A young carer and the founder of the Young Black Professionals Network were among a host of learners recognised for their success at the 2023 Multicultural Apprenticeship Award awards.
The awards were established in 2016 to highlight diverse talent in apprenticeships, and include 30 awards in total across 16 categories. It recognised both firms and individuals for the work in apprenticeships at Birmingham award ceremony earlier this month.
Among the winners was Aymen Belkacemi, a data technician degree apprentice at University College London and young carer. He was praised for his “tireless commitment to supporting others and letting nothing stand in his way”, and won the charity, voluntary and public services award. He is both co-chair of the carers’ truth youth advisory panel and an apprenticeship ambassador at Not Going To Uni and his employer, Multiverse, in his spare time.
Belkacemi was joined on the podium by Joseph Lennox, a civil service policy apprentice from HMRC, who took the apprentice of the year award. At HMRC he is a senior strategy advisor, which has included working on this year’s spring statement. He is also a regional lead for the HMRC apprenticeship network.
