City & Guilds announce new accreditation partnership with The Prince’s Foundation

by Amber Ainsworth | Oct 5, 2021 | Awards, Special Awards

In recognition of their shared commitment to the preservation of heritage craft skills, City & Guilds and The Prince’s Foundation have today announced a new partnership which will see students on a variety of the charity’s training courses receive internationally...

Outstanding careers – City & Guilds as a golden thread

by Joanna Najjar | Oct 1, 2020 | Connecting our communities, Special Awards

Prince Philip Medal… and the medallist is Craig Thomson This award inaugurated by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh back in 1962 recognises an individual who has followed the City & Guilds path and has achieved significant success in their field or profession. This year...

Interview with… Damien McKnight

by Michael Osbaldeston | Sep 30, 2020 | Alumni, Connecting our communities, Princess Royal Training Awards

‘Michael!  We haven’t had our letter, were we successful?’  Deep intake of breath… this is the call you don’t want to take. ‘We didn’t did we? And I know why – too soon and not enough evidence!’    And from that...

UK businesses’ training is recognised by HRH The Princess Royal on her 70th birthday

by Stuart Tucker | Aug 14, 2020 | News, Princess Royal Training Awards

HRH The Princess Royal, President of City & Guilds Group, recognises organisations whose training has delivered measurable business impact Businesses continue to deliver excellent training programmes in the Princess Royal Training Award’s fifth year, despite the...

United by purpose – a letter to Princess Royal Training Awards applicants from Princess Anne

by Michael Osbaldeston | May 22, 2020 | Connecting our communities, News, Princess Royal Training Awards

It’s fair to say, that no one alive has ever experienced a time like this.  You have to go back to the post-WW1 flu, the cholera epidemics that would lead to modern sanitation, The Black Death and the great plagues.  For all of us, it really is unprecedented, and it...