Channel Training Blog

The costs to businesses of employing people have increased due to the measures in the budget. Increases in the National Living Wage and the Apprenticeship wage, a lower employer NI threshold and an increase in the employer NI rate all bring real challenge for...

Over the past few months, a group of IOL trustees has been working on an exciting project to bring together the sector’s apprenticeship standards and the established outdoor learning professional practitioner route. The clarity and quality of the professional pathways into and through outdoor learning is a key focus for the Institute for Outdoor Learning.

We are thrilled to share that Sam Glencross of Inside Out Education Ltd is the very first Level 5 Outdoor Learning Specialist Apprentice to complete the standard - and with a Distinction grade. Inside Out chose Channel Training to provide Sam's programme and it has...

Outdoor Activity Instructor Apprentices took part in a Mountain Training Mountain Skills Course delivered by Channel Events's Dan Brice and Flora Jones from Channel Training. The course took place in March 2024 in the Lake District around the Haweswater Valley area....

Training is a vital part of any apprenticeship and for Level 3 Outdoor Activity Instructor Apprentices training can include learning how to safely scale an indoor climbing wall and instructing others to reach new heights. Using Blackwell Adventure's purpose built...

We have 2 spaces available on a Mountain Training, Climbing Wall Instructor Training Course at £150 per person (Discount available for associate employers).

This course will be running from Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre on 2nd and 3rd October.

We have 2 spaces available on a Mountain Training, Climbing Wall Instructor Training Course on the 17th and 18th June. Day one of the course will run from Trewern Outdoor Centre in Cusop, Hay on Wye and from Llangorse Climbing Centre on Day two.

We are organising a Level 3 Award in Outdoor First Aid course at short notice, the course will take place at Lee Valley White Water Centre on the 16th & 17th of May/next week! We have spaces free on this course & as an employer of apprentices that we currently...

A big welcome to Owen Chidgey who started his Level 5 Outdoor Learning Specialist apprenticeship at Bale's Farm - Outdoor Learning on 3rd May. Bale’s Farm offers a therapeutic outdoor learning provision for children between the ages of 5 and 19 with the aim to...

We have two places available on a Sports Leaders; Level 3 Qualification in Lowland Walk Leadership (LWL3) course that will be taking place at Ferny Crofts Scout Activity Centre in the New Forest on 27th, 28th Feb & 1st of March.