Employers currently involved with consortia

There are currently over 3,500 employers that have agreed to support a vast array of consortia across the UK. With this number continuously growing, the types of employers are ranging from nationally recognised sports teams and organisations to small or local businesses. The success of the Diploma heavily reilies on employers in the industry showing their support. A simple supportive quote can go a long way. But on the other hand, school and college visits, work shadowing, careers day talks, project setting and work experience opportunities can go a lot further in helping to develop the young people undertaking the Diploma.

Below are some examples of the types of employers that have pledged their support to consortia to date.

• Currently, 16 football teams who play in the Barclays Premier League will be helping consortia,
  24 football teams from the Coca-Cola Football League Championship,
  15 football teams who play in the Coca-Cola Football League One, and
  19 football teams from the Coca-Cola Football League Two have all pledged to help deliver the Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure through the schools and colleges in their area.
  
  Teams from the Unibond Premier League and Blue Square South League, not to mention local semi-pro and amateur teams will all be offering their services.
  
                                                    

• 209 golf clubs have offered to help their local consortia

• The health and fitness sector is getting fully involved with many local, national and internationally recognised clubs such as Fitness First, David Lloyd Leisure, Village Hotels, LA Fitness, Cannons Health Clubs, Bannantyne's Health Clubs and Virgin Active signing up to help with their local consortia.

• Cricket has also engaged with Diploma through clubs such as Nottinghamshire Cricket Club (Trent Bridge), Warwickshire Cricket CLub (Edgbaston), Derbyshire Cricket Club (The County Ground), Yorkshire Cricket Club (Headingley Carnegie) and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC - Lords) showing their support. 

• Saracens Rugby Club, Bath Rugby Club, Wigan Warriors, Bradford Bulls, London Wasps as well as Twickenham Stadium will all be helping their local consortia in a well represented rugby union and rugby league line up.
  
                                                               

• The variety of the sport and active leisure sector is continued by the support of beach sports including volleyball through the Yellowave Beach Sports Venue on Brighton seafront. Jody Gooding, who is a member of Team GB for volleyball will be working with her local consortia in Sandwell in the West Midlands.

• Other sports such as athletics are also supported with venues like the Alexandra Stadium in Birmingham, home of the Birchfield Harriors offering their help. Swimming pools including London Fields Lido in Hackney, The Wiltshire School of Gymnastics, Pathway Boxing Club and Panther Club Martial Arts and Fitness are also involved with local consortia. The list continues with Masfield Bowling Club, Gillingham Ice Bowl, Polo Form Hockey, Falmouth Tall Ships Company and croquet and tennis clubs all offering to help learners benefit fully from the Diploma programme.

• And the full breadth of the Diploma is covered with companies like the Britannia Building Society engaged to help with financial and sponsorship issues, Skanska involved with construction in this sector, Kent Messenger Group representing the media and Canford Arena which covers the event mangement, security and safety aspects. Other organisations and businesses such as Chordiem Event Management, Swindon Chirpractic Clinic, Age Concern, Elmy Landscapes, Finistere Clothing are also offering their help. Local charities like the Matthew Project in Norfolk who provide innovative education about the risks of drugs and alcohol are also invovled in supporting local consortia.

Work experience guidance

QCDA has produced a guide is for all those who are accountable for the successful completion of work experience in Diploma programmes: Diploma teachers, exams officers and work-related learning coordinators in schools and colleges, and representatives of the education business partnerships that support consortia. It provides guidance on the requirements for work experience and shows how it supports Diploma programmes.

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