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8.2 Phatshoane Henney

Training Academy

The Phatshoane Henney Training Academy was established in 2014
in partnership with specialist training provider LFP Group Holdings
Pty (Ltd) as part of the Phatshoane Henney Group’s commitment
to socio-economic and skills development. The Phatshoane Henney
Training Academy sources funding from member fi rms and their
clients using such funding exclusively to fund formal SAQA accredited
learnership programmes for black learners suffering from physical
disabilities, to help address dire skills shortages amongst disabled
persons. With the help of LFP Group Holdings, many of the disabled
learners completing their learnerships are further assisted with Over R25.5 million
employment sourcing allowing many of them to gain employment
with their achieved formal qualifi cations. spent to date by

The Phatshoane Henney Training Academy has been a success story the Phatshoane
emerging from the Group’s broader investment in transformation, with
over R25.5 million to date having been spent on funding learnerships Henney Training
for disabled learners since the commencement of the academy
in 2014. At the time of this report, 367 learners have been enrolled Academy
for learnerships with the academy with 165 learners having already
graduated with a formal learnership qualifi cation. In 2016, 77 new on funding
learners were funded and in 2017 over 200 learners received funding
via the academy, many to complete their learnerships during the learnerships for
course of 2018.
disabled learners

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