2022, a year to celebrate!
We recently held our Annual Awards to recognise local rangatahi, colleges and employers who excelled in our programmes throughout the year.
This year the Annual Awards were held at the acclaimed Southwards Car Museum on the 27th October and celebrated the amazing achievements of the people involved with Work Ready Kāpiti’s 2022 programmes.
The Awards are always an amazing opportunity for the community to come together and reflect on the past year whilst acknowledging the successes of 2022 and this year was no different, with the largest attendance to date!
Most Committed Employer of Youth 2022 Award winner, Jan Thornborough from Intelligentsia said “I was thrilled to receive this award. Work Ready Kāpiti does an amazing job, and I was happy to help out.” Sponsored by Pzazz Building, Work Ready Kāpiti Youth of the Year was awarded to Macson Chartres. Who said, "I thoroughly enjoyed the prizegiving where I received my awards. I appreciate those who have helped me reach these goals”.
After a challenging couple of years, it was great to see so many of the community come together and celebrate all those involved in Work Ready Kāpiti’s accomplishments for 2022. It was a positive evening with a buzz of anticipation and excitement for both the award winners and the Kāpiti Work Ready Passport graduates who were officially recognised as work ready.
This year's Award winners are:
Best Kāpiti Work Ready Passport, Sponsored By Fervor - Jessica Knowles & Robert Forsyth
#EmployerMeet Star, Sponsored by Star People - Jackson Kelly
Top Wex Placement, Sponsored by Bens Buns - Macson Chartres
Engaged & Invested, Sponsored by EcoShifter - Ōtaki College
Most Committed Employer of Youth, Sponsored by Bryan Gundersen - Jan Thornborough - Intelligensia
Rise to the Challenge, Sponsored by Leith Consulting - Rose Surrey
Work Ready Kāpiti Youth of the Year, Sponsored by Pzazz Building - Macson Chartres
Awards Sponsor representative, Julia Palmer of Star People said “Such a pleasure to see so many talented and engaged young people in Kāpiti. These rangatahi give us hope for a bright future.”
A huge congratulations go to all winners, graduates and participants. It's great to see so many positive outcomes and valuable connections being made between our youth and employers!
