Become an Associate, Consultant or Partner Member
You can join SCTP as either an associate, consultant or a partner member. An associate member works with SCTP and our members through offering a commercial service, giving you the opportunity to build your network and promote your products and services to a very specific target audience – training providers. A partner member works with SCTP and our members at a strategic level or through delivering services in a non-commercial partnership. A consultant member is an individual contractor or consultant, operating on an independent basis, who has direct services to offer the network, to support the wider membership.
Why join?
We are all about helping our members grow. We do this by promoting what you do and creating opportunities for you to grow, network and promote yourself.
Promote your services online
- Feature in our latest news and in our weekly email newsletter when you join.
- Appear on our associate members list, our consultant members list or our partners members list with a link to your website or email address.
- Gain access to our closed LinkedIn group that you can use to promote your business to the other members.
Gather market intelligence and forge relationships
- Attend six SCTP Members’ Conferences (usually 50+ people) and three Pre-employment Meetings (usually 20+ people) a year.
Raise your profile and showcase your expertise
- Provide relevant news items (rather than sales material) for our weekly newsletter.
- Hold expert seminars for our full members.
Who can join?
Associate membership is available to any organisation that offers relevant and high quality services or products to training providers operating in Sussex.
Consultant membership is available to any individual independent contractor or consultant offering relevant and high quality services to training providers operating in Sussex.
Partner membership is available to any organisation who wishes to work with SCTP and its members at a strategic level or in the delivery of services in a non-commercial partnership.
How to join
Associate SCTP membership for commercial organisations is £500 a year. Consultant SCTP membership for individual independent contractors and consultants is £175 per year. Partner SCTP membership for partner organisations is £375 a year. Our membership year runs from 1 November to 31 October, and pro-rata rates are available.
All associate, consultant and partner membership applications go to the SCTP Board for approval. The board is made up of full members (training providers) who are elected from and by the membership. Your application will be judged based on your ability to enhance the network.
For further details, please read our policies and our privacy statement.
What our members say
“We find the network extremely valuable, particularly the regular newsletters. It enables us to keep in touch with what’s happening in the county and find out about potential partnership opportunities or funding streams to explore. It’s a great way to keep in touch with what’s happening even if we aren’t able to attend the meetings.”
Mandy Crandale, Possability People
“We couldn’t do without the support of the SCTP network.”
Jo Cronin, Heathercroft Training
“The SCTP weekly newsletter is absolutely brilliant. I find it the most informative of all the publications I receive, and it’s the one I make time on a Monday morning to go through in detail. It’s relevant, current and I love that it is specific to the Sussex area as well as having updates on national news too.”
Clarissa Wheeler, NCFE
“We are very pleased to be associated with SCTP and value the support it provides to our organisation.”
John Norton, SIGTA
“These meetings are always very useful and informative.”
Rebecca Matthews, East Sussex College Group
“I always learn something useful at every meeting. It’s a really good networking opportunity.”
Jane Chew, WSCC