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Winter Mountain Leader courses update
This season, the very dramatic weather swings (both in temperature, winds, and type of precipitation) coupled with unhelpful underfoot snow conditions have made running Winter Mountain Leader courses very challenging for both providers and their associated course directors. Behind the scenes there...
20/02/2019 09:07:40
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Rock Skills and Indoor Climbing Assistant go live
Today (7th January), Mountain Training has launched two brand new schemes: Rock Skills and Indoor Climbing Assistant. Both schemes are designed to enable a more diverse range of people to get involved with climbing and its delivery and we’re excited that people can now register for either or...
07/01/2019 11:50:07
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Updated registration fees for 2019
Mountain Training is always looking for ways to remove barriers to participation in our schemes and is pleased to announce that from 2nd January 2019, people under the age of 18 will be able to register for Hill & Mountain Skills for free! This will also be true for Rock Skills which will go...
18/12/2018 16:33:37
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Coaching Scheme Provider Applications
Mountain Training UK is currently inviting applications from new providers to deliver Foundation Coach and Development Coach training and assessment courses as part of the Mountain Training Coaching Scheme. The Mountain Training Coaching Scheme has now been running for five years. At this stage in...
14/12/2018 14:32:12
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MTE is inviting applications
A Partnership Liaison service to encourage links and facilitate collaborations between Mountain Training England and national organisations in England with mutual aims and objectives. Lifelong, healthy participation in climbing, hillwalking and mountaineering for all. To inspire, enable and...
11/12/2018 10:24:00
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BMC Youth Climbing Series Belay Volunteers
To add an extra element of safety to the Youth Climbing Series (YCS) the BMC would like an experienced sport climber and instructor to offer a 15 minute competition belay workshop to the lead climbing belayers at each of the YCS competitions, preferably someone who lives within an hour of the...
10/12/2018 14:23:46
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Supporting candidates with a disability
We understand that every individual is unique and we love to see a really diverse range of people gaining skills and being given the opportunity to learn, lead and inspire others. Did you know that many of our providers have made reasonable adjustments on a training or assessment course to enable a...
19/11/2018 14:43:31
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Get ready for winter
This is a great weekend, packed full of winter based CPD workshops for members of the Mountain Training Association; an ideal opportunity to develop, refresh and learn new skills, find out about working as a Winter Mountain Leader and meet like-minded members. There are a range of workshops...
19/10/2018 11:49:12
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Extreme Sports Expo 2019
We are very excited to be supporting a new event which seeks to engage and inspire climbers all over the UK. Held at the NEC, Birmingham on the 22nd and 23rd June 2019, Extreme Sports Expo is the only UK event to unite all of the extreme sports audiences under one roof. The Climbing Zone at Extreme...
01/10/2018 16:04:35
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MTE Quality Assurance comes out on top
In a recent audit Mountain Training England were able to provide OfQual with Substantial Assurance that we are doing an excellent job in the delivery of our quality assurance processes. OfQual’s General Conditions of Recognition guarantee the industry standard for academic and vocational...
20/09/2018 11:25:15
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All things coaching
MTA and AMI have teamed up to bring you a weekend of “all things coaching” focusing on the processes of coaching and helping you to understand coaching concepts and when to use them. Know when and how to apply coaching skills regardless of activity or level and integrate them when...
30/08/2018 11:28:15
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Kick start your winter
This is a great weekend, packed full of winter based CPD workshops for members of the Mountain Training Association; an ideal opportunity to develop, refresh and learn new skills, find out about working as a Winter Mountain Leader and meet like-minded members. There are a range of workshops...
09/08/2018 14:44:08
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DLOG tidy up – Scottish climbing
Our DLOG database is self-populating which means we have you wonderful people to thank for how much it’s grown over the past four and a half years. There are currently 715,582 trad climbing entries, 196,727 sport climbing entries and 41,951 winter climbing entries from a total 2.28 million...
17/07/2018 16:40:37
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Mountain Training UK 2018 AGM and business meeting
This year’s AGM was held on Saturday 23 June 2018 at Tollymore National Outdoor Centre in Northern Ireland. Ten representatives from the mountaineering councils and national Mountain Training organisations (the Members*) met for their second meeting of 2018. They were supported by eight...
02/07/2018 14:48:14
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New scheme provider applications
Early next year the national Mountain Training organisations will launch two new schemes: Rock Skills and Indoor Climbing Assistant. Rock Skills involves four courses across three levels designed to give people the skills to climb on real rock and the Indoor Climbing Assistant is an opportunity for...
27/06/2018 14:45:57
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Mountain Training England Impact Survey
Thanks to our candidate management system we have really good data about our candidates' progress through the training, assessment and skills courses we offer. What we don't know is what you do with those skills and qualifications and who benefits as a result. To help us understand the impact you...
23/05/2018 16:56:49
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BMC AGM 2018
As you may be aware the British Mountaineering Council will hold its Annual General Meeting on 16th June 2018. We would like all of our candidates who are BMC members to: be aware of the relevance and importance of this event to Mountain Training, and get involved. The BMC is being challenged to...
22/05/2018 15:18:11
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New climbing schemes update
Since the relaunch of our exising climbing qualifications on 2nd April we've had a chance to pause and start planning the next two phases of implementation. Here's a brief update to bring you up to speed. Rock Skills will involve four personal skills courses designed to develop rock climbing...
20/04/2018 16:31:40
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Winter 2017-18 Round Up
It's easy to forget now the sun's come out in most places, that after last winter we were wishing for a colder, snowier and more stable winter season this year. Two out of three ain’t bad! This winter has been one of the coldest on record across the UK and Ireland, with a great deal more snow...
20/04/2018 16:21:13
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Mountain Training Scotland is recruiting new directors
Mountain Training Scotland, as one of five National Mountain Training organisations, works closely with the central coordinating body, Mountain Training United Kingdom (MTUK), to develop and manage a portfolio of UK wide qualification schemes known as the Mountain Training schemes. This ensures...
13/04/2018 11:33:17
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Climbing qualifications relaunch
Recognising the evolving landscape of climbing, nearly three years ago we embarked on a review of our climbing qualifications to determine whether they were fit to serve the needs of the outdoor sector into the 2020s and beyond. After a thorough review, we have revised and renamed seven of our...
28/03/2018 14:50:54
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International Womens Day 2018
The theme of this year's International Women's Day is “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”. We know that everyone who holds our qualifications is involved in transforming people’s lives in both rural and urban environments and today is an...
08/03/2018 09:36:51
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MTA Mentoring Programme
Interested in being mentored or becoming a mentor? If you are a qualification holder and MTA member who would like to increase your skill set by volunteering as a mentor, or you are a member who would like support to progress through your chosen qualification as a mentee, read on... Announcing the...
22/02/2018 14:21:11
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