈 Wear your Pride | Celebrating diversity, inclusion and belonging 🌈

On 11 June, we're inviting all students and staff to wear their Pride colours and help make our campuses a vibrant celebration of inclusion, identity and community.

Whether it's a rainbow accessory, a Pride T-shirt, colourful socks or a full spectrum outfit, every show of support helps create an environment where everyone feels seen, valued and respected.

Join us as we celebrate Pride Month and demonstrate our commitment to fostering a welcoming and inclusive community for all!

Learn more about Pride events and activities across Activate Learning: https://bit.ly/4o6vq7K

🌈 This Pride Month, we’re celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community and reaffirming our commitment to creating safe, inclusive and welcoming spaces for every student and member of staff across Activate Learning.

Through our LGBTQIA+ clubs, enrichment activities, support services and Pride events, we’re proud to champion acceptance, equality and the freedom to be yourself.

At Activate Learning, everyone deserves to feel seen, supported and valued for who they are.

Join us as we celebrate Pride and continue working towards a culture where diversity is embraced and everyone can thrive. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4o6vq7K

This Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re recognising the importance of connection, support and wellbeing for everyone in our communities. 💚

At Activate Learning, we believe mental health matters every day. Whether it’s through supportive learning environments, access to wellbeing resources, or simply checking in with one another, small actions can make a big difference.

Supporting wellbeing is central to our commitment to creating inclusive environments where learners, colleagues, employer partners and our local communities can thrive, achieve their goals and feel empowered to succeed.

Let’s continue creating spaces where people feel heard, valued and supported.

| Mental Health Foundation

Every learner deserves the right support to thrive in education.

That’s why we’re proud to launch our new Level 3 Teaching Assistant with embedded SEND training apprenticeship, helping education professionals build the confidence, practical skills and inclusive approaches needed to support all learners.

Our first cohort of 24 apprentices will develop specialist knowledge to help children and young people with additional needs feel supported, included and empowered in their learning journey.

Alongside core classroom practice, the programme includes dedicated SEND learning designed to strengthen inclusive support across schools and colleges, helping create learning environments where every student can succeed.

Designed around the realities of busy education settings, the programme offers flexible delivery during term time, workplace-based learning, live online sessions, dedicated coaching and levy funding opportunities.

Learn more about the programme: https://bit.ly/4tnqVXh

🌱 Learners leading the change 🌱

Our learners are not just taking part in sustainability, they are leading it.

Across our campuses, they are:

🌿 Leading sustainability projects
♻️ Creating innovative solutions
🌎 Driving environmental initiatives

From recycling campaigns and biodiversity projects to working with staff on energy-saving ideas, they are turning knowledge into real action. Many are also building future-ready skills through hands-on experiences in areas like sustainable construction, engineering and environmental science.

Their creativity and passion are helping to shape greener campuses and stronger communities.

What’s one change you’ve made to be more sustainable? 👇

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4erRWot

🌱 Preparing learners for green careers 🌱

From engineering to construction and science to horticulture, sustainability is embedded across our curriculum.

We’re equipping learners with the skills needed to thrive in a greener economy - and to drive real change in their industries:

🌿 Delivering specialist green careers programmes, skills bootcamps and short courses that build knowledge of sustainable industries and support learners to upskill or retrain for roles in renewable energy, retrofit and low-carbon technologies.

🌿 Embedding sustainability across the curriculum, including construction, engineering, science and technology, alongside key themes such as energy efficiency, carbon reduction and circular economy principles.

🌿 Providing access to industry-standard facilities, land-based environments and live projects, giving learners hands-on experience in areas such as habitat restoration, woodland management and sustainable food production.

🌿 Working in partnership with employers to co-design curriculum and create real-world learning experiences that reflect current industry needs.

🌿 Supporting student-led sustainability initiatives and practical projects that develop leadership, innovation and problem-solving skills while creating positive environmental impact.

🌿 Connecting learners to clear green career pathways through employer engagement, industry insight and progression opportunities.

🌿 Building both technical expertise and environmental awareness, equipping learners to contribute to and lead sustainable change within their future workplaces.

A thank you to our amazing partners who have worked or are working with us to achieve these goals.

The future is green. And our learners are ready.

Learn more about our sustainability work: https://bit.ly/4erRWot

🌍 Why does sustainability in education matter?

Colleges play a vital role in shaping a greener future.

At Activate Learning, sustainability is embedded in how we teach, operate and collaborate - helping our learners develop the skills needed for tomorrow’s economy.

Here’s some incredible sustainability projects our students have worked on lately in partnership with organisations in our local communities:

🌿Young chefs experience sustainable cooking with Green Michelin-starred restaurant, Marle
🌿Bracknell students launch Mannequins Upcycled art and fashion exhibition in Bracknell
🌿Reading College and University Centre students cook up a storm at Reading Town Meal
🌿 Activate Learning SEND students celebrate greening project at Oxford Parkway Station
🌿Guildford College carpentry students partner with local construction firm to build shelter for children’s hospice charity shop

Every action adds up. Every learner matters.

Learn more about sustainable education at Activate Learning: https://bit.ly/4erRWot

🌱 It’s Colleges’ National Green Week 2026!

At Activate Learning, sustainability isn’t just something we talk about - it’s something we do every day.

From greener campuses to learner-led projects, we’re proud to be building a more sustainable future across our communities.

Join us this week as we shine a light on the real actions making a difference at our colleges and beyond:https://bit.ly/4erRWot

We were delighted to host the Guild of Bricklayers London section competition at Reading College on Tuesday 17 March. 🧱

Young bricklaying students and apprentices from Lee Marley , London South East Colleges, South Bank Colleges, and Reading College and University Centre took part in the one-day competition at the King’s Road campus.👷‍♂️

Congratulations to two learners from Lee Marley Academy, Paolo Puglisi, who was awarded Junior winner and Dominic Lawerence, who was awarded the Senior winner.👏

We were delighted that two of our apprentices from Reading College and University Centre came third, Jake Abram (Senior category) and Riley Mason (Junior category).👏

Read more: https://bit.ly/47O5dDU