Two new leadership courses will be available from 2010. The Essentially Dance Leadership course, in partnership with Essentially Dance, and the Indoor Rowing Leaders Award, in partnership with Concept2 Rowing.
The Sports Leaders UK Foundation has been awarded £100,000 by the Garfield Weston Foundation, which will go towards establishing a further 100 Sports Leaders UK Outreach Centres, and assist in the running of a number of partnership based community projects.
QCDA is currently running free training events for exams office staff who are delivering the Diploma for the first time.
The new Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) will replace the current NQF on 1 January 2010. Sports Leaders UK will be moving all of their qualifications onto the QCF next year.
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Sports Leaders UK held an event at The Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 27th January to demonstrate the importance of its work and partners in Scotland. The event, hosted by Andy Kerr SMP, showcased the amazing achievements of Sports Leaders in Scotland and highlighted the pledge made by Sports Leaders UK to the Commonwealth Games Legacy.
Sports Leaders UK announced its 2012 legacy and recognised inspirational young leaders at a special awards ceremony at the House of Lords recently. The event, held on December 7, also saw the announcement of Sports Leaders UK's recent partnership with Change4Life, the Government's programme to encourage a healthier, active lifestyle.
Linda Plowright, Chief Executive of Sports Leaders UK, and Carolyn Cant, QA Manager took part in the Extra Mile Challenge cycle relay through France on the 25, 26, 27 September, to raise money for a number of charities including Sports Leaders UK.
Four major British sports looked to Sports Leaders UK to help deliver leadership training for 200 young people at the Young Leaders Camp 2009 in Rugby School this month.
On Wednesday 8th July 2009, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, hosted a private luncheon at Buckingham Palace to officially launch the new Sports Leaders UK Foundation.
Four Olympic athletes led two hundred young people from all over Britain at the first Sports Leaders UK National Convention at the MK Dons stadium on Saturday 4th July.
Four major British sports looked to Sports Leaders UK to help deliver leadership training for 200 young people at the Young Leaders Camp 2009 in Rugby School this month. The Rugby Football Union, England Netball, Gymnastics England and UK Athletics used Sports Leaders UK expertise to help pass on generic leadership skills to the sports' future coaches and organisers.
The Young Leader delegates attended specific sessions on the four sports and also gained insights into running a sports club, and sports psychology. Sports Leaders UK Tutor Training Officers, Chris Faley and Gareth Buckley, concentrated on imparting organisation and communications skills to help the young people pass on their leadership skills within their sport.
"The Young Leaders Camp is an investment in the future by four major national governing bodies of sport who recognise the value of leadership in supporting successful sports clubs. The NGBs obviously recognise and value the contribution that Sports Leaders UK training can make to the business of organising and running sport at all levels," Chris Faley said.