WELL done Mr Hale, I am sure that many of our youngsters would welcome the opportunity to work with our small businesses if only the bureaucracy were to be minimised (Letters, February 26).
I would like to suggest that help can start even earlier in the student's education cycle.
Our York students are keen to see what the profession/trades are like and Trident strives to open up work placements wherever possible. A student for a fortnight or one or two days a week for a term, may provide the spark to interest them in an apprenticeship.
In some instances it may well re-ignite and re-engage the student in education.
Trident organise the work experience programme for all York secondary schools and will be delighted to talk to any business, however small, about how they can help.
Mike Jones,
The Trident Trust,
Bad Bargain Lane,
Burnholme, York.
Updated: 11:52 Wednesday, March 03, 2004
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