England Standards Board - Home

Menu

Endorsement Forms and Process

Why Get Endorsed

Endorsed Courses

Learning and Qualifications Framework

National Occupational Standards

Quotes about ESB

Readers and Reporters

Empowerment and Engagement Guidance pack

Ensuring Quality Leaflets - download

Reponses to professionalisation paper

Annual Monitoring Forms

Assessment of Practice Guidelines

CD Qualifications Questionnaire

Have your say about the future of CD Qualifications

Download and fill in your form here

Download the Briefing Sheets here

Since 2004 when the Community Development field agreed a structure for Community Development learning and qualifications at a national conference (Roots & Routes), further development of this have been based on the National Qualification Framework (NQF), and the then existing CD National Occupational Standards.

The NQF is being replaced by a new national framework called the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) and the CD NOS were revised in the latter part of 2009.

The England Standards Board

- Empowerment and Engagement Guidance Pack - click here to see the pack -

- Newsflash - new courses endorsed in London - see full list of endorsed courses -

Welcome to the website of the England Standards Board for Community Development Training and Qualifications. Known as the ESB for short!

The ESB has been developed by community workers and training providers, to provide a way of ensuring and recognising quality community development work learning programmes.

This is particularly important as there are often training courses advertised as suitable for community development activists and workers which are not at all related to the key purpose of community development work (click here to see the key purpose).

ESB is recognised by LLUK (Lifelong Learning UK) as the endorsing body for all Community Development Work Learning.

We provide a peer based endorsement process for Community Development Work learning - courses and work based programmes – at all levels. We endorse accredited and non-accredited programmes.

Endorsement Experiences

Endorsement Experiences

Organisations that have been through the endorsement process with ESB tell you about their experiences in a series of presentations. Click on the Links below to see pdf's of the presentions and notes associated with them.

Westminster University

Geoff Wykurz's presentation and notes on the endorsement of the University of Westminsters MA Community Development

Powerpoint Slides

Speech to accompany powerpoint slides

London Metroploiton University

Zafar Khan's presentation on the endorsement of London Metropolition Universitys Individual and Community Empowerment Foundation Degree

Powerpoint presentation

If you have been through endorsement with ESB and want to share you experience with others then please get in touch with us by e-mailing us using the contacts page.

NEWS - Community Development Work Accreditation Pilot Scheme

The National Empowerment Partnership funded ESB and FCDL, to undertake a small research project with the aim of developing a formal model of accreditation which acknowledge the skills and expertise of experienced community development practitioners in England. A model scheme was devised and is going to be put into practice in the London area.

Joomla Template by Joomlashack

Joomla Templates by JoomlaShack Joomla Templates