News YPO Managing Director elected to BESA Executive Council
Simon Hill, Managing Director at Wakefield based YPO, the UK’s largest publicly owned purchasing organisation, has been elected to the BESA Executive Council for a two year term. BESA is a trade association that works on behalf of its members to support UK-based companies that supply goods and services to the education sector.
The council, consisting of leading figures in the educational supply industry, sets the strategic direction of the association and decides how its finance and income is spent.
Simon Hill
Simon Hill said: “It is a privilege to be elected to the BESA Executive Council. The association does some fantastic work in supporting educational suppliers in the UK, and I look forward to contributing to the success of the association over the coming years.”
Diane Webster, Head of Sales and Marketing at YPO, has been elected to the BESA Marketing Committee for a two year term. The committee’s role is to guide BESA’s marketing activities. Diane Webster said: “BESA is involved in a wide range of marketing activities, which provide important support to its members. I am delighted to join such a well-respected committee.” YPO supplies public sector organisations with products and frameworks, and is 100% publicly owned, meaning that all profits are returned to YPO customers and member authorities. The organisation’s range includes over 30,000 products and 80 frameworks, covering everything from pens and pencils, computers and furniture to electricity and insurance.
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College named as national referee hub
Wearside will see an increase in young football referees following the news that Sunderland College has been chosen to trial a national training scheme. It is one of only ten colleges in the country to successfully bid for a place in the English Colleges Football Association (ECFA) Referee Hub Programme which will provide funding to train more than 50 students referees across the country.
Sunderland College, which is the only organisation in the region to run the scheme, will share in a £5,000 investment from ECFA to help five of its students complete a referee course in partnership with Durham County Football Association (DCFA).
Over a six-month period, the students will receive mentoring support from the DCFA and following completion of the course, they will be fully qualified to referee in ECFA leagues and intramural Team Nineteen games, as well as officiate grassroots football matches in local community football leagues. The students will also get the chance to take part in a national training day set up by the ECFA at St George’s Park national football centre in Burton- upon-Trent, where they will meet participants from all of the referee hubs. Sunderland College’s training programme is being spearheaded by Lucy Oliver, sports development officer, who has also been announced as the ECFA Referee Hub Ambassador for the national programme.
She said: “We’re absolutely thrilled that the ECFA has chosen the college as one of its referee hubs and that we’re playing an integral role in this exciting new initiative. This gives our students a fantastic opportunity to become more involved in the refereeing side of football and to receive expert guidance and support from the DCFA.”
Sunderland College’s state-of-the-art Sports Academy, which features a multi-use sports hall, sports science performance lab, sports massage treatment areas, exercise studio and a fully-equipped £100,000 fitness suite, will be home to the referee hub.
Lucy added: “The college’s sporting facilities are second-to-none and our Sports Academy is the perfect place to base this programme. It is a draw for other organisations who we partner with and results in incredible opportunities for our students.”
www.sunderlandcollege.ac.uk January 2016
Putting the fun into fundraising with the NSPCC’s Number Day
TV’s Countdown star, Rachel Riley is backing the NSPCC’s Number Day which helps schoolchildren learn new mathematical skills in a fun way while supporting the fight against child abuse. Created in partnership with Oxford University Press, curriculum-based activities such as ‘Who Wants to be a Mathionnaire?’ and ‘Be the Boss’ enable teachers to deliver inspiring and interactive maths lessons, whilst raising money for the NSPCC.
Number Day – February 5th 2016 - is for pupils of all ages and abilities. Whether they’re super-quick at reciting times tables or are champion problem-solvers, they can show off their skills and learn something new at the same time.
Pupils can also come to school wearing their favourite football shirt as part of ‘Dress Up for Digits’ – any item of clothing with a number on it will do.
Rachel Riley said: “Number Day is a great way to get kids engaged with maths, and on top of that, they’ll be raising money for the NSPCC – a charity I’m proud to support. Teachers have a huge part to play in inspiring the next generation of mathematicians so I hope that on 5 February, children in schools across the UK will be putting on their thinking caps and having fun with numbers. Let the countdown to Number Day begin!” NSPCC Head of Schools Fundraising, Denise Derbyshire, said: “Number Day is the perfect opportunity to have fun with maths, with the added bonus of raising money for the NSPCC. This year teachers can challenge their pupils with new activities such as ‘Blockbuster’ and ‘Quick-fire Tricksy Maths’, so don’t miss out!”
www.nspcc.org.uk/numberday www.education-today.co.uk 11
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