Paddle Northern Ireland serves as the Delivery Centre for British Canoeing Awarding Body qualifications and awards in Northern Ireland. Our responsibility lies in operating these awards across the region.
The British Canoeing Awarding Body is the independent qualifications and training body for Paddle UK and is the only Awarding Body for Paddlesport activity in the UK.
Our educational philosophy is a participant-led approach, ensuring that people derive enjoyment, learning, and development through Paddlesport.
Individualised Experiences: We deliver experiences tailored to each individual, while also fostering the social aspects of the sport and building a sense of a paddling community.
Journey Over Destination: Our focus is on the journey itself, recognising that success lies in the process rather than just reaching a destination.
Safety and Engagement: Paddlers can expect safe, engaging, and enjoyable experiences, with the paddler at the heart of the learning and development process.
Empowering Approach: We empower paddlers by instilling a passion for Paddlesport and promoting understanding and respect for the natural environment.
We believe that paddlesport can be transformative, both personally and communally.
Our Awarding Body qualifications are:
- Fit-for-purpose coaching qualifications included in the Register of Regulated Qualifications
- Accepted as the industry standard for over 40 years
- Recognised and regulated by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) and Qualifications Wales
- Mapped to the professional standards of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) aligned to coaching national standards.
Our aim for our eLearning activities is all about accessibility. By providing online resources, we hope to ensure learners can easily access a wide array of relevant, up to date and useful content.
Although accessibility is a key aim, we believe that eLearning should be used to enhance the learning experience and, where compulsory, it should be at the benefit of the learners. You can find all our eLearning on our website linked here.
The Paddle Northern Ireland Delivery Centre Responsible Officer is:
Rodger Hamilton
Email: rodgerhamilton@paddleni.org.uk
Tel:
07747 794343