Events

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

Each event is hosted by a Member company, who showcases 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 and organisations to ensure our quarterly 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 have also introduced shorter ad hoc briefing 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.)

Events

Forthcoming events:

  • 4 February – Armed Forces Special Interest Group: A New Initiative to Support Veterans/Service Leavers, Reservists, Spouses, and Cadets – briefing event
  • 12 February – National Apprenticeship Week employer webinar: What lies behind the success stories?
  • 25 February 2025 – The Future of Apprenticeships Conference, chaired by Mark Cameron, member discount

 

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National Apprenticeship Week employer webinar: What lies behind the success stories?

In association with the Open University – an online event for National Apprenticeship Week

Wednesday 12th February, 11:00am – 12:00noon

 

 

Apprenticeships develop the skills knowledge and behaviours that allow employees to succeed and thrive in the workplace. But how they are utilised varies from employer to employer. The Open University and earn and learn employer movement, The 5% Club, are two national organisations that have worked with thousands of businesses to enable workplace learning and are in a unique position to understand what lies behind success in apprenticeships.

Join our webinar, hosted by Jagdeep Soor, Executive Director of the Multicultural Apprenticeship and Skills Alliance, for a unique opportunity to hear experts from The Open University, The 5% Club, The Co-op and Durham Council who understand the strengths of the apprenticeship model, and can share advice on identifying talent, onboarding apprentices and retaining them through to completion to positively impact the business. The 5% Club will share insights from its employer audit of members who have committed to earn and learn opportunities and attendees will also hear from best practice organisations who have made a success of their apprenticeship provision.

  • Date: Wednesday 12th February
  • Time: 11:00am – 12:00noon
  • Venue: online
  • To book: visit here

 

The Future of Apprenticeships Conference, 25 February 2025

Our CEO, Mark Cameron, will be chairing Westminster Insight’s The Future of Apprenticeships Conference on Tuesday 25 February 2025, a conference discussing changes to the apprenticeships system in the UK and what they mean for your organisation.

The apprenticeships system in the UK is changing. Attend Westminster Insight’s timely Apprenticeships Conference to hear about the latest developments and what they mean for your organisation.

To find out more and register please visit here – members of The 5% Club receive a 20% discount, please use the discount code – 5PCLUB4452

Armed Forces Special Interest Group: A New Initiative to Support Veterans/Service Leavers, Reservists, Spouses, and Cadets – briefing event

The 5% Club has launched an Armed Forces Special Interest Group (SIG) to support veterans, service leavers, reservists, spouses, and cadets in the workforce. Initially led by Balfour Beatty, a Gold Member of the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme, this SIG aims to create structured career pathways and share best practices for Armed Forces community integration into civilian roles. Key areas include defining supportive practices, enhancing employment pathways, leveraging the Apprenticeship Levy, and boosting engagement. This initiative will collaborate with relevant stakeholders to expand opportunities, demonstrating The 5% Club’s commitment to career development for the Armed Forces community.

To find out more, we will be holding an online briefing event  as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 4 Feb 2025
Time: 12:00 noon – 1pm
Platform: online via zoom
To reserve a place: please book here

On-Demand replay of events

The 5% Club’s online events were insightful and inspiring – excellent presenters with compelling narrative with a great debate and questioning from the participants. The webinars were truly valuable in giving me different perspectives and gems of ideas to develop to meet our own requirements. The 5% Club online events are ‘must attend’ events for me going forward.

Jill Coyle
Apprentice Programme Lead Nestlé UK&I

Feedback from our members:

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

I find the events so helpful

Andrea Lund
Farrans Construction

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

Simon Openshaw
Apprenticeship Manager, ISS

Thoroughly enjoyed the day – some great speakers & I learnt a lot about neurodiversity

Nikki Hawthorn FCIPD
Keepmoat Homes

Inspired by the Diversity and inclusion case studies discussed today from all the speakers. Proud to be here to hear the valuable and honest stories. Thank you!

Andrea Lund
Farrans Construction

It really was a worthwhile day for me. Some of the ideas and contacts I took away are excellent.

Stephen Baker
Early Careers Manager ,United Living

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