Canoe Award Provider

What the Role Entails

By providing the Canoe Award, you will be helping canoeists to develop their independence on rivers and lakes.

The Canoe Award is paddler-focused.

At Paddles Up Training we want you to help paddlers to  take charge of their learning by:

• Support your paddlers to become independent.
• Help your paddlers to be clear ‘what’s next’ for them.

What does the development process look like?

As long as you meet the minimum requirements you can become a provider at any time, by completing the following steps:

• Complete the Personal Performance Award Provider eLearning.

This fun eLearning guides you by subject, through the design of the awards, why we made those choices and will give you some useful hints and tips.

Development Phase

You do what you need, this might involve:

• Co-delivery or Canoe Awards with other providers
• Reflecting on your own development.
• Discussing with your Mentor.

Once you feel ready to run the award independently, the final step will depend on your existing qualifications, in some cases you will be able to straight away! It’s a self managed process.

Open the Minimum Requirements tab for more info.

Alternatively, you may need a Final Recommendation.

. This must be from a current Canoe Award Provider.

Final Recommendation

You will work with an existing provider of the Canoe Award, When you are both happy you fully understand the Canoe award and the requirements of being a Provider, they will then send us their final recommendation.

 Further information about the final recommendation can be found in the Final Recommendation Guidance Document.

Want to know more about the Canoe Award?

You can read more about the Canoe Award here:

Ready to begin?

Click here to access the eLearning or use the finder tool to find an existing Provider to work with.

Minimum Requirements

To provide the Canoe Award you must have completed the Paddle UK Awarding Body Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning.

To automatically be able to provide the Canoe Award, you must hold one of the following Paddle UK Awarding Body qualifications:

• Open Water Canoe Coach
• White Water Canoe Coach
• MWE Canoe Coach
• BCU Level 3 Canoe Coach

If you hold one of these awards you can work through a personal development plan and when you feel ready approach a Canoe Award Provider for your final recommendation.

• Canoe Leader
• Canoe Open Water Leader and Canoe White Water Leader

Once your Personal Performance Awards Provider Recommendation is complete please return it to [email protected] .

Further Instructions

There is no application process for becoming a Canoe Award Provider. You just need to complete the eLearning and then work alongside a current Provider who will then complete your final recommendation when you are ready.

If you would like to begin your journey, then the Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning can be found here.