1.      Careers England is a trade association for careers related businesses and trading organisations. We are a registered company, limited by guarantee.  We are governed by our memorandum and articles of association.

 

2.   Our full members all have equal voting rights, and appoint the Board of Directors. Meetings of Members are held periodically, usually twice per annum. All members are consulted as plans and priorities are discussed and translated into business plans for the association. All full members of Careers England also receive a daily political and media monitoring service on all key all-age education and skills issues direct to nominated e mail addresses

 

3.   Our current Board comprises:

Ø     Allister McGowan (acting as interim Chairman: we have had two excellent Chairmen since we were established over four years ago = Professor Bob Fryer and Chris Humphries CBE. We expect to appoint a replacement Chairman to succeed Chris Humphries during 2008)

Ø     Ray Auvray (Prospects Service)

Ø     Paul Chubb (also appointed as Policy Development adviser to the Board, and Spokesman for CE)

Ø      John Downing (VTCML)

Ø     Sandy Finnigan

Ø      Professor Bob Fryer (NHS)

Ø      Katharine Horler (Connexions Thames Valley)

Ø      Steve Higginbotham (igen group)

Ø      Karen O’Donoghue (CXL)

Ø      Jenny Rudge (Connexions Cornwall & Devon)

Ø      Steve Stewart (Connexions Coventry & Warwickshire)

Ø      Joanna van de Poll (CfBT)

 

4.      Company Secretarial services and financial support services are provided under service contracts by:

Ø      Neil Williams (Company Secretary)

Ø      Steve Nicholson (Treasurer)

 

5.      Our Board has established two TASK GROUPS to address issues of importance to the membership in services for young people (The 13-19 Task Group) and adults (The IAG for Adults Task Group). Each Task Group involves senior managers/practitioners from within the membership, nominated by each member; this ensures that the Groups are able to draw upon direct experiences of those delivering or managing direct delivery of front-line services for the public. Associate members are also welcome to participate in the Task Groups. Paul Chubb currently acts as secretary to each Group. Policy Papers, Discussion Papers, responses to Government consultations et al are usually drafted with direct input from the Task Groups as much as the Board.

 

6.      The 13-19 Task Group currently comprises;

Ø      John Downing (VTCML who acts as Chairman)

Ø      Joanne Finn (Careers Bradford)

Ø      Sue Gale (Connexions Thames Valley)

Ø      Graham Hollowell (Connexions Coventry & Warwickshire)

Ø      John Jordan (CXL)

Ø      Gary Longden (Connexions Nottinghamshire/Guideline Careers)

Ø      Liz Marshall (Hertfordshire Careers)

Ø      Catherine Rowland (CfBT)

Ø       Graham Smith (Connexions Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole)

Ø      Steve West (Connexions Cornwall & Devon)

Ø      Terry Walsh (igen group)

Ø      Alison Williams (Prospects Services)

 

7.      The IAG for Adults Task Group currently comprises:

Ø      Brenda Cabras (Prospects Services)

Ø      Alison Chubb (matrix practitioner and link to ICG/NAEGA)

Ø      Gareth Dent (special adviser to CE on IAG for adults)

Ø      Andy Freeman (link to ICG)

Ø      Christine Harper (Guidance Enterprises Group)

Ø      Steve Higginbotham (igen group who acts as Chairman)

Ø      Jane Johnstone (Connexions Coventry & Warwickshire)

Ø      Chris Jones (Connexions Cornwall & Devon)

Ø      Alison Kinder (Careers West Yorkshire)

Ø      Michelle Lawty-Jones (NWDA)

Ø      Victoria Ramsden (CXL)

Ø      Rachel Reynolds (Connexions Nottinghamshire/Guideline Careers)

Ø      Caroline Scott (VTCML)

Ø      Philip Styan (igen group)

Ø      Craig Williams (Careers Bradford)

Ø      Neil Williams (Careers Enterprise)

Ø      Damien Woolmer (CfBT)

 

8.    Organisations with a direct involvement in the careers business world, and those with an interest in being associated with Careers England would be most welcome to discuss full or associate membership with us. New members would immediately be invited to nominate members to join either/both of the Task Groups. For an initial contact to discuss involvement you may find it helpful to contact either Paul Chubb on 07976 575536 or e-mail to  paul@boundarypartnership.co.uk , or contact our Company Secretary (Neil Williams) on 020 7487 9322 or e-mail to neil.williams@vtplc.com

 

9.   Careers England has a Memorandum of Understanding with ICG, which has been in place for two years now and offers significant financial benefits to CE Members, and we are currently finalising a MoU with NIACE. Julie Skinner (Connexions Thames Valley) represents CE on CWDC workforce planning matters. CE is currently represented on the LLUK working group for CEG by Paul Chubb.

 

  10.  The Careers England website has recently been revised and updated. Further   improvements to the site will be made in the coming months. The website can be viewed at www.careersengland.org.uk , You are asked to note that the website has two levels of access: public and password protected members’ only areas. All members are given passwords on joining.