Taking people on holiday may be what we do best, but as the UK's largest package holidays provider and third-largest airline, we feel it's our social responsibility to support our local communities too.
Across the Group, we endeavour to support our local communities in a variety of ways, including the provision of prizes for local fundraising activities. This year, the Group launched its Charitable Partner Programme which will see us partner with NSPCC and Trees for Cities, alongside our long-standing partner Hope for Children and our recently chosen Colleagues charity for the year, Macmillan Cancer Support.
In early 2023, Jet2holidays helped provide the use of 100 transfer coaches and donated £50,000 to directly support aid efforts following the earthquake in Türkiye, with the money put towards buying emergency supplies and subsidising fuel costs for those most affected by the disaster.
We have an early careers booth on our Virtual Recruitment Roadshow platform from which students in schools and colleges can learn about the benefits of applying to one of our programmes once positions are available, in addition to providing tools to support them to develop their job skills. Both our Apprentices and Pilot Apprentices visit a range of schools, colleges and universities near our operational bases as part of our Early Careers strategy to promote the many exciting opportunities available at Jet2 plc. During the year, 73 new apprentices joined us meaning we now have over 100 apprentices employed across a range of departments, allowing us to continue to grow and nurture our talent from within.
Additionally, we have a partnership with Leeds Beckett University through the ABTA Student Representative Programme, providing support and mentoring for their Regional Student Representative.
