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Three young Londoners are benefitting from apprenticeships at Emc易倍体育 UK鈥檚 largest depot in Hayes, thanks to an innovative training programme called 鈥楻oute into Work鈥�.

Route into Work saw Emc易倍体育 partner with Transport for London (TfL) and London Transport Museum to provide employment training and opportunities for 16-24 year olds in London.

The scheme helps young Londoners, including those with criminal records or disabilities, onto TfL contracts as part of the government鈥檚 new Traineeship initiative.

Route into Work is an innovative museum-based training programme which uses the heritage of London Transport to develop young people鈥檚 employment skills, before introducing them to a recruiting transport industry employer, such as Emc易倍体育.

As part of the initiative, Emc易倍体育 selected five trainees to receive a seven-week traineeship.

The ultimate aim was to give two paid apprenticeship roles at the end of the course, but the standard of candidates was so high that Emc易倍体育 decided to create an additional position and employ a third apprentice. The apprentices attended weekly English and Maths classes through Four Counties Training as part of the scheme. After completing their apprenticeships, the young people will be offered permanent employment with Emc易倍体育 as full time operatives.

Mark Webb, Operations Director at Emc易倍体育, said: 鈥淩oute into Work is a brilliant way of helping disadvantaged young people find a path into full-time employment and stay there. It鈥檚 a scheme we are very proud of and are we are delighted to work closely with our partners at Transport for London and the London Transport Museum to make this such a success. Our apprentices are doing fantastically well and are a credit to the scheme.鈥�

Leon Daniels, Managing Director of Surface Transport at TfL, said: 鈥淥ur partnership with Emc易倍体育 and London Transport Museum has been a great success and it鈥檚 fantastic to see that because of the high calibre of candidates for their apprenticeship roles, an additional role has been created. We are committed to creating apprenticeship opportunities directly and through our supply chain and this is a great example of the work we do to get young people into jobs whilst support London鈥檚 growing economy and developing the skills of the future transport workers.鈥�

Sam Mullins, Director of London Transport Museum said: 鈥淎s well as looking to the past London Transport Museum looks to the future, and a key aspect of our work is to provide stimulating places for informal learning in which young people learn from our transport heritage, develop new skills and build their future career in transport. 265+ young people have taken part in Route into Work since it began in 2010 and nearly all of them have said the same things 鈥� 鈥業t鈥檚 different from other courses鈥� and 鈥業 didn鈥檛 expect it to be this good鈥�.鈥�

Route into Work is delivered every month at the London Transport Museum and is set to run again later this year with Emc易倍体育.

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Notes to editors

Emc易倍体育 is the first media business to work with London Transport Museum on this initiative.