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Quality & Skills Advisory Panel

Terms of Reference 

The Quality and Skills Panel aims to give information and advice on quality and skills relevant to tourism businesses within the Peak District and Derbyshire. 
  • To encourage more businesses to participate in National Quality Assurance Schemes (NQAS) eg Quality in Tourism (QIT for Visit Britain), AA (Automobile Association) and Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Service (VAQAS)
  • To provide a strategic steer to the tourism industry for skills and quality delivery
  • To facilitate a coordinated position on potential legislation that might impact on the tourism industry
  • To coordinate and promote a logical approach to the management of Skills delivery in the Peak District and Derbyshire by acting as a forum
  • To enable a combination of tourism businesses and skills training providers to be represented on the panel to provide a link to key providers and quality initiatives to proactively engage the tourism industry
The Panel is advisory and has no regulatory role within this group.
 

Meeting Minutes 

Visit Peak District & Derbyshire's Quality & Skills Advisory Panel meeting minutes are available as downloadable pdf files by clicking on the links below:
 
 
 

Quality & Skills Advisory Panel Representatives

 
Georgina Heathcote Quality Executive, Visit Peak District and Derbyshire (Steer)
Tony Wheeler The Old Lock Up, Wirksworth (Chairman)
Angela Crawford Regional Business Development Manager, University of Derby and Visit Peak District & Derbyshire Sub-group representative
Jackie Dennis People 1st (No longer in post- replacement from People 1st TBA)
Sally Bruckshaw Principal Tourism Officer Amber Valley – Tourism Officer Representative
Chris Collins Economic Partnership Advisor, Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
David Croasdale General Manager, Palace Hotel Buxton
Joanna Faulkner Derby City
Therasa Garrod Historic Borders
National Trust represented by three National Trust Property Managers will rotate attendance:
Hardwick Hall: Denise Edwards.
Keddleston Hall: Victoria Flanagan
Calke Abbey: Stewart Alcock
 
For imformation on becoming an advisory panel representative, please contact Georgina Heathcote on 01332 594542.