Welcome to the Workplus monthly newsletter featuring upcoming events, opportunities and news.

Find out about:

💡 Mentoring Makes the Difference - Mentor training workshop

🎨 Help us Paint the Big Picture - Apprentice survey

🔮 Connecting with Future Talent - Work Experience 2025 programme

👋 Be a part of our next campaign

👋 A Warm Workplus Welcome - New members

📰 In the News

💡 Mentoring Makes the Difference

There is still time to book for the Mentor Training Workshop with Leadership and Development Coach, James McSporran . 

Great mentoring is crucial to the development of your apprentices within your organisation. This workshop will equip mentors with the tools to form effective relationships with their mentees, offer insights and awareness, and give practical advice on providing feedback.

 Join us:

📆 Thursday 14 November

🕘 09:30 – 15:30

📍 Clayton Hotel, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast

Book here: https://bit.ly/Mentor_Training_Workshop_lnk

🎨 Help us paint the big picture

Workplus is working in partnership with NIE Networks , to conduct a NI-wide survey designed to better understand the apprenticeship experience.

We would greatly appreciate if you could direct current apprentices to the survey below. 

⏰ Deadline for completion is Friday 8 November. 

Share here: https://bit.ly/pulse_survey1

🔮 Connecting with Future Talent

Join us for the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Work Experience 2025 Employer Information Session.

Following last year’s successful pilot project, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is partnering with Workplus to offer a coordinated Work Experience Programme for post primary schools in the Borough.

Join us for breakfast and discover how your organisation can connect with the next generation of early talent:

📆 Tuesday 19 November

🕙 08:30 - 10:00

📍 Theatre at the Mill, Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey

Register here: https://bit.ly/ANBC_WEX25

👋 Be a part of our next campaign

Thinking of hiring apprentices for September 2025?

We are now planning the  Workplus January apprenticeship campaign. If you'd like to get involved, get in touch or book a meeting with one of the team. 

Book here: https://bit.ly/3NMMnm9

👋 A Warm Workplus Welcome

We are delighted to welcome McQuillan Companies and BDO as Workplus members.

McQuillan Companies is a Northern Ireland based company incorporating a diverse range of activities from civil engineering to analytical chemistry.

BDO Northern Ireland - which has been established for over 30 years - is an Audit, Tax and Advisory firm based in Belfast.