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| Georgia, Geoff & Theo |
Two apprentices from Brighton & Hove City Council left
their jobs for the day to shadow the Chief Executive of the council.
Georgia Easteal and Theo Duncumb Rogers spent the day with Geoff Raw seeing
what it's like to be the CEO of an organisation such as the council as part of
the Brathay Apprentice Challenge.
They started their day with a tour of the old police cells
museum, which is housed in the basement of Brighton Town Hall.
They learnt all about the history of the police service in
Brighton and Sussex, such as the death of Henry Solomon, chief constable of Brighton
police in the late 1830s.
After the tour, they returned to the CEO’s office where the
two apprentices sat in on meetings, one of which was with representatives from Coffin Mew
who were there to speak about, and promote, investment in the city.
Georgia and Theo spoke to Geoff about apprenticeships and
what his views were on them.
He started by saying, if he had the chance to do an
apprenticeship, he would go for one in creative arts, as he had wanted to go to
Art College.
Geoff went on to say that the 18-24 age range is
under represented at Brighton & Hove City Council and the demographic makeup
of the city should be better represented.
When asked how apprentices have benefited the council,
Geoff said: “they bring new energy, new skills and they look at work with a new
pair of eyes.”
The CEO said apprenticeships should be available across all
areas of council business and he would “Encourage all managers to work hard to
bring apprentices in.”
“Why wouldn’t we want to achieve great things?”
If anyone from Brighton & Hove City Council is
interested in shadowing members of ELT then get in touch with Lauren Eagle.
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