Cornwall
Apprenticeship
Awards 2025
Apprentices, their families and colleagues came together on Friday 07 February 2025 to celebrate in style and witness an historic Cornwall Apprenticeship Awards as Truro and Penwith College hosted its ninth annual event at the Eden Project.
Nominations for the 2026 Cornwall Apprenticeship Awards will open in the Autumn.
celebrating county-wide success
The Awards showcased the achievements of 49 shortlisted employer, mentor and apprentice nominees after a record-breaking year, with well over 140 nominations received across 18 categories. The ever-popular public vote to help determine Cornwall’s Achiever of the Year also attracted well over a record-breaking 700 online votes from members of the public.
Neil and Saffy from the Hits Radio Cornwall Breakfast Show took centre stage to present the awards, held in partnership with Headline Sponsors Hertzian, Award Partners Duchy Hospital, Wildanet, Watson-Marlow, Media Partners Business Cornwall, Reception sponsors CORMAC and with the support of a host of local and national sponsors, to recognise and reward exceptional achievement.
Truro and Penwith College has released a gallery offering free downloads of the evening’s photography online. You can view and download the gallery by using the button below.
The winners
Apprentice Awards
Accountancy Apprentice of the Year
Grace Gordon, Harland Accountants | Category sponsored by Truro & Penwith College
Business & Management Apprentice of the Year
Charlie Williams-Burford, Go Cornwall Bus | Category sponsored by Imerys Minerals Ltd
Construction & Trade Apprentice of the Year
Tinka Dos Santos, CORMAC | Category sponsored by Dales Cornwall Van Centre
Digital & IT Apprentice of the Year
Oliver Elwell- Deighton, TouchByte Limited | Category sponsored by Cornwall Council
Engineering & Manufacturing Apprentice of the Year
Ruby Salmon, Cornwall Glass | Category sponsored by Cornwall Manufactures Group
Hair & Beauty Apprentice of the Year
Hannah Pyatt, Fuzion Hair and Beauty | Category sponsored by Truro & Penwith College
Healthcare & Early Years Apprentice of the Year
Tom Heap, Royal Cornwall Hospital’s NHS Trust | Category sponsored by Cornwall Opportunities
Hospitality Apprentice of the Year
Alice Norris, St Austell Brewery | Category sponsored by St Austell Brewery
Land-based Apprentice of the Year
Georgia Pollard, Falmouth Town Council | Category sponsored by Truro & Penwith College
Marketing Apprentice of the Year
Cheryl Wright, Cornwall Council | Category sponsored by Premier Foods
Motor Vehicle Apprentice of the Year
Hallie Cheung, Steve Toyer Ltd | Category sponsored by Go Cornwall Bus
Nursing & Clinical Apprentice of the Year
Sarah Collett, Royal Cornwall Hospital’s NHS Trust | Category sponsored by Duchy Hospital (part of Ramsey Healthcare UK)
Employer Awards
Large Employer of the Year
Seasalt Cornwall | Category sponsored by GetMyFirstJob
SME Employer of the Year
RG Kellow | Category sponsored by Eden Project
Cross-Sector Awards
Cornwall’s Apprentice of the Year 2024
Oliver Elwell-Deighton, TouchByte Limited | Category sponsored by Headline Supporters Hertzian
Apprentice Achiever of the Year
Piers Smith, St Austell Brewery | Category sponsored by Award Partners Wildanet
Academic Mentor of the Year
Karen Rowling, Truro and Penwith College | Category sponsored by Coastline Housing
Workplace Mentor of the Year
James Wilson, Cornwall Council | Category sponsored by Cornwall Glass
Who was eligible for nomination?
Nominations were accepted from anyone including employers, friends, family members and colleagues. Employers and apprentices could even nominate themselves.
The free to enter process was open to anyone who has taken part in or provided Apprenticeship training since 21 June 2023, regardless of their training provider. The business's head office or main business premises should be based in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
If a business is sponsoring a category they will only judge categories where no representatives from their business have been nominated.
Our 2025 sponsors
A huge thank you to our sponsors from across the Cornish business community, without whom the 2025 Cornwall Apprenticeship Awards would not have been possible.
