Health & Safety
Apprenticeships
Recruitment
Work Skills Support
HR
Consultancy
Philippa Breckon
Director
Welcome to Penshaw View
A business training and support provider you can count on.
Penshaw View is a family-run business that has been providing apprenticeships, training, and recruitment services for over 15 years. Based in the city of Sunderland in the North-East, our team supports businesses across the country, helping teams to reach their full potential and upgrade their skill sets.
Penshaw View was established back in 2005 providing health and safety training for local businesses. Since then the company has grown with the creation of Penshaw View Training in 2011, which was set up solely to help those who were unemployed back into work. Our team now supports everyone looking to improve their industry skills and knowledge, helping them to secure roles better suited to their interests and experience.
We further expanded in 2014 and became an apprenticeship provider on a national scale, expanding quickly from a local North-East provider to a popular choice for further education across the entire country. Our recruitment service was introduced in October 2019 allowing us to help people through the entire process, from initial training right through to securing a permanent job role.
We believe everyone has the potential to upskill and succeed and we are proud to be part of the journey.
We have a wide range of services from bespoke health and safety training programmes, to candidate recruitment, to tailored consultancy. Our experts can ensure you are receiving the right support for your team, organisation, or career, prioritising the training and learning you need in order to adhere to national regulations and enhance your business performance.
Meet the Penshaw View team
Our team of industry professionals have expertise in workplace training, apprenticeship programmes, and health and safety consultancy. We provide the best possible customer service and help to make processes smoother within your business to ensure you are set up for success.
Chris Breckon
Director
Karen Wakefield
Operations Manager
Rick Gibson
Apprenticeship Manager
John Middleton
Quality Manager
Kay Fairbairn
Client Relationship Manager
Kevin Dale
Health and Safety Manager
Kathryn Hewitt-Meadows
Client Relationship Executive
Danielle Birch
Recruitment Manager
What our customers say:
"Penshaw View possesses valuable expertise and understanding of the intricacies involved in creating a safe and healthy work environment. They are friendly, approachable, and responsive and have been able to customize their services to suit our specific needs as they have diversified. The Penshaw View approach has impressed me as they have established an ongoing partnership with us, getting to know all the supervisors on our different sites and setting up dedicated communication lines to ensure a quick response.”
Andy Peaden
The Skill Mill
“We have used Penshaw View for various training over the last few years for our site-based staff. We have found the technical knowledge and personal approach of the trainers to be of a high standard. Most recently we have placed several of our managers on the IOSH Managing Safely course to assist with the review and understanding of risk assessment.”
Michael Brandwood
Regional Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager, The Bowmer and Kirkland Group
“Penshaw View were quick to understand our needs and mobilised a qualified team to audit our organisation’s health and safety conduct in the workplace. The team were pragmatic in their approach, professional and above all, didn’t treat the audit like ‘us and them’. We received some sound advice and an audit report that now steers the priorities in our health and safety meetings.”
Ross Lloyd
The Baltic Mill
“Penshaw View offers fantastic 1 – 2 - 1 support, and pre-employment programmes, one of which being their Bounce Back Project, which is tailored to the customer's needs, offering support with CVs, confidence building and interview techniques. Penshaw View also has excellent links with employers, and through the referrals, many customers have been successful at securing an interview and employment. A fresh pair of eyes is always good; partnership working is the best”
Jeanne Lott
Specialist Youth Hub Work Coach, Karbon Skills Hub
"As an NHS organisation with a large apprenticeship levy, we are accustomed to procuring apprenticeship standards for our colleagues. Working alongside our HR managers we utilised a mini-competition process with a range of selection criteria. Penshaw View was the clear leader due to its roll-on-roll-off programme, online delivery and excellent results and feedback. PV is also registered on the Salisbury Procurement Framework and featured on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education provider list easing any new provider concerns."
Debbie Elton
Widening Participation Practitioner, NHS
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