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2022 Apprentice Recruitment Starts Here… THIS SUMMER TAKE A HOLIDAY FROM BINGE BOOZING

The Home of Apprenticeships
The festive season is most renowned for the damage, increase the chances of having a stroke
Rochdale Training is now registering the over-consumption of alcohol, but in fact, abuse and raise weight to dangerous levels.
interest of employers who want the very best of booze is an all-year-round phenomenon with
candidates of 2022. summer and its cocktail of warmer weather, Keeping a bottle of water with you is important
longer days and more free time, a real concern. for teetotallers as well as drinkers.
Every employer who recruits an apprentice will
be given access to several incentives including; Being in public office means you are privy to Exercise is wonderful but over-exertion
forthcoming national campaigns and I know that particularly in the heat, is not.
• £1,000 grants (16-18-year-olds) www.rochdaletraining.co.uk summer drinking is high on the government’s
• Up to 100% funded training agenda this year. Bites and stings are also nasty things in the
• Access to our Workforce Training Fund Our apprentices and trainees are looking for summer, and a plague of horse-flies, which are
a range of job roles including, engineering, One of alcohol’s greatest appeals is that it capable of disseminating a bite that could swell
Hiring an apprentice is a productive and manufacturing, child care, health & social care, relaxes us, but that also means we drop our to the size of a golf ball, hit the headlines a couple
of years ago. You need a well-stocked medical
defences, not least against the power of the sun’s
effective way to grow talent and develop a business administration, and customer service rays. Sunstroke is a common complaint across cupboard, with antihistamines a particularly
motivated, skilled and qualified workforce. environments.
emergency units in Britain throughout summer. useful addition.
86% of employers said apprenticeships helped The dates of our next drop-in sessions are as Experts in Australia also believe that neglecting Now lockdowns have been relaxed, some of
them develop skills relevant to their follows - ALL welcome: sun cream – because you are a little merry! – us may get the opportunity to venture abroad.
organisation and 78% said apprenticeships • Wednesday 29 June 2022 11am till 12pm might exacerbate your chances of skin cancer. Check what injections and health precautions
helped them improve productivity. • Wednesday 27 July 2022 11am till 12pm you need to take – not forgetting of course to

As anyone who has experienced a hangover will note the Covid-19 rules that may apply to your
Register interest by contacting the marketing team on 01706 631417 or marketing@rochdaletraining.co.uk know, alcohol dehydrates you. Our usual reserve destination.
gone, we have more accidents and become
involved in antisocial behaviour. Summer 2022 sees me joining that national
concern around alcohol – particularly with its
Luxury travel brand eShores turns 15 Bank holidays have been marked by increased link to antisocial behaviour.
drinking since Shakespeare’s’ days and with the
Jubilee we have more of them this year – and This is the season of brightness and happiness
Despite the ups and downs of the last few indeed have more to toast. and shouldn’t be blighted by booze-fuelled poor
years, independent travel company eShores health and crime.
is celebrating success – and its 15th year in Moderation is the key here. Britain has a binge
business. drinking culture and though we may not imbibe As the old Northern adage goes, “always make
every single day, that can cause liver and heart sure you take a little water with it.”
The company was started from a back
bedroom by Gavin Lapidus and Nadine
Brown, growing steadily to provide
customers in the UK with tailor-made ABOUT THE WRITER
adventures in locations across the Americas, eShores co-founder Gavin Lapidus
Asia, Europe, Africa, Arabia, the Caribbean, Dr Chauhan OBE is a respected GP, health and social care
Australasia, and the Indian Ocean. campaigner, and champion of social justice and charity.
has been invaluable over the last two years
Co-founder Gavin said: “I’m so proud of in particular. As a local GP, he has become a powerful advocate for his
the eShores team for how hard they’ve all patients and introduced innovative methods to improve
worked and their willingness to adapt. “To take such an unprecedented hit and their care.
come out of it on the other side makes me
“While this has always been the case across incredibly proud of all we’ve achieved as a His work mentoring and employing young people has
our team, their hard work and dedication business.” won national recognition and he was awarded an OBE in
2020 for his creation of the Homeless-Friendly charity.

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