Introduction

Over the years we have worked with many organisations from primary schools to government departments. These are the ones we are currently working with.

Join us

If you work for a government, education, industry of arts organisation and would like to join the organisations on this page, and have an idea for a working partnership with us, please email our Director Phil McDonnell (philmcdonnell@imthurricane.org) with your proposal or ideas. We are always interested in anyone who shares the aims of our mission statement.

Our Satellite centres

Information on colleges and organisations which run our City & Guilds qualifications, and how to become one yourself, can be found here.

Creative Apprenticeship hub

Creative Process have been our partners in a number of initiatives and are currently partnering us in piloting the new Creative Apprenticeships with the LSC, SkillSet, EDI and CCSkills. Creative Process website

The most recent pilot we have completed has delivered the City & Guilds Audio Visual Industries Induction qualification and EDI key skills to 10 students. Read the full report here.

Skillset

We have been working with Skillset on the Digital Creative Media Apprenticeships.

Creative & Cultural Skills

We have been working with CCSkills on the Creative Apprenticeships.

Greenwich University

We are proud to announce that from Sept we will delivering the audio and music technology modules of The University of Greenwich's new Entertainment Technologies & Music Production degree.

London Development Agency

The LDA are our partners in piloting the Digital and Creative apprenticeships.

The Creative Way

We have been working with The Creative Way and other partners on the Music Industry Live project.

City & Guilds

City & Guilds have been overseeing qualifications for more than 100 years. They are a respected organisation world wide and are diligent in ensuring standards are maintained.

Our City & Guilds qualification are well established industry recognised marks of merit and competence and must be worked for and passed before being awarded. They are not merely certificates of attendance as with some other courses. Success is dependent on motivation and commitment.

Experience has shown that successful completion of a qualification to be a key factor in helping graduates progress and find employment within the music and multimedia industries and related businesses.

Click here for more on our assessments processes.

New Deal (Department of Work & Pensions)

Over the last few decades each successive UK government has funded training for the unemployed through differing initiatives.
Shortly after the current government came to power it launched the New Deal initiative.

Under the New Deal, an individual who is registered unemployed may choose a course of training from a wide range of state and private education establishments offering courses funded under New Deal, subject to eligibility.

We currently offer our our Music Production and Multimedia courses, and MIP / New Deal For Musicians mentoring programme funded under the New Deal.

European Social Fund

In partnership with London Development Agency, the ESF are funders of the new Digital Fusion STEP initiative. We are a major partner in this initiative.

Skills Training

Skills training are one of the prime contractors for our FTET and 25+ New Deal JobCentre Plus training courses for the unemployed. We deliver our Music Production and Multimedia courses through this provision.

Careers Development Group

Career Development Group Skills training are one of the prime contractors for our FTET and 25+ New Deal JobCentre Plus training courses for the unemployed. We deliver our Music Production and Multimedia courses through this provision.

www.cdguk.org

Current partners