All Training & Education articles – Page 3
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NewsHCC and Welsh Athletics team up to launch 'Healthier Wales' partnership
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and Welsh Athletics have joined forces in the name of highlighting the importance of a healthy lifestyle to children across Wales.L-R: Elwen Roberts and Aled Davies OBE.HCC and Welsh Athletics will be visiting schools across Wales and teaching pupils about the importance ...
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NewsPast Master Margaret Boanas to receive honorary degree from Harper Adams University
At the June Court Lunch of The Worshipful Company of Butchers, it was revealed that past Master, Margaret Boanas is to receive an honorary degree from Harper Adams University.WCB past master Margaret Boanas.The announcement was made by Harper’s vice-chancellor, Professor Ken Sloane.The support offered by Margaret and the Worshipful Company ...
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NewsLMC bursary awarded to CAFRE student
The Livestock and Meat Commission Northern Ireland (LMC) via CAFRE Greenmount recently opened applications for a £1500 bursary which aimed to support local agriculture students undertaking higher education courses. LMC board member Harry Sinclair presenting CAFRE student Rebekah Woodside with the LMC bursary.Following a thorough selection process, first year student, ...
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NewsBetter Burger Challenge finalists announced
The Better Burger Challenge, a contest aimed at encouraging pupils to explore product reformulation and create healthier versions of the classic burger, has announced its finalists.Chef Findlater (centre), along with judges Jennifer Robertson (left) of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Moira Stalker of FDF Scotland.Developed in partnership with Food and ...
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NewsAHDB’s ‘We Eat Balanced’ Campaign reaches 43 million people
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) ‘We Eat Balanced’ campaign was created to drive awareness of the nutritional value lean meat and dairy can add as part of a healthy, balanced diet.The campaign, which is now in its third year, ran from Autumn 2022 to January 2023 and was ...
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NewsQ Guild Smithfield Awards 2023 winners revealed
Twelve artisan butchers from across the UK have been crowned top of their class in this year’s Smithfield Awards, announced last this week at Butchers’ Hall in London. Winning butchers hailed from towns across the UK from Inverurie in Aberdeenshire to Southsea on the South Coast.Organised by the Q Guild ...
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NewsStudents get valuable insight at Welsh Lamb butchery demonstration
Aspiring chefs from a leading further education college were given an insight into PGI Welsh Lamb as part of a demonstration of butchery skill and technique. Following the demo, Welsh Lamb took centre stage in a six course Great British Menu meal, cooked by the students themselves. Ben Roberts gives ...
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NewsSurvey into perception of meat industry careers
A Harper Adams Masters student is investigating the factors which influence young people’s career selection and their perception of careers in the meat industry.Do these Y10 pupils know just how many careers could be open to them in the meat industry?Susan O’Neill said will be sharing her results with the ...
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NewsDawn Meats to relaunch management development programme
Dawn Meats has announced the return of its Management Development Programme run in association with University College Dublin.The 32 participants for this year’s Dawn Meats/University College Dublin Management Development Programme with Dawn Meats and UCD staff. Photography by Tom Clarke/The Candidman.The programme, which is open to employees of both Dawn ...
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NewsLMC attends Loughry food careers fair
Representatives from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) attended the recent food careers fair at CAFRE Loughry campus.Communications manager, Linda Surphlis and education and consumer promotions manager, Sarah Toland attended the CAFRE Loughry food careers fair.Education and consumer promotions manager, Sarah Toland and communications manager, Linda Surphlis represented the Commission ...
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NewsSupport for teachers as HCC links up with Countryside Classroom
As part of its programme of work to help children to learn about farming, food and the environment, Welsh red meat body Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has linked up with UK-wide platform Countryside Classroom to make its learning resources more accessible.Countryside Classroom helps teachers to find ...
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NewsBookings open for LMC primary school cookery demonstrations
Bookings for the Livestock and Meat Commission’s (LMC) primary school cookery demonstrations have been opened. Teachers interested in making a booking should visit www.food4life.org.uk to complete and submit a booking form. An LMC primary school cookery demonstration.Encouraging primary school teachers to avail of this unique educational opportunity, LMC’s Marketing and ...
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NewsNutrition and cost of living impacts highlighted at teachers' conference
Food teachers from all over Wales gathered for a conference in Cardiff, to discuss latest developments in the curriculum, and hear about the latest resources available to help teach about the origin of food, the impact of the cost of living crisis on child nutrition, as well as farming and ...
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NewsLMC delivers sustainable agriculture presentation to teachers
Insights to sustainable agriculture in Northern Ireland (NI) have been shared with scores of teachers across the province at a recent education conference. LMC's industry development manager, Colin Smith.LMC industry development manager Colin Smith delivered a presentation at the British Nutrition Foundation’s conference for Food and Nutrition teachers in Northern ...
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NewsCall for fresh talent to join the butchery industry
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), in partnership with Scotland Food & Drink, is aiming to change the face of butchery by urging young people and career changers to consider a role within the sector – helping to fill more than 750 potential vacancies in the process.With the average age of a ...
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NewsLMC attends school careers event
Representatives from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) have attended a recent agri careers event at Dromore High School.Pictured at the Dromore High School Farming Futures careers event is (L-R) Sarah Toland, LMC education and consumer promotions manager, Bethany Priestley, LMC placement student and Lauren Patterson, LMC marketing and communications ...
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NewsKepak announces 200 funded training courses
British food manufacturer Kepak has become the first food business in the UK to offer free training places in partnership with The National Skills Academy for Food & Drink, encouraging individuals to consider a career the sector.Cian Short, Early Careers manager, Kepak and Jayne Mizon, Head of Learning and Development, ...
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NewsWelsh Butcher of the Year returns for 2023
The search is on for the Welsh butcher who’s a cut above the rest, as the Welsh Butcher of the Year contest returns for 2023.The event will be held at the Welsh International Culinary Championships (WICC) at Gr?p Llandrillo Menai’s Rhos-on-Sea campus on 21st February, for the first time.Sponsored by ...
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NewsLMC announces winners of ‘Meat4Schools’
Schools across Northern Ireland have taken delivery of substantial Northern Ireland Farm Quality Assured (NIFQA) beef and lamb hampers thanks to the return of the LMC’s Meat4Schools initiative.Down High School pupils Faith Rodgers and Jack Kelly are pictured with Hugh McGahan (ABP) and Sarah Toland (LMC) as they take delivery ...
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NewsAward recognises Kepak’s commitment to apprenticeships
International food company Kepak Group, which employs more than 800 people at its meat production operation in Merthyr Tydfil, celebrated success at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2022.Kepak Group trainee butcher Henry Lawson and human resources manager Hayley Price (front) with trainee butcher Jordan Jones, intakes manager Geraint Jones, training co-ordinator ...
