Apprentice Greg Brunt goes back to his roots and inspires Prince's Trust group

Post by Apprentice Community Safety Advisor Greg Brunt:

As a modern apprentice for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service we believe we have a duty to help guide young people like ourselves along a similar path.

In order to do this we are trying to get out into the communities to visit numerous groups that the fire service either run or support.

As a former Stockport Prince's Trust team member, I wanted to go back to my roots and start helping youngsters within my own community.

I met up with the Prince’s Trust team which is the 10th one to run in Stockport to explain my own experience as an Apprentice Community Safety Advisor and provide guidance on how they can follow a similar path. It was a great visit as the team were really interactive and showed a very keen interest in the work we do.

We discussed the future aim of the fire and rescue service to bring in more apprentices over the coming months and provided them with some information on what to expect when applying.

We discussed the option for some team members to try and get work experience within the service while on their Prince's Trust course. While there we had a bit of fun discussing their current plans for community projects and I was quizzed as to how my team had done it - I also managed offer some guidance when requested on the best way to approach the one they had picked.
I gave a brief outline of my day-to-day role in the organisation, explaining about the many homes I had visited, all challenges we are currently involved in and community events that I had not only helped to set up, but that I also enjoyed running.

Lastly, I explained what I wanted from my apprenticeship: to become a full time employee of the fire service and expand on my knowledge and experiences that I have thoroughly enjoyed so far since the apprenticeship started in October.

I would like to thank Matty and Charlie for allowing me the opportunity to discuss my apprenticeship experience so far and I hope that the group found the talk beneficial for following with their own Manchester Fire journey in the future.

We will be continuing to visit groups for the Prince's Trust and also the fire cadets to talk about our experiences and set up the next intake of apprentices for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.