With the support of the LSC, and single programme funding through the Tyne and Wear Partnership, we are moving to a new multi million pound Skills Academy on Kingsway, Team Valley. We are sharing these fantastic new facilities with Gateshead College and a number of our partners within the Gateshead Collective (a consortium of local training providers). While the Skills Academy will be a base for our staff and learners, we also have improved training and conference facilities, which should ensure we can offer an improved service to all of our clients. Our new address is:

Access
Gateshead Skills Academy
8th Avenue
Kingsway
Team Valley
GATESHEAD
NE11 0JL

We have also taken the opportunity to develop a ‘new look’ to coincide with our move. We have new logos / brands and materials which we feel reflect a new modern company. We have also introduced a group structure to Access which we feel better represents / differentiates our products.

To help us implement these important changes we have recently made 2 internal appointments. Alan Dent has been appointed Training Manager and will be responsible for all of our training staff. Alan brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in the effective delivery of training programmes, and has recently celebrated 20 years with the company. Chris Scott has been appointed Operations Director, and will be responsible (among many other things) for the implementation (through our Business Solutions team) of a new employer engagement strategy, ensuring our training delivery is increasingly compatible and responsive to the needs of business.

We are entering a very exciting period in the company’s history and we look forward to working with the many friends and colleagues we have developed in the last 25 years, to ensure that businesses in the region continue to flourish, and that we support them to do so, through working with and developing their people.