Birmingham Moseley announce new kit partners

Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club has confirmed that its team kits will be sponsored by both the Embark Learning Care Academy and Fairway Homecare for the next three years.

As well as boosting the club overall, the sponsorship funds will also be used towards the Birmingham Moseley Foundation BTEC Community Education Scheme, which will be known as the 'Embark Learning Care Academy Education Programme '.

Fairway Homecare and Embark Learning Care Academy have a partnership that has matured and grown to allow the success of the sector-based work academy programme 'My Care Portfolio ' over the past seven years.

The programme, also in partnership with Walsall College and West Midlands Combined Authority, is set to grow further in the next academic year.

The companies will combine to work towards 'Project 1000 ' which will see more than 80 professionals per month being recruited, trained and developed to boost the health and social care sector with new skills, best practice and a fresh caring attitude.

A thousand professionals at a working average of 25 hours equates to wage figure of over £11,000,000 for the local area.

The My Care Portfolio programme has been a resounding success already, with a current 98 per cent qualification achievement rate and more than 70 per cent of learners successfully going into employment with partners including Fairway Homecare.

Alex O 'Neill, operations director for Fairway Homecare and Embark Learning, said: “We are delighted to be sponsoring and working in partnership with Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club.

“We are really excited at being able to expedite our growth plans on the back of the Care Academy, helping us to build our home grown team of peripatetic health and social care professionals across the city, as well as supporting the clubs exciting plans.

“The partnership is really important to be able to stretch our reach and this gives us a huge chance to be right at the heart of Birmingham communities, offering real jobs to real people. ”

Director at Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club, Robin Johnson, said: “We 're thrilled that Fairway Homecare/Embark Learning has become our kit sponsor, they are incredible and innovative businesses that I know will thrive, especially in the current climate and in light of how attitudes have changed.

“We have many plans for the club and we 're happy that Fairway Homecare/Embark Learning will play a part in them, so we 're confident this will be an excellent and beneficial long term partnership. ”

Pictured: Libby Beavon (marketing manager) and Alex O'Neill (operations director) launch Fairway Homecare's new kit sponsorship of Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club with director of rugby Adam Balding