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The latest news from the Princess Royal Training Awards and our award recipients.
52 organisations receive royal recognition for tremendous training and incredible impact in 2024
15 August 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...
Skills Share 2024: a room full of training royalty
On 1 May 2024 we launched our first ever Skills Share event at Guildhall, London. This was a space to network and learn from the 200+ organisations who have successfully achieved a Princess Royal Training Award over the past nine years.
Case study: prioritising talent to open up opportunities to women at Amey
This leading infrastructure services and engineering company identified the Women@Amey network to attract and retain women in a male-dominated industry. Amey PlcYear awarded 2023Region LondonSize 1000+ employeesSector Construction and engineering“A great...
Case study: home-growing future managers through exceptional training opportunities at Red Carnation Hotels
This collection of family-run hotels achieved an Award in 2017 and went on to gain a revalidation in 2020. Since then it has further developed its Graduate Management programme with 53 participants commencing the training in the 3 years following, leading to the...
Case Study: using training to benefit people and the planet at Fifty Shades Greener
This small company which educates organisations on how to reduce their carbon footprint through changing their behaviours showcases its own commitment to learning through its tailored employee induction programme. Green Skills for Life is central to the training,...
Case study: the meaningful impact of receiving an Award on MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
In this video, Amy Atkins from 2022 recipient MOLA, talks about the meaningful impact of receiving a Princess Royal Training Award.
Celebrating the very best training and development programmes in the UK and Ireland
Last week, 53 recipients from the UK and Ireland were warmly welcomed to St James’s Palace, in London, to receive their Princess Royal Training Award from Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal. Now in their eighth year, the Princess Royal Training Awards were set...
Celebrating the impact of learning and development
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.
Princess Royal Training Awards 2023 Recipients: in the press
Here is a roundup of the media coverage following the announcement of the 2023 Princess Royal Training Awards recipients. National news FE News:...
53 Princess Royal Training Awards across UK and Ireland for achieving positive impact through skills development
HRH The Princess Royal, President of the City and Guilds of London Institute, has approved 53 Awards to a range of organisations across the UK and Ireland, for their outstanding training and skills development programmes, all of which have shown a significant...
Belfast Met: The Ripple Effect of receiving a Princess Royal Training Award
Rebecca Roberts shares how achieving an award helped move Health and Wellbeing higher up Belfast Met's agenda.
Macmillan Caring Locally: The Ripple Effect of receiving a Princess Royal Training Award
Mandy Preece created a volunteer training programme for Macmillan Caring Locally to upskill their volunteers in communication skills and provide end of life support.
Caring Homes Group: The Ripple Effect of receiving a Princess Royal Training Award
Four-time recipient of the Awards, Liz Willis shares the impact the awards has had on learning and development at Caring Homes.
Lee Marley Brickwork: The Ripple Effect of receiving a Princess Royal Training Award
Lee Marley believes in continually learning and improving his own skills and is currently undertaking a level 7 qualification in Construction Management.
Demonstrating the impact of outstanding training with The Princess Royal Training Awards class of 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5gV1a1JPBw It’s not often you can bring a range of employers together in a room from large multinational banks to small charities devoted to the welfare of donkeys; this is what makes the Princess Royal Training Awards so unique....
Celebrating 46 UK organisations who have outstanding workplace training programmes with HRH The Princess Royal
London, Thursday 8th December: On Tuesday 6th December, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, welcomed 46 organisations to Banqueting House in London to celebrate successfully achieving a Princess Royal Training Award for their commitment to training and...
Case Study: Travis Perkins trailblazing in the construction sector
Travis Perkins plc, one of the UK’s leading builders merchants, has been proactive in tackling the challenges facing the construction industry, with a significant focus on decarbonisation and the need to adopt more modern methods of construction; as well as...
Case study: a sustainable approach to securing the next generation of leaders at OnSide
The youth work sector has faced significant challenges in recent years, with a billion-pound reduction in investment and a depleting pool of talent in senior leadership.OnSideYear awarded 2022Region BoltonSize <50 employeesSector CharitiesEmbracing challenges...
Case study: valuing individuality and diversity at Cox London
Research by UNESCO in 2022 into the creative industries demonstrated a decline in the value of the cultural and leisure sectors and a substantial loss of jobs since the Covid-19 pandemic. The heritage craft industry, which was already at risk before the crisis, has...
