Testimonials

Access All Areas is a performance company in London that makes urban, disruptive performance by learning disabled and autistic artists. Access All Areas won the 2015 Guardian University Award for Student Diversity and Widening Participation, was nominated in the 2018 National Diversity Awards and was a finalist in the National Learning Disability and Autism Awards 2017 and the Living Wage Awards 2018. In 2017, Access All Areas was awarded National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) status by Arts Council England.

Access All Areas use Investing in Your Future to upskill the Creative Industries in best practice methodologies of working with people with learning disabilities and autism. Access All Areas also deliver the Performance Making Diploma for Adults with Learning Disabilities as an accredited qualification through AIM.

Helen Bryer
Access All Areas

SweetTree is an independent boutique care service that delivers support to people in their own homes. Over the last 17 years they have become a leading UK care provider working with more than 10,000 people living across London. Their services are for clients with Brain Injury & Neurological Conditions; Learning Disabilities & General Home Care/Dementia conditions. SweetTree have achieved an outstanding rating from their Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection and also have Investors in People Gold.

As a centre committed to quality, SweetTree use the AIM IF kitemark as a tool to help quality assure all their internal training – from pre-employment training, all induction training as well as specialist CPD training for existing staff.”

On a personal note, I have received excellent support and advice from our Centre Lead Katharine Pearce throughout my 4-years at SweetTree, this has been so valuable to me and my Training Department. Excellent Service!"

Tracey Jones
Training & Specialist Services Quality Assurance Manager
SweetTree Home Care Services

GlobalStep Games Academy is a world leader in risk management and mitigation in the development, production, and maintenance of video games throughout their lifecycle. The company provides quality assurance, localization, live operations support, data analytics, test automation and consulting services to its global customer base ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to Fortune 100 companies.

‘GlobalStep Test Academy’ uses the AIM IF kite mark to validate the quality of their nine-week training course that aims to give students the skills and knowledge required to become a professional QA tester! This is achieved through teaching sessions at GlobalStep and through work experience, in which the students get a chance to work with real developers in the industry.

Jason Uncles
Head Tutor
GlobalStep