The SkillsActive Group
In 2009, with the launch of two new organisations, we developed into a Group structure, made up of:
- SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure, Learning and Well-being working with the sport, fitness, playwork, the outdoors and caravan sub-sectors.
- The National Skills Academy for Sport & Active Leisure (England only)
- SkillsActive Services.
All organisations within the Group work together to ensure that the sector has the professionally trained and qualified staff it needs to deliver the increases in active participation that will ensure the sector’s on-going success and continued growth.
The roles within the Group
SkillsActive’s role is to create a framework of qualifications, training and continuous professional development based on industry requirements and standards. We ensure that employers can access the right qualifications, based on those national standards that have been designed by employers, ensuring their workforce is appropriately trained and qualified.
The National Skills Academy's role is to deliver relevant vocational qualifications, training, and continuous professional development based on the national standards that are recognised by employers. These qualifications and training are quality assured, cost effective and relevant to employers’ needs in England only at this time.
SkillsActive Services’ role is to develop and deliver commercial products and services to support employers to identify and implement their workforce's skills development and offer tailored solutions to help meet the individual challenges that businesses in our sector face.
The Group structure
SkillsActive
SkillsActive has three directorates:
- Group Services: providing central services to the Group and coordinating strategy and policy.
- Operations: ensuring a cross sub-sector, four-nation approach to consulting and representing employer needs.
- Technical Services: managing the development of core products including LMI, national standards and qualification development and reform.
National Skills Academy for Sport & Active Leisure
The National Skills Academy operates both nationally and regionally in England:
- Online Academy: serving both individual and employer members, the Online Academy will become the focus for online sales and services for the Group.
- National Hub: serving national employers and organisations.
- Regional Hubs: live regions currently include London, Yorkshire and Humber, North West, South East, South West, East.
SkillsActive Services Ltd
SkillsActive Services is the trading arm working across several areas:
- Marketing and events
- Business services
- Membership
- Consultancy
- Endorsement and professional registers (such as REPs).