What employers have been saying about the Diploma
There are a vast amount of employers already involved with the Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure. Some of which have agreed to become employer champions, with many more expected to join the Diploma Employer Champions Network in the future. Here's what some employers have been saying about the Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure. Follow this link to see what our education champions have been saying.
| Nick Williams, Director of Sportwise, Employer Champion and DDP vice chair “It makes perfect sense for employers like us to get involved in education as it provides us with the potential to reach the best talent in the sports industry. By having the best people we are able to offer the best service and skills to our customers. We are very proud to be an Employer Champion for the Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure and firmly believe this is an important role and qualification which will make a real difference, both for the young people we teach and by providing a great employment opportunity for people involved in the sports industry.” |
| Alan Sefton, Head of Arsenal in the Community and Employer Champion "We are pleased to become an employer champion for the Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure as so much of the content of this Diploma is related to the work we do –offering a range of sporting, social inclusion, educational and charitable projects. Arsenal in the Community looks forward to the launch of the Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure in September 2010, and hopes it fulfils its mission statement of becoming the qualification of choice for young people wanting to work in the sector.” |
| Matthew Lord, Director, Let Me Play and Employer Champion ”Let Me Play are proud to support the new Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure. Running summer residential camps and school programmes means we spend a lot of time with the young people who will have access to the Diploma. This qualification will give these young people the opportunity to gain real experience and develop the practical skills, personal competencies and understanding that we look for when recruiting a lot of our coaches. Let Me Play aim to boost social inclusion and sports provision across local communities and thanks to qualifications like the Diploma, the sector will benefit from a more advanced and developed workforce able to support objectives like ours." |
| Sue Vout, Partnership Manager, Team Northumbria and Employer Champion ”Northumbria University fully supports the Diploma in Sports and Active Leisure. It is an important step forward in the education of young people, by providing opportunities for them to gain applied experience alongside classroom based learning. The Diploma will contribute to the growing need for skilled young people in the sport and active leisure workforce. It will provide opportunities for them to gain experience in real-life working environments, which is so valuable in the competitive jobs market. The opportunity to learn in a work-based setting is so important in sport, which is such a vibrant and dynamic sector.” |
| Nick Heyworth, National Parasport Manager, Parasport ”Parasport aim to inspire, engage, educate and signpost disabled people, and those interested in disability sport, to high quality opportunities . Parasport are fully supportive of the Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure and which provides both able and disabled bodied young people a new opportunity to get involved within the sports sector through the combination of physical involvement with theoretical understanding. This combination is what makes them employable in the future whilst establishing the core values of sport from grass roots through to performance athletes and the influence it can have on people’s lives.” |
Paul A. Clarkson, CEO of Kangoo Jumps UK and Employer Champion
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Grant Cornwell, Chief Executive Officer, Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
"Tottenham Hotspur Foundation is delighted to become an Employer Champion for the Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure. This will form a part our continued effort to providing a seamless education pathway for Young People who are trying to access education and training opportunities which could help them towards gaining employment in our sector." |
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David Batch, Premier Sport CEO and Employer Champion
“Our mission statement is to 'provide opportunity to many as the first choice provider of primary school PE & sport in the UK'. The opportunities available aren't just for teachers, schools and parents, they are also extended to young people who wish to begin careers or even businesses with Premier Sport. Education and continued learning is a key element of our ongoing staff development and the Diploma's compliment the Premier Sport ethos.” |
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Simon Argall, Operations Director, Sheffield United FC and Employer Champion
"Sheffield United believes the new Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure links with work the football club does in education, health, social inclusion and sport participation especially through its community arm The United Initiative. We seek to provide engaging activities and inspire young people to be involved with the sports industry. We fully support a qualification which will help local young people be better equipped for employment in the sector. The Club is pleased to be an employer champion." |
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Julie Whelan, Dame Kelly Holmes Trust and Employer Champion |
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Karl Smith, Fitness Suite Manager, Chesterfield College
"The Diploma qualification has been long awaited in the business and educational sector. They offer a new way of students to learn new skills that will help them to understand their chosen career paths and also help them gain new skills needed which will be relevant to the workplace. One of the great things about these diplomas is that it actively involves industry professionals in creating these qualifications and what actual skill will not only be relevant to the specific industry area and job role, but also the basic skills needed to succeed." Steve Hadfield, Fitness Manager Manager, Chesterfield College Clowne Campus "The new Sport and Active Leisure Diploma will offer young people an opportunity to improve their knowledge and learn new skills both in a academic and practical way which will lead to better prepared employees for employers to recruit and will create a better workforce. The Diploma is accessible to all levels of capability and allows young people to progress into the career of their choice. The Diploma will give employers a bigger influence in the type of employees needed within their sector and I support the diploma fully." |
| John Vincent, Vinnie's Gym owner "The new Diploma has a completely different structure to any qualification that exists currently. There’s a big emphasis on functional skills – maths, English and ICT; all are contextualised to working in the sport and leisure industry, a unique component of the qualification. For instance, maths skills can be applied practically to body fat testing and time spent on the treadmill, so that ultimately everything the student does is related to the employer. Employers can be confident that students have the right experience across the board from customer service to coaching, gym inductions and basic fitness tests." |
Page updated: 3 August 2010
