Young catering assistant recognised with award
A catering assistant from a Black Country care home has scooped a regional award and is now bidding for national glory.
John Brookes, from Walsall, has won the Apprentice of the Year, West Midlands Region, of the National Apprenticeship Awards for 2020.
The 18-year-old, who started working at Anchor’s Harden Hall in October 2018, won the award while attending the virtual regional finals for the National Apprenticeship Awards on Zoom.
He said he was delighted to have won the regional final and was honoured to be considered for the national award.
He also said it had only been possible thanks to the support from other members of staff at Harden Hall. He said: “I’m proud to have won the regional final, it was an honour just to be nominated.
“I joined up as an apprentice in a care home because I wanted to give something back to the older generation who have done so much for this country.
"I wanted to take good care of them so their families knew they were in good hands.
"This wouldn’t be possible if it wasn’t for such a great team that have pushed me to be my very best from the very start.”
The teenager, who recently won Anchor Hanover’s internal Apprenticeship of the year Award, will now be entered into the National Finals.
