Student Vegetables WIN at Dorset County Show

This past weekend saw the return of Dorset County Show, the county’s biggest celebration of rural life, and were on site at the show with our own stand representing EMA and our campus sites The Walled Garden and Thorngrove Garden Centre. We made sure to get involved with competitions and entered a few vegetables grown […]

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From college, to the community…

We wanted to send out a huge THANK YOU to all of our employment partners who helped our students this past year, collaborating with us to offer work experience placements, and the opportunity for EMA students to take what they’ve learned here at college in our classrooms, shops, cafés, and gardens, out into the local […]

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2024 Leavers Days

Another year has drawn to a close, and last week both Moreton and Gillingham campuses had their leaver’s day celebrations which included the graduations of students, certificates awarded, plus many congratulations and a few farewells.   These are special days in the EMA calendar, where student achievements are recognised in front of their peers, and […]

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From work experience, to employment…

We are proud to share that EMA student Eleanor, who will be graduating this week, is moving from work experience to paid employment.   We recently spotlighted in our newsletter that Eleanor began work experience at the Allendale Centre Café in Wimborne, and she quickly settled in as part of their team. Eleanor showed her […]

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Student Story told at Natspec Conference 2024

In June, Moreton student Ashley represented Employ My Ability at the Natspec conference in the form of a personal video where he was able to give some insight to his own story, and how he feels a specialist provision has allowed him to go from feeling low and without many prospects, to where he is […]

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New Hospitality Courses – Available from September 2024

From September 2024 we will be offering brand new hospitality qualifications here at Employ My Ability endorsed by the Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality.  The new courses are as follows: Level 1 Award in Basic Cookery Skills Level 2 Certificate in Culinary Skills Level 3 Certificate in Professional Cookery Level 2 Award in Food Safety […]

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EMA Work Experience videos from George

Last year we introduced George Brind, a former student of EMA who now works at the Moreton campus as an assistant to our marketing department. George has continued to produce videos – scripted, shot, and edited all by himself and you can see the two latest additions on our Youtube channel (which George also oversees) […]

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Natspec Manifesto Launch in London

“This week we had the pleasure of joining Natspec and fellow SEND provisions at The Houses of Parliament for the Natspec manifesto launch. It was motivating to hear students speaking about their experiences and visions going forward. Seema Malhotra MP was in attendance and spoke about the importance of investing in skills and tackling barriers […]

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