Association of Employment and Learning Providers

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  • AELP Members can participate in any skills sector forum or programme led special interest group
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What is the Association of Employment & Learning Providers?

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) is a national membership organisation and is the recognised voice of independent providers who engage in government funded skills training and employability programmes throughout England.

The majority of its 600 members are private, not-for-profit and voluntary third sector independent training organisations delivering government-funded skills and welfare-to-work programmes. In addition, within the full membership there are also 50 further education colleges. Collectively, AELP's members deliver most of the Apprenticeship training and the majority of adult vocational skills provision in England. Membership is open to any provider committed to quality skills or employability programmes. Of the approved 34 providers on the DWP Framework of Prospective Prime Contractors for the new Work Programme, 18 are AELP members, of which 13 have been appointed as Prime Contractors across England for the new Work Programme

Also in membership as Associates are a number of non-delivery organisations such as Awarding Organisations, Business Consultants, Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) and other government organisations. This enables AELP to offer a well rounded and comprehensive perspective drawn from all parts of the sector.

As a national stakeholder, AELP works actively with all policy makers in government departments (e.g. BIS, DWP, and DfE), Members of Parliament, and strategic agencies such as the Skills Funding Agency, National Apprenticeship Service, Young People's Learning Agency, Jobcentre Plus and the Learning and Skills Improvement Service.

AELP has a wide variety of publications which members can access via the website. An example is the first annual review 'A report of ALP's early years' which documents how AELP came into existence and its operations to 2007. To download a copy of this publication, please click here.

Also of interest is the latest AELP Annual Review which outlines its activities over the last twelve months. To download a copy click here.

Details of membership fees can be found in the Become a Member section.

Board of AELP Directors

The following people are on the Board of Directors for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers:

  • Jim Chambers - JHP Group
  • Martin Dunford OBE (Chairman) - Skills Training UK
  • Graham Hoyle OBE - Association of Employment and Learning Providers
  • John Hyde FIH - HIT Training Ltd
  • Chris Jeffery - General Physics UK Ltd
  • Noel Johnson - Hull City Council Training
  • Roger Lynch - Ruskin Private Hire
  • Frank McMahon - YH Training Services - (Vice Chairman)
  • Jo North - In Touch Care
  • Roy O'Shaughnessy - Careers Development Group
  • Frank Ramsay - NETA Training Trust

AELP Senior Management Team

  • Judy Brandon - National Policy Manager
  • Graham Hoyle OBE - Chief Executive
  • Chris Swingler - Director of Business Development
  • Paul Warner - Director of Employment and Skills

AELP Staff