Shaping a skills and productivity vision for the future

Never has it been more important to invest in people, places and productivity to help drive the growth and economic recovery the UK needs. At City & Guilds, we champion skills through research, impactful reports, and partnerships like the Future Skills Coalition to help people, organisations and economies to develop their skills for growth.

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About the Future Skills Coalition

The Future Skills Coalition was formed in 2022 by The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), Association of Colleges (AOC) and City & Guilds to drive a coherent and sustained model for future skills development and workforce investment.

We are growing movement committed to the power of skills to changes lives, prospects and places Our vision is for a robust technical and vocational education culture that ensures:

  • a national strategy supporting local, inclusive growth;
  • a right to lifelong learning free from restrictive constraints;
  • and fair, accessible and effective funding for all.
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Pledge your support

If you or your organisation supports this vision, join a growing list of partners who have already pledged their support.

Fill in the form below to show your support for the Future Skills Coalition and we’ll send you a digital credential that you can share with your networks to raise awareness of the Coalition and showcase your commitment. You can claim an individual credential or an organisational credential (or both!).

By signing up as an organisation you are adding your brand to our pledge partner movement, and we’ll be in touch to arrange for your logo to be added to our pledge partners.

You can also sign up to receive the City & Guilds Foundation newsletter. You can unsubscribe anytime.

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Individual credential

Future Skills Coalition digital credential

Organisational credential

Founders

City & Guilds logo
AELP logo
Association of Colleges logo

Programme partners

Association of Apprentices
Be The Business logo
Design Council logo
Edge Foundation logo
FED logo
Learning & Work Institute
LTE Group
NCFE
Net Zero APPG logo
The St Martin's Group logo
UCAS logo
WEA Adult Learning Within Reach logo
West Midlands Combined Authority logo
World Skills UK logo
Youth Employment Group logo
Citadel

Research partner

National Foundation for Educational Research logo

Employer pledge partners

Amey logo
Butlin's logo
Chegg logo
CIPD logo
Communities that work
Co-op logo
Education Development Trust
EY Foundation
FAR Training logo
Google logo
Home Instead logo
Innovate Awarding logo
Kids Planet logo
MBDA logo
MESMA
NCC Education
Nestle logo
NHS England logo
Positive Youth Foundation
Redrow logo
Severn Trent logo
Social Finance logo
Trade Union Congress
Amey logo
UFI VocTech Trust
Veterinary Management Group
Young Enterprise

Contact us

If you’d like to find out more about the Future Skills Coalition, or would like to discuss ways to get involved in future activity, please contact Patrick Craven patrick.craven@cityandguilds.com and Hannah Owen hannah.owen@cityandguilds.com.

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Voice for skills

Skills Change Lives

Skills Change Lives

Celebrities from the worlds of TV, fashion and journalism explain how skills training helped them on their path to success, in a series of exclusive interviews with City & Guilds.

Productivity Report

Making Skills Work: The Path to Solving the Productivity Crisis

Research into the acute regional skills disparities across the UK, calling for the new government to place skills policy at the heart of its growth strategy.
Party conferences

Party conferences

City & Guilds is hosting the Skills Hub at the party conferences this year. If you are attending, find out more and see what sessions we’ll be running so you can join on the day.

Future Skills Coalition

Future Skills Coalition

Our partnership with AELP and AOC aims to drive a coherent and sustained model for future skills development and workforce investment.

Report library

Report library

Find all of the City & Guilds research reports in one place, from social impact reports to thought leadership, industry research, policy recommendations and much more.

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