Industry News - National Federation of Sailing School: New Site Helps Users

THEY’LL be one definitive site for information on training centres and courses when the new National Federation for Sailing Schools website goes live in September.

The Federation has decided to reinforce its position as the place to search and find out information on different sail and power training centres and the courses they offer with the addition of a new course calendar application.
And the new site, which goes live in time for the Southampton Boat Show, will be the only one on the web to offer information on accredited high standard training centres, not only under an area, but also type of course and date.

Spokesman for the NFSS, Brigid Howells, said: “Other sites do give information on member training centre listings, but these are not combined with course dates.

“We’ve identified this opportunity to add the new section to our website which member training centres will be able to update directly so it will always have the latest information.”

Another advantage is that the site will make it easier and quicker for visitors to find information on courses if they are restricted to certain dates or can only make a booking at the last minute.

Brigid added: “We are finding the internet is now being universally used by people who are looking for details of courses.

“The NFSS website, designed by BreezeMarine, is very user friendly – it’s easy – even for people who aren’t totally computer literate – to navigate their way around.

“This new service will give the enquirer everything at their fingertips and save them much time in the initial investigative and research stage of finding what courses are available and when they are being held.
“Sometimes, the dates people are able to undergo a training course are quite limited.

“Now they’ll be able to look up different centres on the site, not only by area and type of course offered, but also by the available dates.”
And she said anyone wanting details of courses can also make direct email and telephone enquiries to the NFSS.

She confirmed there are more still more exciting plans for the future of the site, all of which will make it even easier to use and more comprehensive for users.

For further information please contact Brigid Howells at the NFSS on 023 8029 3822.