Benefits
Becoming a Platinum Partner comes with a host of benefits. As an awarding body, employers regularly ask our advice about training providers and this is a great way for us to showcase your offer. Your details will be featured on our dedicated Platinum Partners website page, so that we can refer them directly to you. We also actively promote our Platinum Partners through our social media channels, our e-newsletters and events.
Platinum Partners
YMCA Awards app wins Innovation of the Year!
Posted: 26 October 2015
We are delighted to announce that Y-Go, the pioneering new app for YMCA Awards learners, has won Innovation of the Year at this year’s Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) Awards!
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Getting healthcare messages to the Millennials
Posted: 16 October 2015
How can we expect to keep up with the millennials, those tech-savvy digital natives, the uber-connected Generation Ys? We don’t even know what to call them, never mind how to engage them!
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Hooked on Learning Technology - From Challenge to Success
Posted: 16 September 2015
On 24th September 2015, we’re delighted to be hosting a Digital Learning Symposium at Jisc’s offices in London. The event is to encourage discussion around the use of digital technology for learning, and the hooks that engage and stimulate learners to succeed. We'll also be showcasing support that is available free of charge.
The event also links to our eLearning report, coming soon following research and meetings with learners and providers.
Tara Dillon, CEO of CIMSPA is supporting our work in digital learning and comments,
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Changes to Standardisation Training Days for 2016
Posted: 11 September 2015
YMCA Awards training days are a fantastic way to get support in delivering your qualifications, and we’re always looking at how to improve them. We recently received the following invaluable feedback from you on our standardisation training days:
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YMCA 2015/16 Funded Qualifications
Posted: 28 July 2015
We are pleased to announce that we now have 29 qualifications approved for funding in 2015/16.
The latest additions are:
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Save the date and reserve your seat for the YMCA Awards symposium
Posted: 30 June 2015
"Hooked on Learning Technology - From Challenge to Success" symposium
Thursday 24 September 2015, 10am - 4pm
Brettenham House, 5 Lancaster Place, London, WC2E 7EN
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YMCA Awards secures SFA funding for popular qualifications
Posted: 1 June 2015
YMCA Awards (previously CYQ) is delighted to announce SFA funding approval for the Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (500/8269/3) and the Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Instructing Exercise and Fitness (501/0519/X).
YMCA Awards is proud to add these two popular qualifications to their already impressive list of qualifications (from Level 1 to Level 4) that allow centres to draw down funding from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA).
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CYQ to change its name to YMCA Awards
Posted: 11 May 2015
As of 1 June 2015, in order to better reflect the wider learning system and structure, and to harness the internationally recognised brand, YMCA Awards will become the new name for CYQ.
Why rebrand?
Simplicity. Clarity. A stronger brand. That’s the idea behind our new identity.
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