Creating new apprenticeships
Creating new apprenticeships
Working with employers and training providers, we promote the apprenticeship brand while improving skills and employment opportunities across the region.
Celebrating success
The success stories of our region were celebrated at the Ladder for the Black Country Apprenticeship Awards, delivered with our media partner the Express & Star and headline sponsor Wolverhampton City Council to honour the very best.
With 11 category awards up for grabs, the awards are a celebration of the best and brightest young and mature learners and those organisations who are finding new ways to drive aspiration and education through their apprenticeship programmes.

We bring candidates and training providers together with employers

We bring candidates and training providers together with employers


What can we help with?
Find out more
The Ladder website offers extensive information on the opportunities available, whether you are a candidate looking at apprenticeships, an employer considering the apprentice route or a training provider ready to offer support.
Working to upskill the region
Launched in 2014, the Ladder for the Black Country has helped thousands of people into work, got hundreds of employers engaged with apprenticeships and provided expert support for training providers, as well as schools and colleges.
Leading local publisher Midland News Association teamed up with community development group The Vine Trust and training provider Performance Through People, along with leading public and private sector orgnanisations, to deliver the campaign to secure new futures for people across the four areas.
Working to upskill the region
Launched in 2014, the Ladder for the Black Country has helped thousands of people into work, got hundreds of employers engaged with apprenticeships and provided expert support for training providers, as well as schools and colleges.
Leading local publisher Midland News Association teamed up with community development group The Vine Trust and training provider Performance Through People, along with leading public and private sector orgnanisations, to deliver the campaign to secure new futures for people across the four areas.




Latest News
Sara is top apprentice at Ladder awards
An apprentice from Willenhall-based family business AF Blakemore took home the top award from the second Ladder for the Black Country Apprenticeship Awards.
Ladder date at veterans’ fair in Birmingham
The Ladder for The Black Country is attending the inaugural West Midlands Veterans Fair on Wednesday, November 1 at Millennium Point in Birmingham.
College in plea for employers to take on apprentices
Employers in the automotive, brickwork, carpentry and engineering sectors are being sought by City of Wolverhampton College.
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