Leeds College of Building (LCB) has secured a funding boost for its roofing division.

National firm Burton Roofing pledged £1,000 to LCB to support its roofing apprenticeship scheme, which offers roof slating and tiling apprenticeships to students aged 16 or over.

The company also ran a vocational trip competition for Roofing Students to go on an all-expenses-paid journey to northern Spain for three days. 

The students were sent to the famous CUPA PIZARRAS quarries – the biggest tectonic natural slate reserves in the world – to see first-hand where slate is excavated and manufactured for international distribution.


Burton Roofing Director, Lee Keates, said: "Both Cupa Pizarras and Burton Roofing Merchants acknowledge the need for more skilled labour within the construction industry. We took the joint initiative to support Leeds College of Building in its pursuit of excellence and development of industry skills through apprentices."

The LCB is a standout institution in the nation, being the only further education college in the UK exclusively dedicated to construction and the built environment. The roofing and tiling course sits amongst a number of the college's programmes that have enjoyed considerable success, with recent taster days having attracted significant interest.