Avenues wins at the National Training Awards!
We are pleased to announce that Avenues became Regional Winners in the National Training Awards (NTA) on Tuesday 6 October.
The National Training Awards are the UK's number one award for businesses, organisations and individuals who have achieved success through training and learning and are run by UKSkills on behalf of the Government Department responsible for Business Innovation and Skills.
The NTA receive entries from all sectors and industries across the UK and provided Avenues with the unique opportunity to have our training judged against the best in the UK. Some of the other organisations that we were competing against were; BT plc, Kent Fire Service, Specsavers, Vodafone UK, and Thanet District Council to name but a few.
We entered the award with support from Croft Management who we have partnered with to deliver the Chartered Management Institute's Diploma in Management and more recently the Certificate in Management.
There were various stages to the entry process, the first being the submission of a lengthy application form to the Assessment Panel. We were then short listed and were selected for an on-site visit where the judges looked for evidence of what has been submitted with the application form by interviewing key members of staff who have been involved in the programme. The judges then reported back to the Regional Panel, who then decided on the overall winners.
The award was presented at a gala dinner which was hosted by Meridian TV celebrity Fred Dineage, who is also famous for presenting the TV programmes ‘How?' and ‘World of Sport'.
Winning an award demonstrates for us at Avenues the commitment to investing in our staff and positions us as forward-thinking and gives us a competitive edge in today's highly competitive and ever-changing economic climate. Continuous learning and development is proving to be more important than ever, creating a highly skilled workforce, increases performance and bringing success to our staff and our organisation enhancing our credibility and reputation.
