Watch: How Babington helped over 32,000 learners

7th July 2016

Babington Group helps to combat the skills shortage in the UK with its growing offering of high-quality apprenticeships and skills training in a variety of sectors, such as finance and accountancy, health and social care, retail and property services. While backed by Bridges, Babington supported over 32,000 learners, and helped over 3,700 formerly unemployed people […]

Babington Group helps to combat the skills shortage in the UK with its growing offering of high-quality apprenticeships and skills training in a variety of sectors, such as finance and accountancy, health and social care, retail and property services.

While backed by Bridges, Babington supported over 32,000 learners, and helped over 3,700 formerly unemployed people to find work. In 2015 alone, Babington trained 1,600 16-18 year-olds at risk of becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training), with about two-thirds of its students coming from underserved areas of the UK.

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