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The future is secure
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SkillsActive is moving forward with a
new license and remit for delivery
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Leisure and Learning. Following a
A total of 200 people will be given scholarships in hospitality rigorous relicensing process by the
government, we were not only
Scholarship scheme for Scotland
successful in having our five year
license renewed, but also judged as a
Sixth round of initiative secures £100,000 of funding
good SSC with a number of outstanding
areas, namely employer engagement,
By Tom Walker improving staff retention across leadership, project management and Stephen Studd is
the industry and raising delivery. And I am thrilled with this chief executive of
The Hospitality Industry Trust aspirations to encourage assessment, as our sector employers are SkillsActive
(HIT) Scotland has launched a professional development. our bread and butter and if we're not
£100,000 scholarship scheme Previous recipients have delivering on their behalf then we're doing something wrong.
to help leisure, hospitality, attended the Disney Institute in Over the last five years our focus has been on increasing the
travel and tourism businesses in Florida, Ecole du Hotelier in demand for skills, along with raising the quality of skills
Scotland inspire their employ- Lausanne, Switzerland, and provision, creating a fit for purpose system of training, and
ees during the recession. Cornell University's School of lobbying funding agencies and policy makers to invest in this
Applications are now being Hotel Administration in New employer-led framework. This can be demonstrated in a variety
received for an emerging talent York state. Aspiring chefs have of ways, for example the development and delivery of
scholarship scheme, which aims been placed in Michelin starred apprenticeships. These programmes have developed and rapidly
to identify 200 ambitious and kitchens and sommeliers with grown in a sector with no tradition for such structured work-
talented individuals to attend top wine experts. HR, market- based programmes and more than 4,000 apprentices have been
training courses. ing and events staff are also certificated in the past 12 months.
HIT estimates that the covered through the scheme. The development of a broad range of S/NVQs that have
programme, now in its sixth Entries close on the 11th become established across the industry – there has been a
year, could potentially return December 2009 and the 30 per cent increase in people completing their qualification,
more than £1m through new scholarships will be announced and we have issued around 22,000 certificates already this year.
skills, promoting best practice, in February 2010. We should also not forget our National Skills Academy, which
since its creation, has led to a one-stop shop for the industry
to access quality assured training and support in four out of
Fit for Sport reports 2009
nine English regions.
Our renewed license is based on a new five year plan of
Fit for Sport, the healthy seen 7 million UK families delivery. We need to ensure all qualifications in the sector are
lifestyle activities provider, engage in2 the Fitter Families on the new Qualifications and Credit framework – in which case
has reported a 14.5 per cent initiative during 2009. they have to be the qualifications employers want their future
increase in children's activity Working in partnership workforce to have. We need to ensure our National Skills
levels of those taking part in with local authorities and Academy continues to expand across the whole of the country
its nationwide Fitter Schools primary care trusts, the free, and look at ways it could work within the home nations.
UK Challenge. nationwide Fitter Families The fact that we have been relicensed is a testament to the
More than 14,500 school scheme aims to provide commitment and passion of my staff who are working tirelessly
children are currently families with the opportunity on behalf of the sector. So for me, right now, it's important to
receiving healthy lifestyle to improve health and fitness recognise how far we've come and say with pride that we’re
education each week through as part of the organisation's going in the right direction. But it's also just as important to
Fit for Sport, which has also pledge to "keep the future fit". recognise the journey has only just started and we've a long way
to go. However, working together, I know that we'll get there.
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