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Media

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Yorkshire and The Humber celebrates best in training at National Training Awards 2010

Businesses and individuals in Yorkshire and The Humber gathered yesterday at the 2010 National Training Awards to celebrate those who have achieved outstanding organisational and individual success through investment in training, learning and development in the workplace.

The ceremony, held at Leeds Town Hall, saw a total of 15 Regional Training Awards presented to businesses and individuals that have demonstrated outstanding impact and benefits as a direct result of the training. A further five UK National Training Awards were presented to winners that demonstrated exceptional success and were considered by the judges to be true exemplars of excellence.
Run on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) by UK Skills, the National Training Awards inspires and encourages UK industry to invest in training and development as a route to achieving outstanding organisational and individual success. Winning an Award is a recognition of best practice and provides a benchmark for standards of excellence in training in the UK. City & Guilds is the premier sponsor of the 2010 National Training Awards.
The Award Winners in Yorkshire and The Humber are:

Award category	Organisation / individual name	Entry title	Town	Award type
Large Employer (over 250 employees)	Defence School of Transport	Coaching in Driver Training	Beverley	UK Winner
	North Nottinghamshire College	Destination 2012 - Staff CPD programme	Worksop	Regional Winner
	Humberside Police	CBRN force training	Hull	Regional Winner
	Humberside Police	Investigating Officer Training Programme	Hull	Regional Winner
	Northern Rail	Made to Measure Leadership Development Programme	York	Regional Winner
	Wm Morrisons PLC	Developing the skills to introduce a new picking system into our ambient warehouses	Wakefield	Regional Winner
	Croda International Plc	Croda New Manager Development Programme – People management skills development programme	Goole	Regional Winner
Small Employer (up to 49 employees)	Perfect 32 Dental Practice	Investment in the dental team at Perfect 32 has resulted in exemplary standards of clinical care.	Beverley	UK Winner
Providing Education and Training	Barnardos	Barnardos Cygnet programme: A Parenting programme for families of autistic children aged 7-18.	Bradford	UK Winner
	Barnsley College	Developing the skills and employability of the long-term unemployed across South and West Yorkshire	Barnsley	Regional Winner
	In Touch Care	Industry partners education developing the next generation.	Sheffield	Regional Winner
Partnership and Collaboration	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield College	Healthcare Assistant Certificate Programme; A Partnership Success	Sheffield	UK Winner
Now is the Time	H & L Garages Ltd	Improving Customer Service Levels During The Recession	Immingham	UK Winner
Individual	Kathryn Lambert	Never confuse ability with ambition	Driffield	Regional Winner
	Samantha Deane	Thriving as a woman in a man’s world.	Rotherham	Regional Winner

The five UK Winners will now be invited to the National Training Awards UK Ceremony where they will find out if they have won the overall Winner of the Year Award for their category.  They will be up against other UK Winners from across the UK.

The National Training Awards UK Ceremony is being held at Old Billingsgate in London on Wednesday 1st December. 

Simon Bartley, Chief Executive of UK Skills which manages the National Training Awards, said:  “Congratulations to all of this year’s winners in Yorkshire and The Humber on their achievements. Each and every one of this year’s National Training Awards winners demonstrated that it is training of the highest quality that helps grow individuals, careers and develop sustainable businesses. All of those who won an Award should be very proud of what they achieved.”  
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Notes to editors
For further information please contact:

• Matthew Sutherland, Fresh Communication

Email: Sutherland.Matt@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 01872 262 977

• Tom York, UK Skills

Email: tom.york@ukskills.org.uk
Tel: 0207 429 2828

National Training Awards, brought to you by UK Skills

1. The National Training Awards recognise those individuals and organisations throughout the UK that have achieved outstanding business and personal success through investment in training.  Winning an Award is recognition of best practice and provides a benchmark for standards of excellence in training in the UK.
2. Run on an annual basis on behalf of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills by UK Skills, the Awards are also supported by Skills Development Scotland, The Welsh Assembly Government and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland.    
3. Established in 1987, the National Training Awards are free to enter and are unique because the seven Award categories encompass all sectors, sizes of organisations, training providers and individuals.  The Award categories also recognise all types of training from formal qualifications programmes to informal learning and coaching.
4. The National Training Awards aim to develop entrants throughout the Awards process, from the advice and self-assessment guidance given at the outset to the constructive feedback given to each entrant after judging.  Finalists and Winners of the Awards are honoured through a series of regional networking events and a national ceremony.  

For more information please visit www.nationaltrainingawards.com 

 

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