Airport Academy
In 2007 Manchester Airport received a prestigious Big Tick award for its Airport Academy project, an employment and training programme helping unemployed people living in the Manchester South Regeneration areas and, particularly, in Wythenshawe.
Students of the Academy, who are all 16 or over, are assessed, given appropriate training and skills, coached in interview techniques and helped to find suitable vacancies at the airport.
Once in work students are given support and encouraged to develop their skills to ensure that their new working life is a rewarding one.
Airport Academy is a story of successful collaboration. While Manchester Airport has led the project, it has been made possible through high-level partnerships in the Airport Community Network.