1.      Careers England is the 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 (full and associate) 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 (as at 17.12.09):

 

 

4.       Company financial support services and Company Secretarial services are provided (up to the 2011 AGM) under a combined service contract by:  

 

Ø      Steve Nicholson (Company Secretary & Treasurer)

 

5.      Our Board has established three TASK GROUPS to address issues of importance to the membership in services for young people (The 13-19 Task Group), adults (The IAG for Adults Task Group) , and all-age Quality issues for career guidance services (the Quality 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. Joanna van de Poll chairs the Quality Group. Membership of the 13-19 and the Adults Groups are shown below. 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      Alison Williams (Prospects Services)

Ø      Angie Gray (Connexions Somerset)

Ø      Catherine Rowland (CfBT)

Ø      David Ritchie (Hertfordshire Careers)

Ø      Gary Longden (Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Futures Ltd.)

Ø      Ray Pearce (Connexions Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole)

 

 

7.      The IAG for Adults Task Group currently comprises:

 

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

Ø      Andy Freeman (link to ICG)

Ø      Brenda Cabras (Prospects Services)

Ø      Caroline Scott (VT Enterprise)

Ø      Christine Harper (Guidance Enterprises Group)

Ø      Craig Williams (Aspire-i Ltd formerly Careers Bradford)

Ø      Damien Woolmer (CfBT)

Ø      Jane Johnstone (Connexions Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire)

Ø      John Reed (Careers South West)

Ø      Laura Coughtrie (Connexions Berkshire)

Ø      Michelle Lawty-Jones (NWDA)

Ø      Mo Osborne (NAEGA)

Ø      Paul Chubb (Boundary Partnership)

Ø      Peter Johnson (Connexions Greater Merseyside)

Ø      Philip Styan (igen group)

Ø      Rachel Reynolds (Guideline Careers)

Ø      Steve Higginbotham (igen Group who acts as Chairman)

Ø      Victoria Ramsden (CXL) 

 

 

8.      The Careers England Quality Group comprises;

 

Ø      David  Ritchie (david.ritchie@hcs.co.uk)

Ø      Fran Downes (Fran.Downes@cswpconnexions.org.uk)

Ø      Julie Gelder (julie.gelder@cxl-uk.com)

Ø      Joanna  van de Poll (jvandepoll@cfbt.com)

Ø      Rona Laity (rona.laity@careerssw.org)

Ø      Graham Smith (smithG@connexions-bdp.co.uk)

 

 

9.    The Board has also approved the establishment of one less formal WORKING GROUP – to cover careers workforce planning and development issues from an all-age perspective. This group is a further opportunity for members to be actively involved in CE activity. Sue Gale chairs this Workforce Group.

 

10.  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.chubb@careersengland.org.uk

 

  11.  Careers England has a Memorandum of Understanding with ICG, which has been in place for three years now and offers significant financial benefits to CE Members, and has recently established a MoU with NIACE.

 

12.  The Careers England 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.