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Corona Crisis Appeal
For over 30 years, the Vine has been committed to serving its local community, providing spaces for people to learn, meet, work, eat and flourish.
Following the government’s Corona virus directives, advising the public to stay away from pubs and restaurants, and schools/ nursery closures, we took the difficult but necessary decision to suspend our ‘Vines’ restaurant operations.
This is having a significant impact on our day to day business, staff, and service users, but the trustees of the charity want to remain responsible in this current national crisis.
We are still assessing the further impact of the government interventions, but their directives to date have a material effect on our cashflow, so we would also ask you to consider making a one off or regular cash donation to support us in this volatile season.
We bank with Barclays Bank, and our sort code is
20-90-08
Our Account number is
Thank you for considering helping us
We appreciate your thoughts and prayers and support in this challenging season.
With thanks,
Kevin Davis
Chief Executive Officer
The Vine Trust Group
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L to R, High Sheriff Chris Loughran, CEO Kevin Davis, and Gemma Davis
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High Sheriff Award for our 'great and valuable services to the community'
5th March 2019
Our CEO Kevin Davis, joined dignitaries from across the region to celebrate individual for have inspired others.
In the historic setting of St Martin’s in the Bullring, Chris Loughran, High Sheriff of the West Midlands hosted a dinner, to celebrate the contributions, individuals and their respective organisations have made to the region.
In this the 30th Year of the Vine Trust, the award came as a complete surprise to Kevin, who attended on the premise, he was promoting the Trust’s, ‘Ladder for Greater Birmingham Apprenticeship initiative’.
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L to R, Vine CEO Kevin Davis, Birmingham Mail Editor Anna Jeys, High Sheriff Chris Loughran and PTP's Rob Colbourne.
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New awards will celebrate Greater Birmingham's Apprentices
BirminghamLive and the Ladder for Greater Birmingham have partnered up to celebrate the rising stars of tomorrow with the launch of a new apprenticeship awards.
The Ladder for Birmingham Apprenticeship Awards 2019 will recognise apprentices, their employers and educational institutions across 12 different categories including crowning our overall Apprentice of the Year.
Save the date 4th July 2019- Edgebaston Cricket Stadium
To read more click here
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Our Ladder Foundation Launched in Parliament
The Ladder ‘Apprenticeship’ Foundation was launched in the grand settings of the Pitt Committee Room at The Houses of Parliament. The event gathered representatives from parliament, commerce, regional government, charity and HRH the Duke of York's office.
Building on the foundation of the previous regional newpaper campaigns, the initiative, will focus on social mobility, providing a 'step up' in edducation, employment and life.
Click here for more pictures of the day
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Standard's Ladder for London campaign inspires nationwide apprenticeships scheme
DAVID COHEN
Award-winning Evening Standard campaign Ladder for London, which created more than 1,500 apprenticeships, has inspired an initiative that is to go nationwide.
Ladder for England was launched yesterday in the House of Commons by Robert Halfon MP, chairman of the Education Select Committee.
It will be run by the Ladder Apprenticeship Foundation with the aim of fostering apprenticeship campaigns in regional newspapers to inspire the creation of 10,000 new jobs and address issues of social mobility.
The nationwide Ladder will be jointly led by Kevin Davis, CEO of The Vine Trust Walsall, and Eddie Stride, CEO of TransformUK.....Click Here for more
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Ladder for Greater Birmingham launched at LEP conference
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Studio School pioneers new T-Levels
Express and Star.com May 27 2018
The T-levels, which are technical qualifications at A-level standard, will be taught at Dudley College of Technology, Sandwell Academy, Walsall College and Walsall Studio School.
They are among just 10 further education providers across the Midlands chosen to taken part in the scheme which was part of Prime Minister Theresa May's general election manifesto.
Across the country, 52 schools and colleges have been named as the first T-level providers. The first three subjects will be construction, digital, and education and childcare, which will be taught from September 2020........Click here for more
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Expressandstar.com-4 Dec 2017
That will also coincide with the formal launch of The Mercian Trust which will oversee six schools in the borough – Queen Mary's Grammar School, Queen Mary's High School, Walsall Studio School, Aldridge School, Shire Oak Academy and now The Ladder School. The development comes on the back of .....Click here for more.....
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Ladder apprentice campaign rolls out over country
Expressandstar.com-26 Aug 2017
Responding to the challenge, the Express & Star teamed up with training provider Performance Through People (PTP), charity the Vine Trust, the Black ... Mr Davis is also chairman of the vocational Walsall Studio School which, with the Mercian Trust, will be launching the first Ladder School next year .
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