Busy Bees Nurseries partners with Springboard to help disadvantaged young people get back to work
Busy Bees, the UK’s leading provider of early years childcare, has joined forces with hospitality charity, Springboard, to provide a platform for disadvantaged young people to gain employment. The nursery group is the first childcare…
Read more1,000 Springboard Ambassadors on board! Can you help us to reach 2,000?
We’ve set ourselves the ambitious target of getting 2,000 hospitality industry professionals on board as Springboard Ambassadors to help support us in our mission to futureproof the talent pipeline for hospitality. Springboard Ambassadors champion and…
Read moreMore than £100k raised at the Springboard Awards for Excellence as Champions of the UK’s Hospitality Industry crowned
More than £100,000 was raised at the Springboard Awards for Excellence 2022, in partnership with Smart Group, this week as the hospitality charity crowned its hospitality heroes of the past 12 months. The awards ceremony…
Read moreEdinburgh students celebrate success at Johnnie Walker Princes Street graduation
Nine students have celebrated their graduation at the Johnnie Walker Princes Street Learning for Life Academy in a special ceremony hosted within the new visitor experience to toast their success. The students have completed the…
Read more4C Associates partners with Springboard to nurture hospitality talent pipeline
4C Associates, one of Europe’s largest consultancies dedicated to procurement and supply chain transformation has joined Springboard as a corporate patron. The charity, which helps people of all ages and backgrounds to build their careers…
Read moreAde Adepitan MBE to host Springboard Awards for Excellence 2022
Springboard UK has revealed that Paralympian champion, TV presenter and journalist – Ade Adepitan MBE – will present its Awards for Excellence 2022 on Thursday 7th April. Held at the Science Museum’s breath-taking Illuminate venue,…
Read moreSpringboard appoints three new trustees
Springboard is delighted to announce the appointment of three new trustees, two of which benefitted from the charity’s programmes at the start of their careers in hospitality. Jennifer Earland is head of talent acquisition at…
Read moreCareerScope hits milestone of helping 100,000 people kickstart careers in hospitality since launch
A platform created to help people kickstart careers in hospitality is celebrating hitting the milestone of having reached 100,000 users since its launch. Responding to industry-wide concerns regarding the detrimental impacts of COVID-19 on the…
Read moreRecord number of female finalists announced in national chef competition for schools
Almost 70% of finalists in a national competition to find the UK’s most talented young chef are female, suggesting that more young women are being inspired to seek careers in the culinary sector. Hosted by…
Read moreSpringboard Awarded Vital Grant from Hilton Effect Foundation to Train Young People for Jobs in Hospitality Industry
BIRMINGHAM, UK: (L-R) Alessandra Vignola (Ops Manager – Hilton Garden Inn), Amy Curley, Douglas Bowden (Springboard) at the Hilton Garden Inn, part of Hilton’s work with Springboard to support hopitality training for young people, in…
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