Congratulations to 16 employees at Morrisons (Woodhead Bros in Spalding) who gained their City & Guilds 3792 Adult Literacy Entry level award at Holbeach.   

Matthew Priest, General Manager, presented certificates to the employees on 19 June 2012.  They had been learning English and gained the City & Guilds 3792 Adult Literacy Entry level award.

 Barbara Ayers and Jane Thacker, English teachers from the University of Lincoln, Holbeach Campus, taught classes every week at the factory.  The employees attended a two hour class for 20 weeks.  The classes included the language they needed for their jobs as well as practising the English they need for living in the community.   

 Esther Penney, Education and Development Manager from the Holbeach Campus said that the award was a nationally recognised certificate and that the students had worked really hard to improve their English – never an easy task!! UniversityofLincolnhad welcomed the opportunity to work in partnership with the company to help their employees improve their English language skills.