Fleet Alliance supports local apprentice scheme

Fleet Alliance is supporting 10 local apprentices through a number of community initiatives via the Glasgow-based youth project, G20 Works.

G20 Works provides jobs, training, personal development and support to young people over 16 who may have experienced, or be at risk of, addiction, unemployment and imprisonment, to improve their life chances and become valued, contributing members of the community.

The fleet management and leasing specialist has provided £20,000 of financial support for 12 months, to allow the apprentices, aged between 16 and 25, to participate in a series of community projects as part of the ongoing G20 Works programme.

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.”

As part of this year’s programme, the apprentices will be carrying out a series of community tasks, including working on a food van, in a community cafe or helping build a community garden.

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.”

Fleet Alliance has also partially financed the G20 Youth Club initiative as part of its 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.