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Supporting members during
the Covid-19 Pandemic

Working on behalf of members

Working alongside other organisations including the Northern Skills Network, AELP and AoC we have
worked to effectively position independent training providers and to deliver key messages to
Government. This has been undertaken by communicating directly with ESFA in meetings, through
the GM Employment and Skills Advisory Panel and in meetings with Gillian Keegan the Skills Minister.
Throughout this challenging period we have sought to position vocational training providers and their
programmes as a vital ingredient in sustaining the supply of skilled workers.

Notable successes have been:

 Convincing Government that apprentices should be able to sustain their
Apprenticeship training whilst on furlough.
 Removal of the requirement that Apprentices without Level 2 maths and English must
be entered for tests at that Level.

 Securing the provider financial support scheme.
 Helping to secure a guarantee of funding for the Adult Education Budget (AEB).

 And perhaps most importantly persuading Government of the merits of relaxing
lockdown restrictions enabling training providers to re-open their training facilities to
deliver training to key workers and to support those made redundant to secure new
employment.

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