Awards

The latest stories in this category from the City & Guilds Foundation and our networks.

Royal recognition for employers who invest in training and development in the UK and Ireland

Royal recognition for employers who invest in training and development in the UK and Ireland

by | 22 Nov 2024 | , ,

On Thursday 21 November, 52 recipients from the UK and Ireland were recognised by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal through the Princess Royal Training Awards held at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London. Over the past nine years, The Princess Royal Training Awards, delivered by the City & Guilds Foundation, have recognised and celebrated organisations that deliver exceptional and impactful learning and development programmes.

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Membership Awards Class of 2024: Championing Impact, Recognising Talent

Membership Awards Class of 2024: Championing Impact, Recognising Talent

by | 11 Nov 2024 | ,

City & Guilds is proud to announce the first recipients of the Membership Awards, a programme designed to celebrate and recognise exceptional tutors and trainers who are making a significant impact on individuals and organisations. City & Guilds is committed to helping people get into jobs, progress in their careers, and move on to new opportunities. These awards highlight the vital role of tutors and trainers in achieving this goal. By recognising and rewarding outstanding...

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Princess Royal Training Awards class of 2024 receive royal recognition for tremendous training and incredible impact

Princess Royal Training Awards class of 2024 receive royal recognition for tremendous training and incredible impact

by | 15 Aug 2024 | ,

City & Guilds has today announced the 52 training programmes that will be recognised by the 2024 Princess Royal Training Awards. Now in its ninth year, The Princess Royal Training Awards continue to recognise organisations who demonstrate exceptional commitment to learning and development, and is now established as a prestigious and sought-after accolade in this field. With skills training increasingly cited as a key to improving productivity challenges within the economy, creating learning programmes to develop new and existing workforce talent is now more important than ever.

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Recognising excellence through the Livery Company Prizes

Recognising excellence through the Livery Company Prizes

by | 27 Mar 2024 | , , , ,

Earlier this month we hosted the annual City & Guilds Livery Company Prizes awards at Mansion House, home of the Lord Mayor, The Rt. Hon. Professor Michael Mainelli (Alderman). Each year City of London Livery Companies award prizes to honour outstanding learners and tutors from across the UK, who have achieved or delivered City & Guilds qualifications. The City and Guilds of London Institute was founded by the Livery Companies in 1878 and therefore maintains a close link with them....

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Celebrating our heritage whilst focusing on the future

Celebrating our heritage whilst focusing on the future

by | 21 Mar 2024 | , , ,

The 145th Yearly Meeting of the City and Guilds of London Institute happened at Plaisterers’ Hall in the heart of the City. This beautiful Livery Hall reflects the grandeur of a bygone era in a modern setting. The current hall was opened in 1972 and backs onto the remains of the original Roman London Wall which dates back to the third century. It was a very befitting venue for our meeting as we reflected upon and celebrated our heritage (as we ourselves were established in 1878 by the City of...

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Celebrating the impact of learning and development

Celebrating the impact of learning and development

by | 28 Sep 2023 | , ,

At the heart of City & Guilds is our purpose which has skills development deep rooted in it. And through the Foundation one of our jobs is to celebrate where really great skills development is happening, and an example of how we do that is our Princess Royal Training Award programme.In 2023, applications demonstrated an even higher quality – with strong emerging themes around leadership and management, post-Pandemic recovery and diversity, equity and inclusion. To celebrate the success of...

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