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.

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.)

A video of The Employer Audit 2025 Celebration is here

A video of the highlights of our 2025 Skills Summit is here

Events

Forthcoming events:

  • “Space to Think” with the Brathay Trust, residential – 27-28 January 2026 – now closed
  • The 5% Club Armed Forces Special Interest Group Reception – 25 February 2026, House of Lords, London, details here
  • The 5% Club Consultancy Service – Member Briefing Events – 18 February, 3 March or 26 March, details here

Coming soon:

March 2026 – webinar with UCAS

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The 5% Club Consultancy Service – Member Briefing Events

Discover The 5% Club Consultancy Service; tailored support to boost skills, training and workforce development impact.

The 5% Club is delighted to invite existing members to attend an online briefing session introducing our Consultancy Service.

This session will explain how the service can support your organisation in maximising the benefits of membership, strengthening your workforce development strategy, and demonstrating your commitment to “earn & learn” opportunities.

During the briefing, you will learn:

• What the Consultancy Service offers and how it works

• How it can help benchmark and improve your investment in skills and training

• Practical steps to embed apprenticeships, graduate schemes, and workforce development into long-term planning

• How consultancy support can help you achieve recognition and impact as part of The 5% Club

Event Format: Online briefing session delivered via Zoom

Duration: 60 minutes including Q&A

Dates: 18 February, 3 March or 26 March

 

Booking Information

Registration – 18 February, 11am-12noon

Registration – 3 March, 11am-12noon

Registration – 24 March, 12noon-1pm

Free to attend – registration required

For existing members of The 5% Club only

Joining instructions will be sent by email after registration

 

Who Should Attend

• HR Directors & Managers

• Learning & Development Leads

• CSR & ESG Professionals

• Senior Leaders within member organisations

 


The 5% Club Armed Forces SIG – Parliamentary Reception, House of Lords

  • The 5% Club Armed Forces Special Interest Group Parliamentary Reception
  • Wednesday 25 February 2026, 12.30-2.30pm
  • The Cholmondeley Room and Terrace, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Established to support the career transitions and development of the Armed Forces community—including veterans, service leavers, reservists, spouses, and cadets—the The 5% Club Armed Forces Special Interest Group (AFSIG) provides a collaborative platform for member organisations to share best practices, develop resources, and create structured career pathways that help integrate Armed Forces members into the civilian workforce.

The AFSIG September meeting (output here) agreed a focus on four strands of work, namely

  • Cadets
  • Early Service Leavers (ESLs)
  • Reservists
  • Families and Spouses

This first meeting made one thing clear: this is not about promises, but about proof. By February 2026, we invite members to stand before Parliament not with words, but with case studies, pilots, and lived examples of how business can unlock the potential of the armed forces community.

If you wish to become involved in The 5% Club Special Interest Group for the Armed Forces and attend this event please email: helen.tanner@5percentclub.org.uk


On-Demand replay of events

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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

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

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