Does your company work positively with schools and colleges to encourage interest in food and drink manufacturing or help facilitate employment opportunities for young people?

The Education Initiative award recognises a company's commitment and support to schools and colleges either locally or nationally.

Nominations can be for a one-off event, or for an ongoing contribution to lessons or schemes to experience the world of work and develop employability skills.

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Education Initiative award 2024

CFA represents many of the UK’s biggest chilled food manufacturers. Chilled food production in the UK is one of the world’s fastest-growing, most innovative and advanced food sectors.

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Education Initiative 2023

Mondelēz International’s Virtual Work Experience [VWEX] connects more students to more food career experts, more effectively than traditional work experience.

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Education Initiative 2022 - Britvic plc

In Great Britain and Ireland, Britvic has been working on a small-scale pilot scheme to offer internships to students with special educational needs in Great Britain to supplement their college education and to offer paid internships to those with diverse abilities in Ireland.

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