HAHA Training

A bright future under HAHA Training

Steve and the team at HAHA have been fantastic at supporting Rubien and his apprenticeship. I am sure he has a bright future ahead of him under HAHA' s care and direction!

Thank you HAHA Training Academy!

Kate Preston Hair Salon have been working with HAHA Academy for nearly one year.  We currently have two L2 Students and one L3 student training with Andrea – and all feel extremely comfortable working with Andrea.

Every fortnight instead of our staff leaving for college they work within the salon, meaning our busy salon doesn’t become short staffed like it did before.  Each lesson is carefully planned and aims to suit each level giving each student a 1:1 lesson, for us it means our students are more confident and move forward faster.  There is never a wasted session, each is packed full of both theory and practical and leaves our students excited and wanting to push on with everything they have learnt.

Andrea has been a great support to our students, only an email away and we know the response will be within the same day – even on Sundays!  It’s a great reassurance to know that any concerns will be immediately looked in to.

We have also had othe staff fro HAHA organise us emergency staff when we had sickness in the salon.  It seems HAHA truly want to help us when we need it and will go out of their way to ensure they have done their best.

The owner Steve has also been absolutely brilliant, he has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to training and has been able to inform us of everything we need to know in advance.  We have regular meetings with Steve to discuss future plans with new members of staff and gaining extra qualifications for current staff.

Before, College was a complete nightmare with most staff needing further basic training due to the lack of knowledge and commitment.  Now, we couldn’t be happier.  It’s such a relief to know such a great team is supporting our salon and helping students be the best they can.

Thank you HAHA Training Academy!

I wouldn't consider anyone else!

I have been a salon owner for 10 years now, since taking on my salons I have had several trainee providers, i.e. Above Bar College (no longer trading), Southampton City College, and Fareham College. Then one day HaHa Training Academy came in to one of my salons and changed the way my apprentices worked, i.e. A 13 month training plan, small numbers in a class, one to one working, and also listening to my thoughts! I can speak to the HaHa trainers and they listen to my thoughts, and by the time the next class is due, the lesson plan is in place. They work on the employers needs for their apprentices and their salons. HaHa are always up to date with all that they teach , and all my apprentices enjoy their classes. I would not consider going back to any of my previous providers as I find that the other providers do not work with me or my apprentices as good as the HaHa Training Academy.

Unique Training and High Standards

Award winning training academy HAHA is well recognised for its unique training and high achieving hairdressing standards. HAHA is in my opinion is the most recommended academy in the area, covering a wide range of skills for a successful stylist. They reached expectations by delivering the finest education possible and providing us with ongoing care and support along each journey with them.

Amazing Opportunity

I started at HAHA hair academy in 2013 after deciding that my previous career wasn't right for me. I'm quite a creative person and I've always had such a flare for hairdressing since a young age, and coming from an all girl family I have always been experimental on the others. I decided to do hairdressing at a later age as I thought it would be an amazing opportunity for me to get in to and would lead me on to further my dream as a hairdresser. I then discovered HAHA hair academy and thought they were most suited to get me to where I wanted to be. HAHA Academy helped me find my first salon 'Pretty Green Natural Salon' back in 2013 which was a really good salon to kick start my career as a hairdresser and helped build my confidence up. I've now been hairdressing for 2 years and have never looked back. Always being given opportunity by both my training academy and salon to progress and enter competitions and training courses up in London and attending award evenings. Since Being an Apprentice with HAHA Hair Academy completing my Level 2 and currently finishing my level 3 in hairdressing I have achieved many goals and faced many challenges that they have set me. Some of them being; The winner of the internal competitions and being entered into the Blackpool National hair finals both in 2014 and 2015 both placing 4th & 5th out of 50 contestants. Both entering for the Avant Garde/ fantasy sector. I'm also attending upcoming men’s barbering courses with HAHA in the future to add to my salon services. I was entered into the hair and beauty awards 2014 for Junior Stylist and Apprentice of the year. This gave me more drive and motivation to expand in my training with HAHA and was honoured to be nominated again this year. I have also in my Salon 'Medusa' been sent off on a variety of courses up in the Goldwell academy and has helped me gain more confidence and experience in the hairdressing industry and I thrive on attending upcoming courses. I thank my Salon 'Medusa Hairdressing' for giving me the opportunity's and having faith in me to do so. I am currently on shop floor in my salon as a graduate junior stylist working a full time week running a back to back column every day and have built up a reliable consistent clientele. My services I provide go from colouring, cutting, hair ups and added services available in the salon, My favourite area in hairdressing I love is colour and in the future id love to focus on training courses in helping me climb the ladder to being a colour technician and expanding my knowledge in colour. I'm so glad I took the opportunity to become a hairdresser and I actually love knowing that I'm doing something I love and feel so passionate about day in day out, and no for certain that I will never look back. I have HAHA Hair academy to thank for opening these doors for me and finding me placement of work and the opportunities they have given me and making me feel comfortable as a student. By far the best training academy in Hampshire and would highly recommend to anyone that wanted first class training!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I could not think of a better training provider to get this award.

HAHA Training – Training Academy of the Year. HAHA have always delivered there promises and more. My team are what they are today because of HAHA’s motivated training approach. When you run a busy successful salon it is vital that you pick the right training academy to send your apprentices too. I have dealt with 3 different providers and have never been overly happy with the way they deliver their training. Quite often it’s easy to overlook the small meaningful details that are required to produce wonderful hairdressers. HAHA does not, I never knew training could be so in-depth but delivered in a clear concise way. Their passion for the industry and the need for well-trained hairdressers is clear. HAHA run competitions and get the trainee’s involved in all aspects of the industry. They are always being asked to get involved in different events to build their skill set and try new and different things. I have never seen my students more motivated and goal driven. The quality of their training speaks for itself. 2 of the apprentices that HAHA have trained are now working with some of the biggest names in the industry as part of The Fellowship for British Hairdressings Project X and Colour Project. Another of our students that was taught previously at Southdowns’ college had a really low skill set when she started at Head Romance, luckily her passion for the industry was clear from the start and HAHA set to work on re training her. She is now one of the biggest earners in the salon and is trained in all aspects of the industry, from colour, extensions, session and editorial work. HAHA have inspired her to continue her education and training to become an assessor (Paige will be starting this soon). “It’s nice to know our apprentices are receiving the best education from some of the best educators in the county in a passionate driven environment. It is truly marvellous witnessing the growth of our young team with the help of these remarkable people”. I have worked with many other training provider and been approached by copious training academies in the area and I could not think of any one better to be crowned 2015’s Training academy of the year. Yours, Peter Gibbs, Director, Head Romance

Thank You

Hi Steve and Gill, I am emailing regarding the provision and the working relationship that TMSS have with Haha. Just to confirm that we approached you in 2013/14 for the provision as we were dissatisfied with continuing to use our previous provider due to inconsistencies that we incurred in the year 2012/13. TMSS are a brokering service so have the ability to look for the best service we can for the young people that are with us for their education. Our young people suffered in 2012/13 with the previous provider due to constant changing of tutors, rooms and being mixed with older students that effected their confidence and self-esteem. The tutor that we ended up with did not have the understanding or empathy for pre 16 students. The past two years that we have been working with Haha has giving our students that opportunity to work towards a higher level of qualification. The students that we have placed with Haha have received continuity with staff that have been welcoming and been understanding of the client group that TMSS have. We have built positive connections with staff having great communication that has been student focused. The support worker that has been placed in the group from TMSS has reported positive reports around student attainment and attendance. The young people (previously being very low attendees with the risk of non-achievement and becoming NEET) have been really successful in achieving the Level 2 qualifications they have been working towards but have also gained self-esteem and confidence in a transition into post 16 provisions with the support from Haha. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you Haha and all the staff for their support and am looking forward to continuing our working relationship into the third year of provision from September. Kind regards Kirstie Atkinson TMSS Mentoring Manager

I honestly thought that I wouldn’t become anything!!

I began work in October 2013 and from then I began to build my confidence, not just at work but within my personal life. Personally, I was going through some difficult times, my colleagues and my Educator at HAHA training who were so helpful and made me feel so much better about everything in my life – I was able to focus on the things that were Important and move on. I love them and thank them for this support. From this point I have looked forward, for the first time I can say proud of myself. I have rebuilt my life completing my Level 3 Hairdressing. Thank you to everyone who believed in me and has helped me- I couldn’t have achieved it without you all.

Fantastic

Targeted Mentoring Support Service, Harbour School Fratton. Our Service has been working alongside HAHA Training Academy for the last two years. Their whole empathic approach to our students’ age 14-16 years old have had a big impact on their learning style. Our students have many complex of needs and home life backgrounds, some have had also bad experiences in learning in full time education. The tutor who teaches our students goes the extra mile in supporting them in the Salon/Classroom setting and the delivery of session which has taught our students , good behaviour in the work place with good working boundaries , good hairdressing knowledge/ hairdressing skills, which some of our students are continuing on to Apprenticeships with HAHA when leaving full time Education. Our students enjoy attending the two weekly sessions and they have built up a good strong relationship with all staff from Senior Management to trainees at the Academy. They have been treated with respect and caring approach which has given them a sense of belonging in the Academy, this has lead them to achieve high attendance every session when they had low attendance at school. HAHA Training Academy Post 16 option has had a big impact for them being offered them the opportunity to go straight into Trainee ship/ Apprenticeship , before this was offered we could only direct them to local colleges for further education and they could not always not accommodated our students. I have enjoyed the last two years working closely alongside HAHA within my working role on being support for our young people and tutor in both sessions, for which I have witness the change of our young students to who have grown into confident Hairdressers to whom will be an asset in the Hairdressing Industry.

A Hugh Thank You

When I first started hairdressing I never imagined myself picking up a pair of scissors or even dealing with a client by myself. When I started at Couture I was nervous but excited at the same time, Once I started at couture my training started immediately, I started learning basic blow drys, Billy had me doing them on the shop floor straight away. I'm keen to learn more and can't wait to go into level 3. HaHa training have been amazing from the start and I always look forward to Sue coming over to the Isle of Wight to work with me 1-1 in the salon, Sue has helped me progress massively and helped with theory work. She leaves me homework to do and helps me be organised. I always feel I've learnt a lot when sue has left and use the knowledge she passes on to me in everyday hairdressing. She prepares me for my exams and I enjoy going to HaHa training to do them. I owe HaHa training a huge thank you for all they do for me and I look forward to Level 3, they keep learning fun and exciting. I’m excited for what's to come and am very thankful to have so many caring people around me. In the 10 months I've been at Couture I have loved every single minute. I look forward going to work and am excited for the future.

Testimonial for HaHa Training.

To Whom It May Concern. I have been working in partnership with the apprenticeship training provider Hampshire Apprenticeship Hairdressing Academy (HaHa) since 2010. The partnership has included HaHa providing post 16 Intermediate apprenticeship opportunities for our post 16 students, delivering workshops at careers fairs and support for our Fashion Rocks event with apprentices provided to undertake the hair and make-up necessary for the students taking part. September 2013 saw the partnership strengthen further with HaHa providing the training for our Hair & Beauty offsite link course for Year 9 and 10 students. Over the past 3 years the area that has the biggest impact for our students has been the post 16 intermediate apprenticeships. For example a brief case study of Student A who was a poor attender and required support learning and behaviour. Having left statutory education with the minimum core subjects of 4 GCSE’s successfully completed her intermediate apprenticeship training with HaHa. She gained her NVQ2 in and Functional skills in Maths. Of all the students that have destinations of intermediate apprenticeship turning with HaHa all have progressed on to an advanced apprenticeship and have continued their training with HaHa. This is a testament to the hard work and support all the trainers and staff of HaHa provide for the young people on their training programmes.

Daisy O'Neill Level 2 completed going on to Level 3, review on my experience.

I started at a local college January 2013, I was very nervous about starting as I was a school leaver. My experience was not a good one as I felt as though I was still at school with the way I was taught and how clicky the groups there were. I didn't feel very welcome into the group as I started 4 months later than the rest of the group. Also I didn't feel like I could talk to members of staff about how I felt. I wasn't very happy about the way I was taught in the classroom whilst doing theory felt very much like I was still in a class at school. As I wasn't getting on at college, I then left mid march 2013 after not going into college and getting in trouble at work because of the way I felt about going in. A couple of months later after looking at new colleges I really took a like to HAHA Training Academy in Portsmouth, when I went into the salon for an interview with Shelia it felt very welcoming from all of the staff in the salon, they were all very polite and seemed very interested in what I wanted to do. The following week I started into a group with Level 2 leavers which whom were very welcoming to me and really tried to get me involved with their work I felt very comfortable and my teacher Laura seamed like she had a lot of time for everyone in the class and listened very well to what I and everyone else had to say. The way I was taught was very much adult like and I felt like I was doing everything at my own pace and how I felt comfortable. Now a year later I have just completed my Level 2 with the amazing help from Steve and Gill (Owners), Laura, Sheila and Gill and achieved what I have been trying to achieve for two years! They all pushed me in a great way to get me to where I am now. I am very excited to carry on with my Level 3 hairdressing course with HAHA Training Academy, to become a qualified Hairdresser. I would recommend HAHA Training to anyone interested in doing any training with the hairdressing industry, thank you!