Training group grows through new acquisition

Novo Training has announced that 3Spirit Training joins the Birmingham based training group through the acquisition of a majority interest in the business.

3Spirit is a multi award-winning training provider in health and social care, which joins Novo Training and Pavilion Training to form a collaborative training group with centralised resources to better support clients and learners.

Caroline Bartle, 3Spirit's founder, remains a minority shareholder and takes the role of Non-Exec Director to support in the next chapter for the business.

Established in 2011, 3Spirit was developed from grass roots front line practice to support Care organisations and Care professionals in tackling the key staffing-based challenges faced by the sector.

Today, 3Spirit works with clients across the UK including Care organisations, local authorities and charities, supporting thousands of Care professionals each year through a team of over 40 specialist trainers.

Their initial focus is to support the training and consultancy team with additional resources whilst further developing their apprenticeship division, where apprenticeships veteran Gary Rimmer spearheading the team.

In addition, the team will be launching a new recruitment division to work in partnership with existing services and target the growing staffing and skills shortage in the sector.

Talon Golding, director at Novo Training, says “3Spirit was a perfect fit for us. The team has been at the forefront of workforce development in Care for the past decade and, with the ever-growing problem of access to skilled staffing in Care, we 're proud to partner with an organisation focused on tackling some of the fundamental challenges in the sector.

“We look forward to helping to support the growth of the brand whilst nurturing fantastic futures for Care professionals! ”.