Enter the 2006 National Training Awards

UK Skills invites HR professionals whose organisations have achieved business success through training to enter the 2006 National Training Awards.

These annual awards were set up twenty years ago to recognise and celebrate the people and the organisations which create success through training and personal development. Entries for this year’s awards close on 28 April 2006.

Last year’s winners from the human resources sector included GNER for a staff development programme and Liverpool’s Marriott Hotels/New Heys Business and Enterprise Specialist College for a recruitment strategy to recruit high-quality job-ready associates.

HR managers were responsible for many of the other entries that won regional and UK awards.

The National Training Awards are run on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills by UK Skills, an independent organisation which champions vocational skills and learning for work.

UK Skills provides support to entrants including free telephone mentoring and half-day workshops which are held throughout the UK between February and April.

UK Skills Chief Executive Dr Graeme Hall says one of the reasons the award is the UK’s premier training award is because the entry process provides entrants with a valuable benchmarking tool.

Every year winners tell us how much they have gained from the process of entering the awards. They appreciate the free support and business mentoring they receive from our consultants while completing their application allows them to evaluate what lasting impact their training has had, says Dr Hall.

We’ve even had people who have missed out on awards in previous years tell us how much they’ve benefited from the process - and how they can’t wait to put in a new application for the next awards!

Those who do win awards receive public recognition for the success they’ve achieved. Their investment in training benefits us all - by raising people’s skill levels, individuals and organisations can better meet their potential and that has flow-on effects which benefit communities and the UK economy as a whole.

Anyone and any organisation can enter the National Training Awards. Previous entrants include charities, individuals, multi-national companies, volunteers and the self-employed

Anyone and any organisation can enter the National Training Awards. Previous entrants include charities, individuals, multi-national companies, volunteers and the self-employed

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