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City College scoops Sussex ‘Business in the Community’ award

5 December 2011

City College Brighton and Hove’s commitment to making a positive difference in the local community has been confirmed at the prestigious Sussex Business Awards which were recently held at Brighton’s Grand Hotel, with the College being named as the winner of the ‘Business in the Community’ award. The ceremony was attended by over 400 of the county’s leading business figures including the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex Mr Peter Field, Mayor of Brighton and Hove Councillor Anne Meadows, John Barradell, Chief Executive of Brighton and Hove City Council and Caroline Lucas MP.

City College works in partnership with hundreds of local employers to improve staff development strategies for businesses and its partnership with Jobcentre Plus to provide unemployed people with the skills and training they need to get back into work has attracted praise from national government. In the last year, the College has launched City Jobs, a new dedicated service to match local employers with local, work-ready employees. Judges also took into account the college’s contribution to the local apprenticeship recruitment drive, its Sports department’s creation of new opportunities for youth sport in the community as well as its projects to help impoverished communities in Kenya and Gambia.

City College's award-winners

City College's award-winners

'Winning this particular award is especially satisfying because our partnerships in the community are fundamental to what we do when it comes to improving opportunities for local people', said Principal Phil Frier.

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About City College Brighton and Hove: Situated in the heart of Brighton and graded ‘Outstanding’ in key areas by Ofsted in its June 2011 report, City College Brighton and Hove is an international centre of vocational excellence and one of the top performing Further Education Colleges in the country. Every year, 2,000 full-time, 7,000 part time, 400 Higher Education and 400 14-16 year old students as well as many international and European students choose City College as their place of further and higher education training. In addition, the College provides training to over 2,000 businesses via its ‘City Business Skills’ department which focuses on employer training needs. Offering over 700 courses from basic level right through to business and postgraduate training, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.