Our Story
Acacia Training was founded on the principle that we wanted to deliver training differently. Over 20 years later we are continuously looking at new and innovative ways of meet the needs of our learners and employers.
Our mission
We improve peoples’ lives through delivery of quality education and empower them to be able to make choices. Our vision is to make education accessible to everyone, ensure opportunities for career progression and for ourselves and our learners to make a positive contribution to modern society.
About us – working for a better future
At Acacia we work alongside many different organisations to support our mission. We work to promote improved working environments within our own organisation and the wider workforce. Our links support health, wellbeing, equality and inclusion.
We are a preferred provider with Skills for Care, the sector skills council for adult social care.
Our status as a disability confident leader enables us to support our employees and promote inclusive and accessible recruitment.
We are proud to have trained over 150 mental health first aiders in conjunction in with Mental Health England.
Acacia have made a commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant to support those who have served in our armed forces.
We hold Silver accreditation with Healthworks, Stoke on Trent for workplace health and wellbeing.
High quality teaching and learning
Good success rates
Positive destinations & progression for learners
Good Reputation
Growth and stability
Strong core ethos
Our accreditations
We work with a host of organisation from local government to national funding bodies to address the skills and needs of employers in our sectors. Here are some of the organisations we work with:
The Education & Skills Funding Agency | Skills for Care | Mecap | Staffordshire County Council | Stoke-on-Trent City Council | Carematch | ActHub | SARCP | SERCO | Dimensions Training Solutions LTD | European Social Fund (ESF) | AELP | Investors in People | Edexcel | DWP Supplier