Aldi is giving its charity partner, Teenage Cancer Trust, access to £350,000 of its Apprenticeship Levy.
The funding will help colleagues at the charity’s head office to develop further within their current roles.
It will enable them to build new skills, supporting them in their day-to-day role and provides them with the opportunity to gain industry recognised qualifications relevant to their area of expertise.
This gift builds on Aldi’s wider £2 million pledge to help businesses fund apprenticeships over the next two years across industries including healthcare, early years, care services and skilled trades.
It also forms part of the apprenticeship levy gifting scheme the supermarket launched in 2021 and will take the amount of apprenticeship funding Aldi is gifting to small and medium-sized enterprises to £5.5m by the end of 2027.
Lisa Murphy, training and development director at Aldi UK, said: “We’re proud to support Teenage Cancer Trust in helping its people grow and thrive. By sharing our Apprenticeship Levy with organisations that share our values, we can create lasting opportunities and make a genuine difference in people’s lives.”
Michelle Aucott, partnerships manager at Teenage Cancer Trust, said: “This support from Aldi will help us invest in our team so they can be the best they can be. That means we can continue giving the best possible care and support to young people facing cancer.”
Separate to its Apprenticeship Levy, the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket is also currently recruiting for more than 350 Apprentices nationwide.
The programme offers the chance to earn while you learn, with Store Apprentices starting on £8.64 per hour in year one, rising to £12.11 by year three. Inside the M25, pay starts at £8.87, increasing to £12.76.
