Sophie’s Story

Written by Apprentice Business Safety Advisor Laura Broughton

Sophie Williams is our new Community Safety Advisor Apprentice at Eccles Fire Station.

She first became involved with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service last year when she signed up for the Princes Trust team in Stockport.

Before Joining the Princes Trust, Sophie wasn’t sure what career path she wanted and moved from job to job hoping she’d find something she’d enjoy.

When Sophie was left unemployed she saw an advert in the newspaper and joined the Princes Trust Team in her area.

From there she gained confidence and through a work experience placement on the course, she worked closely with the Community Safety team at Whitehill Fire Station. Finding she enjoyed it, she hoped for this to be a future job prospect.

In October last year Sophie applied to become an apprentice and like us all here now was very proud to be part of a very unique opportunity.

Sophie said: “I really enjoyed my time at Whitehill and it pushed me more to reach my goal of working for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.

 “I gained a lot of new skills on my work experience, learning the community safety advisor role and understanding of the different jobs within the service and the uniforms.”