We are delighted to announce that Train4All has been awarded the ERS Gold Covenant Award. We’ve worked our way from Bronze to Silver and are now extremely proud to have been awarded the Gold recognition at a sparkling ceremony at Dartmouth Royal Naval College on 24th November.
But what is the ERS?
The ERS was born out of the Armed Forces Covenant, which is a voluntary pledge that organisations can commit to in order to publicly demonstrate their support to the Armed Forces Community.
It was established in 2014 in order to recognise and reward UK employers for their support and commitment towards Defence. The scheme has three tiers of award - Gold, Silver and Bronze with a business progressing by firstly pledging support, then demonstrating their support, before finally advocating support to the Armed Forces Community in alignment with the Armed Forces Covenant.
Why should you sign up to the ERS scheme?
As a provider of Armed Forces Resettlement Training and with former members of the Armed Forces employed at Train4All, we really wanted to demonstrate our commitment to supporting those serving, veterans and their families in any way we could. Train4All has offered training and employment opportunities for over 10 years, and now we are delighted to be working alongside local cadets in Somerset to support their journey.
As a business that employs both Armed Forces Reserves and veterans, we have witnessed first-hand the impact our training has had on those leaving the Armed Forces. New careers have taken shape both with us and our network of employers, and personnel have been able to gain an enormous number of skills as well as confidence before leaving the comfort of the military.
As we further develop our alliance with British Forces Resettlement Service (BFRS) we hope that our Gold Award will create even more opportunities for reservists and service leavers to progress their construction careers.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Wessex RFCA for their continued support of Train4All and all that we do. If any business is interested in signing up to the Covenant to make those first steps as we did, please do feel free to contact us or the team at Wessex RFCA and we will be happy to share our experience and knowledge of the scheme and all that it has to offer.
