Fleet Alliance is supporting 10 local apprentices through a number of community initiatives via the G20 Works youth project, providing opportunities for work, training and personal development.
The fleet management and leasing specialist has provided £20k of financial support for 12 months to allow the apprentices, aged between 16 and 25, to participate in a series of community projects under the ongoing G20 Works programme.
The Glasgow-based project provides jobs, training, personal development and support to young people who may have experienced, or be at risk of, addiction, unemployment and imprisonment, improving their life opportunities.
As part of this year’s programme, the apprentices will carry out a series of community tasks, including working on a food van, in a community cafe or helping build a community garden.
Fleet Alliance has also partially financed the G20 Youth Club initiative by raising money through its annual ‘Stars in their Eyes’ fund-raising event. This year’s star-studded show was won by CEO, Andy Bruce, for his epic, show-stopping impersonation of Elvis ‘The King’ Presley and raised £5,000 for the Youth Club.
G20 works director Emily Cutts said: “This amazing support from Fleet Alliance allows us to pay our young people for the work they are doing in the community projects, to get them off the poverty line and to set them on a positive pathway for the future.
“Hopefully, this way, it may lead to future work and other opportunities, and it has certainly given them renewed energy and sense of purpose. None of this would be possible without backing from Fleet Alliance.”
The support is part of the fleet specialist’s ongoing social, charity and community support programme, Fleet Alliance Loves, which has contributed more than £700,000 to local, national and international good causes since 2008, with £40,000 raised in this year alone.
Fleet Alliance chair, Martin Brown said: “We are delighted to be able to provide this level of support to the G20 Works youth programme, which is a cause close to our hearts.
“As an equal opportunities’ employer with core values of fairness, trust, engagement and respect, we strongly believe in young people who have experienced significant life trauma being given the chance to have a better start in life,” he stated.
