British Canoeing Awarding Body

Unwrap the gift of SUP on day 18 with the NEW Stand Up Paddleboard Tidal Leader Award 🎁🎁🎁 In November, we announced the NEW SUP Tidal Leader which will be available from January 2025. The SUP Tidal Leader is suitable for those leading trips in simple areas of coastline, which includes defined beaches and sheltered bays where the group could easily land and in winds not above Beaufort force 3, as well as in estuarine/tidal (flowing water) environments.

Ho-ho-hope you're ready for day 17 of the Advent Calendar 🎅🎅🎅 In November we shared that there has now been 35,000 downloads of the 111 episodes of the Coaching Podcast. Currently in its 6th season, we have listeners in 70 different countries, including the United States, Denmark and Germany, as well as Greenland, Azerbaijan and Zimbabwe! Tune in to the latest episode of the Coaching Podcast.

What's behind door number 16? 🎁 The NEW Aquatic Safety and Incident Management Technical Group In July, we announced the members of the new Aquatic Safety and Incident Management Technical Group. We received a significant number of applications and were pleased to be able to select extremely passionate and talented individuals with broad ranging experience to support aquatic safety and incident management moving forwards.

Day 15 🎄 British Canoeing Awarding Body joins the Federation of Awarding Bodies The Federation of Awarding Bodies is the collective voice of the awarding and assessment sector. It provides access to influence the industry through its governance structure and a platform for sharing high quality provision. Full members are Awarding Organisations that are regulated by public regulators governing qualifications in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (i.e. Ofqual, SQA, Qualifications Wales and CCEA). BCAB is committed to continually strive to maintain world-class qualifications and awards to learners and look forward to utilising the opportunities that our collaboration with the Federation of Awarding Bodies will bring.

Unwrap the NEW Paddlesport Learning Hub 🎁 In the summer, we shared the Paddle Learning Hub which is a free resource to support Instructors, Coaches, Leaders and paddlers, across a variety of disciplines. This resource includes everything you need to know to support your development, from rescue videos and discipline specific playlists to the athlete development frameworks. Formerly the British Canoeing Awarding Body Youtube channel, you can also find videos about our internationally recognised qualifications and awards, showcasing the next step on your qualification journey.

Ho-ho-hope you’re ready for Day 13 of our Advent Calendar! 🎄 In August, we launched the NEW Provider eLearning, focusing on roles and responsibilities. This eLearning is aimed at existing PPA Providers to ensure continual development, standardisation and delivery of our Educational Philosophy. This educational package covers the responsibilities of a PPA Provider, including risk management, with a focus on lone working, safeguarding requirements and regulatory requirements.

Day 12 of the BCAB Advent Calendar 🎁 NEW Racing Coach pathways Since January, Racing Coaches have had the option of two regulated qualifications - ▪ Racing Coach (Sheltered Water) ▪ Racing Coach (Moderate Inland Water) The new pathways better reflect the environments that Racing coaches operate within, enabling those that have already attended a training course to choose the environment that they are assessed in, as well as providing choice to those at the start of their coaching journey.

Unwrap the gift of knowledge on day 11 of the BCAB advent calendar! Enhanced learning opportunities for the Level 4 Performance Coach Award 📚🎁 In line with BCAB’s commitment to providing an accessible and supportive learning experience, a comprehensive review of the Level 4 Performance Coach Award was carried out in early 2024. The changes that will be implemented aim to ensure the programme is both accessible and supportive. These changes will be live from 3rd January 2025.

Gift the gift of tidal knowledge this Christmas! A great present for your fellow paddlers 🌊 🎁 In June we launched the NEW Tides eLearning. This eLearning is for paddlers in any craft who want to increase their knowledge of how tides can impact paddling in estuaries and coastal waters. The course topics include how to find tidal information for paddlesports, tidal flow and tidal windows, depth of tide and how the local environment impacts tides. There are trip planning scenarios to consider and different rules of thumb to predict tide levels are introduced.

Ho-ho-hope you’re ready for some SUP excitement! 🎄 In February, we we’re thrilled to welcome two new members to our BCAB SUP Technical Group: Sarah Bagley and Brendon Prince!