How JTL is marking National Apprenticeship Week 2026
From centre open days to parliamentary events – and everything in between – here’s how JTL is marking this annual celebration of apprenticeships.
This year’s National Apprenticeship Week runs from 9-15 February, themed around Skills for Life. Across our JTL training centres and in collaboration with stakeholders, we’re looking forward to a packed week of events and with colleagues, apprentices and employers.
Monday 9th February
– JTL will attend a parliamentary reception as a finalist in the Apprenticeship and Training Awards for the success of LEDA.
Tuesday 10th February
– All Party Parliamentary Group for Apprenticeships: parliamentary event with Andrew Pakes MP.
– Centre Shop Project, JTL Ashford Training Centre, TN23 1EW: second-year apprentices present their installation projects to a panel of judges as if bidding for a real-world electrical contract. The panel will be headed by Sean Upton, Director of EW Gee Contractors and a great advocate for the project.
– Open day 1:30-7:30pm, JTL Preston Training Centre, PR1 4QF: welcoming potential and current employers and apprentices to find out about electrical and plumbing apprenticeships.
Wednesday 11th February
– JTL Female Learner Network launch event 9:30am, JTL London South Training Centre, BR6 0JS: the inaugural event for our new female network, encouraging diversity within building services engineering and providing peer support and mentoring.
Thursday 12th February
– ‘Opportunity Bromley’ event in Parliament with Peter Fortune MP.
– Open day 3-7pm, JTL Birmingham Training Centre, B6 5RQ: welcoming potential and current employers and apprentices to find out about electrical and plumbing apprenticeships.
Friday 13th February
– MP visit, JTL Hull Training Centre, HU2 8AZ: Employment Minister Diana Johnson MP visits our Hull centre to meet staff, employers and apprentices.
– MP visit, JTL Nottingham Training Centre, NG10 5BP: Adam Thompson MP visits Nottingham for an employer roundtable session.
Chris Claydon, JTL Chief Executive, shares more on what you can expect to see from JTL throughout National Apprenticeship Week in this short video…
