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Apprentice
Nominations
2025
Nominations for the 2025 Cornwall Apprenticeship Awards are now open! Anyone can nominate including employers, friends, family members and colleagues. Apprentices can even nominate themselves and it's completely free.
How to nominate
To nominate, complete our simple nomination form via the link below. You will be asked to provide up to 200 words to evidence how your nominee meets or exceeds the judging criteria including:
- Exceptional contributions to the workplace and professional achievements
- Examples of outstanding commitment to personal development and training
- Personal achievements and qualities, and how these have developed either at home or in the workplace
- Evidence of the value the apprentice has added to their organisation, team or community and any challenges or adversity they have overcome.
Apprentices will be automatically entered for the Achiever of the Year Award if their nomination shows exceptional evidence of overcoming personal challenges and adversity. For more information on the categories scroll down this page.
It is not possible to save drafts of your nomination. We recommend you view the nomination form and draft responses before submitting.
Deadline: Nominations will close at 4pm on Monday 21 October.
Apprentice Categories
The 2025 Cornwall Apprenticeship Awards will recognise apprentices across 14 learner categories.
Apprentice of the Year in:
- Accountancy
- Business & Management
- Construction & Trade
- Digital & IT
- Engineering & Manufacturing
- Hair & Beauty
- Nursing & Clinical
- Healthcare & Early Years
- Hospitality
- Land-based
- Marketing
- Motor Vehicle
Cross-sector awards:​​
- Achiever of the Year
Recognising apprentices who have overcome personal challenges or adversity to successfully complete their apprenticeship training and make valuable contributions to their employer. Apprentices from the sector categories above will be automatically entered for this award if their nomination shows evidence of such achievement.
- Cornwall’s Apprentice of the Year 2025
The top three nominees from all other apprentice categories will be automatically shortlisted for this award. The apprentice that judges score highest across the whole event will scoop the coveted title of Cornwall's Apprentice of the Year 2025.
Who is eligible for nomination?
Nominations are accepted from anyone including employers, friends, family members and colleagues. Employers and apprentices can even nominate themselves.
The free to enter process is open to anyone who has taken part in or provided apprenticeship training since June 2023, regardless of their training provider. The business's head office or main business premises should be based in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
If a business is sponsoring a category they will only judge categories where no representatives from their business have been nominated.
If you have any queries about the nomination process please contact nominations@truro-penwith.ac.uk or call 01872 305500.
Our sponsors
A huge thank you to our sponsors from across the Cornish business community, without whom the Cornwall Apprenticeship Awards would not be possible.
