ASDAN

ASDAN is a charity with awarding organisation status that provides courses to thousands of UK and international schools, colleges, youth centres and training providers. Our curriculum programmes and qualifications offer flexible ways of accrediting skills for learning, skills for employment and skills for life. Developed and managed by practitioners, ASDAN grew out of research work at the University of the West of England in the 1980s and was formally established as an educational charity in 1991. Today ASDAN provides support to thousands of registered centres (mostly schools and colleges) throughout the UK and in other countries, publishes more than 200 resource titles, supervises the moderation procedures for all its courses, and develops new curriculum programmes, resources and qualifications in response to the needs of the profession. ASDAN rewards learners’ success in a range of skills and settings, from Entry level to university entrance. Our vision and values are central to the work that we do. ASDAN's charitable purpose is: “The advancement of education, by providing opportunities for all learners to develop their personal and social attributes and levels of achievement through ASDAN awards and resources, and the relief of poverty, where poverty inhibits such opportunities for learners.” A charitable fund offering grants is in place to support ‘the relief of poverty’.