What employers have been involved?

The success of the Diploma is highly influenced by the active engagement with employers within the industry. It is important that consortia and employers look to work together in support of the learners, offering them a chance to develop the key skills that will see them leave the Diploma with work ready knowledge. There are a vast number of employers that have been involved with the Diploma in a vareity of different ways, follow this link to see the types of employers involved with consortia already. A number of employers have also agreed to show extra support and become an employer champion.

	Sportwise work with Foundation, SEN schools and mainstream education, through to specialist sports colleges, universities and elite performers. Sportwise deliver a number of services; including the P.E curriculum, PPA cover, extra curricular clubs, healthy schools workshops, first aid training and much more.

Parasport is a web based programme designed to inspire, engage, educate and signpost disabled people to high quality sporting opportunities.  Parasport is a partnership between ParalympicsGB and financial services firm Deloitte and makes high quality information about disability sport accessible across the UK.

 

Arsenal in the Community is the community facing part of the wider well known football club. It aims to lead innovative sports development in the community through a variety of projects, the success of which is testament to the commitment and dedication of its staff, the power of football, and of Arsenal Football Club to touch people’s lives on a local, regional and global scale.

 

Let Me Play are specialist sports camp providers for young people aged between 10 - 21.  They currently host nine residential camps across the UK, covering a broad range of sports including football, basketball, athletics, tennis, cheerleading and street dance  working closely with professional coaches to deliver an all round sporting experience. Let Me Play also run a series of community based school  programmes and projects across London Boroughs, providing PPA cover, breakfast , lunch and after school clubs aimed at engaging and motivating young people through the provision of sport.

 

Tottenham Hotspur Foundation is the community facing arm of the wider well known North London football club. The Foundation uses sport and, in particular football, as a vehicle to create life changing opportunities for children, groups and individuals within the London Boroughs of Haringey, Enfield, Waltham Forest, Barnet and the District Council of Epping Forest.  This is achieved by working with a wide range of partners including central and local government departments, schools, colleges, businesses and charitable trusts to design programmes that engage with all sections of the community

 

	Team Northumbria is the associated sports team behind the University of Northumbria in Newcastle. They offer a wide range of university sports for students and the general public through a variety of community projects, but they are also seen as an established employer within the sport and active leisure sector throughout the North East region.

 

Premier Sport is the nation's largest children’s coaching company with a team of 300 qualified coaches delivering over 20 different sports every day across the UK. The programme is based on and linked to the national programme of study for PE at Foundation, KS1 and KS2. Currently more than 100,000 children participate in coaching activities at a Premier Sport events every week.

 

	The Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust will provide a strong support structure and professional development scheme for young people participating in sport by drawing on the expertise of retired sporting champions.

 

The United Initiative is the community team of Sheffield United Football Club. They aim top provide important information in a fun and interactive way through credible role models, and in doing so, making a significant difference to the healthy lifestyles of children in the community.

 

Schoolfriend etccurrently run breakfast, after-school and holiday clubs for over 25,000 youngsters in England. Based within schools before and after hours, children are encouraged to play in a safe environment through a full range of activities, including art, drama, music, dance, sport, cookery and gardening and also have the opportunity to improve their numeracy and literacy skills outside the standard classroom setting.

 

SOLL Leisure manages a number of Sports, Leisure and Fitness Centres in Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire that offer a wide range of activities for both adults and children from gym, swimming, group exercise classes, racquet sports, swimming lessons and children's activities including birthday parties and holiday playschemes.

 

Kangoo Jumps are ‘The World’s Lowest Impact Sports Shoe.’ A new sport ‘mobile rebound exercise.’ Absorbing 80% of the impact during jogging, running, sports rehabilitation, injury prevention, school physical education classes, home fitness or just for pure fun.  Kangoo Jumps are proud to be Business Honours Club Members with the Youth Sport Trust and partners with Sainsbury’s Active Kids campaign and Fit For Sport ‘Ian Wrights Fitter Families’ and ‘Roger Black’s Fitter Schools Challenge’.

 

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