The FA’s workforce development review is progressing well
The FA National Game team take an innovative approach to skill development for grassroots football management Together, SkillsActive and the FA are working on a project to overhaul and re-launch their...
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The FA to revise their workforce development plans
The FA are revising their workforce development plans to help County Football Associations become higher performing teams. November 2012 saw SkillsActive win a contract with the FA to review, overhaul and re-launch...
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London Mayor’s Legacy leads to Mile End Park Run
Through training delivered by the GamesForce Programme and funded by the Mayor's Legacy, Craigie-Lee Paterson has been able to qualify as a Level 1 Basketball Table Official + Referee and...
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London Mayor’s Legacy Fund turns student into instructor
The London Mayor's Legacy Fund has enabled one young man named Gary to turn his life around, by helping him to train as a Sanjuro instructor. Sanjuro is an effective form...
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Apprenticeships help a Stevenage firm tackle the town’s unem…
A Stevenage employer is using Apprenticeships to give unemployed youth a sporting chance thanks to SkillsActives Group Training Association (GTA). Stevenage Sporting Futures Team cic supports and provides physical education and...
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Mayor's Legacy helps to train London Youth Games Team Leader…
Training delivered by the GamesForce Programme and funded by the Mayor's Legacy has enabled numerous university students and recent graduates to take on senior roles in the delivery of the...
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British Waterski & Wakeboard adopts activepassport
British Water Ski & Wakeboard is using SkillsActive’s activepassport to maintain an accurate record of the hours coaches’ give to the sport, provide an extra incentive for volunteers and –...
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SkillsActive support ‘crucial’ to success of Judofit
The British Judo Association has achieved SkillsActive endorsement for its new Judofit programme and promoted the concept to several leisure operators, thanks to support from SkillsActive. In early 2011, the British...
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SkillsActive nets gains for Lacrosse
SkillsActive has helped secure the English Lacrosse Association (ELA) more than £480,000 in funding for training to ready the sport for an explosion in player numbers. ELA promotes lacrosse in schools...
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Endorsement proves course quality for Intelligent Training S…
An international training provider is using SkillsActive endorsement to demonstrate the quality of its courses to learners and save money registering new courses. Intelligent Training Systems Ltd, which provides evidence-based education,...
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Funding helps Tottenham Hotspur Foundation mentors engage NE…
A team of Tottenham Hotspur Foundation mentors are helping 160 at risk young people find a way back into education, work or further training thanks to support from the Mayor’s...
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Jack maps out sporting career thanks to AASE
A Leeds student has his sporting career mapped out with his dream of competing at the 2016 Olympics becoming a real possibility, which he attributes to the inspirational guidance he...
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Alex and Louis a step closer to Premiership football thanks …
Two young footballers have their hearts set on playing for Newcastle United and thanks to SkillsActive's Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE), they are living the dream of training and...
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Max's Formula One dream a step closer thanks to AASE
A young student from Richmond Sixth Form College has got a step closer to fulfilling his dreams of racing in Formula One, after a second inspirational year on the Advanced...
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Lauren eyes World Youth Championships selection
A student from Hartpury College in Gloucestershire has set her sights on representing England at the Under 21 Netball World Youth Championships in 2013, thanks to the progress she has...
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Ashleigh targets basketball scholarship in USA
A student at SEEVIC College, Benfleet is targeting a basketball scholarship at an American University later this year thanks to her new found confidence which she attributes to studying SkillsActive's...
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Rugby player turns business manager thanks to Apprenticeship
A former rugby league professional now owns his own business after completing an Apprenticeship with Premier Sport. Anthony Doyle, 27, used to represent Salford and Leigh before deciding to focus on...
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Apprentices help provide quality service at adventure playgr…
Apprentices make up more than half the workforce at Shiremoor adventure playground in North Tyneside, enabling the company to provide children with more one to one support. Shiremoor adventure playground in...
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Jack kick-starts caravan career with Apprenticeship
A former farmer is carving himself a new career in the caravan industry with an Apprenticeship. Jack Clarke, 17, left school at 15 to work on the family farm in Lancaster....
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Apprentice Lexine scales her way to success in the Outdoors
Back to back Apprenticeships have helped Lexine McAuley scale her way to a manager role in the Outdoors. After finishing school, Lexine, 26, toyed with a career in hospitality “but was...
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Former gang member becomes youngest ever Health & Fitness Ma…
Ian Perkins, once a gang member at a very young age, knows only too well the tragedy of taking the wrong path in life and losing friends due to crime...
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British Fencing more effective and focused thanks to SkillsA…
British Fencing has a stronger, more focussed development team and a new resolve to achieve its Sport England targets following training by SkillsActive consultancy services. The situation British Fencing delivers fencing to...
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Hope floats for Giuseppe thanks to London Mayor funding
A former builder who suffered a serious spinal injury has regained his self esteem and found a new career path thanks to subsidised training from the London Mayor. Giuseppe Noto joined...
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Mayor’s Sports Legacy Fund secures teachers for swimming clu…
An East London swimming club is providing classes for 50 extra people thanks to subsidised teacher training from the London Mayor. The London Borough of Redbridge Swimming Club (LBRSC) has 30...
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RDA volunteers get skills to support future Paralympians
Greater London’s Riding for the Disabled Associations are using funding from the London Mayor to provide volunteers with the skills to support the next generation of para-equestrian dressage riders. There are...
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SkillsActive helps Fit for Sport grows its own talented work…
Half of Fit for Sport’s workforce will have received training through Apprenticeships by 2013, reflecting the importance of Apprenticeships to its business. The Healthy Lifestyle Activities Provider has been training apprentices...
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Training launches disabled instructors into fitness industry
The Mayor’s Sports Legacy Fund is working with partners to increase employment of disabled fitness professionals and boost disabled sport and physical activity participation. National research commissioned by Central YMCA found...
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Football training programme puts young Londoners on path to …
The Mayor’s Sports Legacy Fund has helped expand a London football education programme and offered more than 20 disadvantaged young people a springboard into work or further education. Street League delivers...
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Sutton residents get their community moving
A group of Sutton residents are helping people in their community adopt healthier lifestyles with support from the Mayor’s Sports Legacy Fund. The amount of the adult population who do not...
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Apprentice Ashley engineers new career in the Outdoors
A former engineer is one step closer to his dream of leading a group up Mount Everest after taking up an apprenticeship in the Outdoors, supported by SkillsActive. Ashley Peake, 21,...
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SkillsActive raises the roof on training at the Dome
Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust has worked with SkillsActive to upskill aspiring and existing managers with innovative, cost effective training and secure extra staff to deliver its community programmes. Doncaster Culture...
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Football League Trust saves 60% on training with SkillsActiv…
The Yorkshire and Humber Football League Trust has saved 60 percent on staff training and addressed skills gaps thanks to SkillsActive. Established in 2007, the Football League Trust (FLT) is funded...
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Activity Sheffield reduces paperwork with activepassport
The activepassport is an easy, affordable way to manage staff training without the annoying paperwork. That's the word from Activity Sheffield's Development Manager Richard Sutcliffe, who manages training for the...
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