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Media
The National Training Awards Press Office will send out press releases following the announcement of the regional finalists, regional ceremonies and the Gala.
The Press Office will also be happy to provide comments from spokespeople at The National Training Awards and Government for you to include in your own releases.
And don't forget to include any press releases on your website, intranet and in your company newsletter to ensure your exciting news reaches all your stakeholders.
Enter the National Training Awards today
The 2011 National Training Awards is seeking entries from Investors in People accredited organisations that have delivered outstanding training programmes.
The Awards celebrate and showcase entrants that can demonstrate organisational benefits gained by directly linking the training needs of their people to the business needs of their organisation. Entrants will compete to be named ‘the best of the best’ on a regional and national level.
Commenting on the Awards, Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning Minister John Hayes said: “It is more important than ever that business invests in high quality training that helps individuals develop fulfilling careers, drives competitiveness and fuels economic growth. Entering the National Training Awards is a real opportunity for employers to gain the recognition they richly deserve for building the national skills base.”
Free to enter and covering the following four categories, the Awards encompass employers of all sizes and from across all sectors:
- Macro Employer (1000+ employees)
- Large Employer (250 – 999 employees)
- Medium Employer (50 -249 employees)
- Small Employer (up to 49 employees) [Organisations with 20 or less employees are not required to be Investors in People accredited to enter the Awards]
Winning a National Training Award can directly impact on an organisation’s success. Forty percent of recent winners have seen bottom line benefits as a result of winning, with one in five stating that they had seen an increase in the number contracts secured following their Award and one in three stating that their organisations had become more efficient.*
With a comprehensive judging process which closely relates to Investors in People criteria, all entrants to the Awards are provided with detailed evaluation reports which can be used to inform existing and future organisational development through staff training. The Awards provide entrants with an opportunity to continually build on their accredited Investors in People status by gaining public recognition for achieving success by developing their people year on year.
This year, National Training Award Winners of the Year will be provided with the honour of celebrating their success on a global stage at the world’s largest international skills competition, WorldSkills London 2011. This unique event will enable NTA Winners to demonstrate their commitment to developing skills and raising standards in workplace learning on an international platform.
Free information seminars which provide advice and top tips on how to prepare the best National Training Awards entry are taking place across the UK throughout March and April. For more information visit www.nationaltrainingawards.com
The closing date for this year’s Awards is Friday 20 May at 5pm.
To enter the 2011 National Training Awards, organisations must have been accredited or re-accredited with Investors in People since 31 October 2008.
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Notes for Editors
*Statistics taken from the National Training Awards 2009 Winners Survey. A copy is available on request.
About The National Training Awards
The National Training Awards is delivered by the Skills Funding Agency, part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Now run in association with Investors in People, the National Training Awards recognise and celebrate Investors in People accredited organisations that have delivered outstanding organisational benefits by directly linking the training needs of their people to the business needs of their organisation.
To enter the National Training Awards in 2011, organisations must have been accredited or re-accredited with Investors in People since 31 October 2008.
The Award categories are:
- Macro Employer (1000+ employees)
- Large Employer (250 – 999 employees)
- Medium Employer (50 -249 employees)
- Small Employer (up to 49 employees) [Organisations with 20 or less employees are not required to be Investors in People accredited to enter the Awards]
For more information about the National Training Awards, visit www.nationaltrainingawards.com
About Investors in People:
- Investors in People offers a practical, flexible and easy to use framework for improving business productivity, performance and competitiveness in organisations of all types and sizes through good practice in people management.
- An
organisation that has achieved Investors in People has been successful in adopting
and maintaining its three fundamental principles:
- Plan - developing strategies to improve the performance of the organisation, from business goals to leadership strategies;
- Do - implementing those strategies, taking action to improve the performance of the organisation;
- Review - evaluating and adjusting those strategies, measuring their impact on the performance of the organisation.
- The UK Commission for Employment and Skills has strategic ownership of the Investors in People framework. Investors in People is part of the UK Commission’s ambition to improve skills, employment and productivity across the UK.
- The
Investors in People framework is delivered by a partner network:
- In England, the network of Investors in People Centres.
- In Scotland, Scottish Enterprise (SE) or Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
- In Wales, the Business Skills Delivery Team at the Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, Welsh Assembly Government.
- In Northern Ireland, the Department for Employment of Learning.
For more information on Investors in People please visit www.investorsinpeople.co.uk
Media Contacts:
Tom York, Senior PR Executive, Skills Funding Agency (Competitions and Awards)
T: 020 7429 2828
M: 07900 253 737
E: tom.york@ukskills.org.uk
Social Media
Including news of your success with the National Training
Awards on your company's social networking site is another
great way to shout about your achievements.
Company literature
Announcing you have won a National Training Award can add
real kudos to your company - remember to include your
achievement on email signatures, business cards and company
literature.
