🎉 Congratulations to Tom on passing his Level 3 Award in Education and Training!
Over the past 10 months, Tom has worked incredibly hard as part of our pilot Train the Trainer programme. Having already built an impressive career as a skilled lime plasterer, he has spent the last year developing the knowledge, confidence and teaching skills needed to inspire the next generation of heritage craftspeople. The programme, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, combines formal teaching qualifications with mentoring and hands-on teaching experience, givin
First Aid Training for Tom
It's been another busy month of training for our Train the Trainer student, Tom. Alongside continuing to develop his classroom skills and technical knowledge, Tom has also completed Emergency First Aid at Work training. Having confidence in a wide range of situations is an important part of being a tutor. Knowing how to respond in an emergency helps create a safe learning environment for both staff and students. While we have never experienced any student injuries during our
Big shout out to Tom who leads his first course
This week Tom led his very first course with use - and absolutely smashed it. His delivery, confidence and insight were outstanding, and it really showed just how much is extensive industry experience brings tot he room. We're proud to provide training for people at all stages of their careers, including highly experienced heritage professionals. Tom, an experienced plasterer, is currently with us on our Train the Trainer programme, and watching him step into the lead trainer
Mentor days for Tom
We arrived at work this morning to a beautifully white car park – picture perfect! Sadly, there wasn’t quite enough time to build a snowman, as January for us is all about staff training and planning for the year ahead. This year, we’re delighted to have our new tutor, Tom, fully involved in that process. It’s been fantastic to hear his fresh ideas and thoughtful feedback as we continue to improve and refine what we offer. As part of Tom’s Train the Trainer programme, he ben
Follow Toms 12 Month Journey
August saw an exciting change for carringtonLIME as we welcomed our trainee tutor Tom to the team. Tom is an experienced lime plasterer and runs his own business, Three Counties Lime, based in the Malvern area. His work has taken him from restoring historic churches to renovating barns, giving him a wealth of practical expertise that he is eager to share with students. He has now embarked on our 12-month Train the Trainer programme, with the goal of progressing into a permane
carringtonLIME Heritage Skills Training CIC awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to train lime plastering tutors
Gloucestershire-based training provider carringtonLIME Heritage Skills Training CIC have been awarded a grant amount of £25,512 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to launch a ground breaking new ‘train the trainer’ programme that will help increase the heritage industries capacity. The recent Heritage Skills Needs Analysis produced by Historic England highlighted that an additional 105,000 full time employees will be needed to retrofit the UKs traditional buildings each ye
