Apprentices for public services
The papers are full of the outcome of The Apprentice (BBC 1, last night). I wonder if there might be an apprentice programme for public, or health and social care services? Interviews show that Sugar is obviously a more sensitive and thoughtful man than the format of the programme allows for. I think it would be good for the young men and women (what do their parents think of their behaviour and attitudes? I’d be seriously embarrassed if any of my children were like that) to be brought up against some of the management tasks involved in running health and social care. It might introduce them to activities in society that are actually useful, rather than working on developing men’s fragrances. How about establishing a volunteer bereavement service in three days, instead?