Events

Since its inception, The 5% Club has staged best practice events to encourage and inform members with less, little or even no experience of how to run effective formal training programmes.

Members and participants showcase and share their experiences; how they operate their programmes; recruit their apprentices; and reach out to schools and their local communities.

More recently, our quarterly events have been further developed, to build on this good practice sharing but also to focus more fully on broader social issues in our sector such as social mobility, diversity and inclusion and outreach to schools and young people.

Various partnerships have been developed with other charities, stakeholders and organisations to ensure our events continually raise members’ performance standards in training and recruitment, and provide an opportunity for additional social responsibility issues to be fully discussed and shared.

We also run online events on specific topics.

All events are free to attend and are open to members, any organisations which have expressed interest in the work of The 5% Club, stakeholders and partners. (Please note – these events are not a ‘selling’ opportunity and are not open to companies attending for commercial purposes only.)

Please note – we run the majority of our events using the Eventbrite booking platform. For online events you will automatically be sent your event Zoom link in the emails from Eventbrite, including the option of saving the details to your calendar. Please check your junk email when you sign up to one of our events.

Events

Forthcoming events:

  • Unifrog’s 2025 Student survey: key insights with the 5% Club – Thursday 6 November, online
  • The 5% Club Accredited Membership Celebratory Reception – 3 December, Lunchtime, Mansion House, City of London

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Unifrog’s 2025 Student survey: key insights with the 5% Club

Join Unifrog and The 5% Club to take a deep dive into the results of Unifrog’s 2025 Student Survey, capturing the voices of over 40,000 students from across the UK.

During the session, we’ll explore what really matters to young people researching their next steps, from AI use and research tools, to key influencers and communication preferences.

You’ll leave with:
– Key insights into student motivations and expectations going into your 2026 recruitment cycle
– An understanding of how students want to hear from you, and what they want to you say
– Practical next steps to adapt your early careers strategy and connect with ideal candidates

  • Date: Thursday 6 November
  • Time: 12noon-12.45pm
  • Location: Online
  • To book: visit here

This session is ideal for early careers professionals who want to stay ahead of emerging trends in student recruitment.

The 5% Club Skills Summit: Employer Audit 2025-26

The 5% Club Skills Summit: Employer Audit 2025-26

Date: Thursday 23 October 2025
Time: Arrive1.30pm, event 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Venue: British Library Knowledge Centre, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB

How to book – below

Formerly known as the Employer Audit Symposium, this year’s in-person Skills Summit will offer more than ever before, with a fresh focus on wider skills challenges and insights from across the employment landscape.

Priority booking will be given to Employer Audit participants but we have a limited number of places for members not in the Employer Audit.

Due to limited places, if you would like to join this event please email helen.tanner@5percentclub.org.uk

This event is free for members of The 5% Club.

Our thanks to our Headline Sponsor, The School Outreach Company

 

Agenda 

1.30pm-2pm Arrival and Registration
2pm-2.05pm
Mark Cameron OBE, CEO, The 5% Club

Welcome
2.05pm-2.15pm
Phil Smith CBE, Chair, Skills England

Opening Speech
2.15pm-2.30pm
Martin Birchall, MD High Fliers

The 5% Club Employer Audit 2025-26 – Key Research Results
2.30pm-2.50pm
Member Panel

  • Helen Jeffery, Funded Learning Manager, Mitie
  • Claire McKay, Head of Learning & Development, Peel Ports Group
  • Stephen Wilde, Managing Director, Southbourne Rubber
2.50pm-3.30pm
Dr Paul Redmond – Expert in generational theory and employability

How to engage and motivate Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z to thrive in today’s multi-generational workplace.
3.30pm-3.50pm – Break, tea and coffee
3.50pm-4.35pm
Question Time Panel

Chaired by Mark Cameron OBE, CEO, The 5% Club, joined by:

  • Professor Kenye Karemo, Director of Education, Workforce Development and Research, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Faheem Khan,  Founder and CEO, Future Leaders UK
  • Dr Paul Redmond, Expert in generational theory and employability
  • Phil Smith CBE, Chair, Skills England
4.35pm-4.45pm
The 5% Club 2025-26 Platinum, Gold, Silver & Bronze Members

The first ‘reveal’ of our 2025-26 accredited members 
4.45pm-5pm
Mark Cameron OBE, CEO, The 5% Club

Closing Remarks 

 

On-Demand replay of events

I came away from The 5% Club’s online webinar enthused and ready to make change happen. The speakers were engaging, insightful and spoke with real passion. I felt like I was in the room. I’d highly recommend taking part in future online events – I’ll see you there!

Shelley Lawrence
Cambridgeshire Lead, Women into Construction

Feedback from our members:

Thanks for a brilliant event!  We enjoyed it from start to finish and came away buzzing with ideas.  Everything was so well organised.

Fiona Keady
Leidos - STEM Programme Lead, Career Ready

The 5% Club manages to create an atmosphere that engenders positive discussion & meaningful debate.

Ian Matthewson
Schneider Electric

It’s great to meet so many knowledgeable, like minded and friendly people in one place!

Simon Openshaw
Apprenticeship Manager, ISS

Such a pleasure to be at the inaugural 5% Club Scotland event – what a fabulous session it was, mc’d beautifully and networked marvellously. My thanks to all, the event from reception to departure was first class.

Helen Robertson
External Relations Director, eCom Scotland

I find the events so helpful

Andrea Lund
Farrans Construction

I found the day so well organised and facilitated. Good pace, audience engagement and speakers were all fantastic.

Stacey Greenwood
Schneider Electric

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