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Women in Mountain Training Conference 2024

08/03/2024 12:39:26

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Mentoring programme 2024

We are offering another opportunity for our members to have mentoring support from a volunteer Mentor! Mountain Training Association's Mentoring programme is designed to offer members additional one to one support after attending a training course, to help with their journey to assessment. It is...
15/02/2024 13:29:08

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Whats Possible

In 2022 we launched the Disability Training Fund and the first person to enquire about it was Juliet Scott. Over a few phone calls Jules described her squad, the people she coaches and the volunteers she works with. As a result, Mountain Training England supported the delivery of a Foundation Coach...
31/01/2024 09:53:08

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Mountain Training Association Volunteer Awards 2023 Winners

Our Volunteer Awards celebrate members' achievements, those who have gone above and beyond, shown initiative and dedication, and made a difference in what they do. Each year we select winners from the nominations we receive and the notification of excellent initiatives, projects, activities and/or...
30/01/2024 11:43:54

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Site-Specific Climbing Wall Training Scheme Guidance

Mountain Training continues to support indoor climbing walls through this latest release of its guidance for site-specific training schemes, which has been updated to reflect developments in good practice. Site-specific training schemes are used by some indoor climbing walls and other artificial...
29/01/2024 14:26:19

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Mountain Training Operations Officer

Mountain Training United Kingdom and Ireland (MTUKI) is seeking a dynamic individual with vision and management skills to provide project leadership and office management support. MTUKI administers several schemes directly and indirectly in walking and climbing activities, which are delivered by a...
26/01/2024 11:38:46

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Mountain Training Cymru Statement

Mountain Training Cymru has successfully applied for Sport Wales Development Grant funding for several years. This funding option ended permanently in March 2023, leaving our organisation facing a challenging financial future. The current business model, without additional funding, can draw on our...
25/01/2024 13:57:12

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OutdoorHer launch

BMC and Mountain Training have joined the movement towards systemic change for women in sport by launching OutdoorHer – a hub of advice and guidance for managing female bodies while hill walking or climbing outdoors. EXPLORE: OutdoorHer Resource Hub Inspired by conversations with women who...
15/01/2024 15:47:19

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Rehna Yaseen

Mountain Training is excited to announce that Rehna Yaseen, youth worker and Mountain Leader, is now an official Mountain Training ambassador! I am head of youth and community for a 60 year old outdoor charity called Lindley Educational Trust. We have two urban youth projects; one in Ashton under...
04/01/2024 10:14:28

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Trustee recruitment open evening

Three of Mountain Training’s national organisations, Mountain Training England, Mountain Training Cymru and Mountain Training UK & Ireland are recruiting for new Directors and Trustees during 2024. The skills and expertise we need on our boards vary from independent sector experience to...
04/01/2024 09:33:17

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Met Office weather workshop Programme 2024

We are delighted to announce our 2024 programme of Weather workhsops as we enter our sixth year of collaboration with the Met Office We are currently in the process of securing the venues workshops and the programme will be updated in due course - save your date! . Our two online workshop dates...
19/12/2023 09:36:14

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ThinkWINTER for epic mountain adventures

Winter can offer some incredible experiences in Scotland’s hills and mountains. As the new season gets into full swing, and with more wintry conditions forecast over the coming weeks, mountain safety organisations have come together once again to encourage people to #ThinkWINTER as they head...
12/12/2023 10:40:32

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Registration fee increase for 2024

Mountain Training has held the candidate registration fees set in January 2020 through to the end of 2023. As a network of awarding organisations our aim has been to help our candidates through the pandemic and more recently through the start of the cost of living crisis. Each of the national...
04/12/2023 15:19:15

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Quality Day definitions update

We’re tweaking our quality walking day definitions for all three entry level schemes to help candidates better understand what’s required. We’re not expecting the changes to fundamentally alter what a quality day is, or change the status of any existing quality days, we’re...
26/10/2023 13:45:07

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MTA Volunteer Awards 2023

Our volunteer awards are part of our ongoing appreciation for all that volunteers do for Mountain Training's Association and in the wider world. These awards highlight the incredible work that volunteers do and profile the positive impact they make on society and the world around them. Categories...
24/08/2023 12:11:57

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Joint statement regarding Glen Coe accident

11th August, 2023 On behalf of: Association of Mountaineering Instructors Mountain Training Mountaineering Scotland British Mountaineering Council We were deeply saddened to learn about the tragic accident that took place in Glen Coe, which resulted in the untimely loss of three lives. Our...
11/08/2023 09:26:59

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Joint statement regarding Glen Coe accident

11th August, 2023 On behalf of: Association of Mountaineering Instructors Mountain Training Mountaineering Scotland British Mountaineering Council We were deeply saddened to learn about the tragic accident that took place in Glen Coe, which resulted in the untimely loss of three lives. Our...
11/08/2023 08:47:18

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Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock become Mountain Training’s Official Skills Partners

Mountain Training is excited to announce its skills partnership with outdoor retailers Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock. The partnership reflects our shared values of inspiring people to get outside, with the right skills and the right kit to explore the great outdoors safely. The number of people...
27/06/2023 11:16:52

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New compostable membership card

Members expressed the wish for the Mountain Training Association to become more sustainable, so one of the actions we have undertaken is that we have sourced a new membership card that is completely compostable. Although this may not seem like a large change, with nearly 9000 members, that would...
16/05/2023 13:36:06

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Full Member changed to Qualified Member

We made this change to make it easier to understand the difference between the two membership categories Trainee Member and Qualified (formerly Full) Member. The difference, as you can hopefully guess, is that Trainee members are those who have registered for a Mountain Training qualification and...
16/05/2023 12:19:53

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Impact survey

Five years on from Mountain Training England's first impact survey, it's time for round two to see what's changed. Since 2018 there's been a pandemic and some shifts in people's working patterns, priorities and pastimes. We'd love to get another snapshot of the impact that you, our candidates and...
04/04/2023 14:57:20

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