Skills for Londoners Board
The Skills for Londoners Board advises on actions to support the Mayor's Skills for Londoners Strategy and his skills and employment programmes, including adult education in London.
The board meets around four times a year.
Members are encouraged to share their insights about how to make sure all Londoners and London's businesses can access the skills they need to succeed.
The Board's aims
The Skills for Londoner Board's aims are:
- to advise the Mayor on actions and outcomes to drive forward the Mayor's Skills for Londoners Strategy
- to advise on strategic priorities, outcomes and funding requirements for adult education in London
- to advise on other skills and employment priorities in London as required.
Members of the Board
The board is co-chaired by the Deputy Mayor for Business & Growth and London Councils' Executive Member for Skills and Employment.
The rest of the board's membership is made up of key stakeholders including London's boroughs, Further Education colleges, independent training providers and businesses.
The following membership is provisional and pending formal confirmation by the Mayor:
Meet the members
Howard Dawber: Deputy Mayor for Business & Growth, GLA (co-Chair)
Cllr Peter Mason: Leader, Ealing Council and Executive Member for Skills and Employment, London Councils (co-Chair)
Dr Diana Beech: London Higher
Richard Clifton: Employment Related Services Association (ERSA)
Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE: Mayor of Newham and Chair of the Local London Skills and Employment Board
Kym Denny: the Mayor's Business Advisory Board
Arinola Edeh: HOLEX
Nichola Hay MBE: Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP)
Angus Knowles-Cutler: BusinessLDN
Gerry McDonald: Association of Colleges
Cllr Barry Rawlings: Leader, London Borough of Barnet and Chair of the West London Skills and Employment Board
Cllr Gareth Roberts: Leader, Richmond Upon Thames and South London Partnership Skills and Employment Lead
Liz Sewell: Voluntary & Community Sector
Sue Terpilowski: Federation of Small Businesses
Cllr Carole Williams: Cabinet Lead for employment, human resources and equalities in London Borough of Hackney and Chair of the Central London Employment and Skills Board
Terms of reference and meeting papers
You can view the constitution (including terms of reference) for the Skills for Londoners Board.
Meetings of this board are not held in public but agendas will be published five clear working days before the meeting to which they relate. Summary minutes will be published in draft within two weeks of the meeting.
Subordinate bodies
The Skills for Londoners Board is supported by subordinate bodies that assist the Board in meeting its objectives.
This group will steer and support the development of City Hall’s approach to introducing outcome-based commissioning of the Adult Education Budget (AEB).
Terms of reference and meeting papers
View the terms of reference and membership of the Outcomes for Londoners Task and Finish Group.
The Higher Level Skills Advisory Group will steer and support the development of City Hall’s approach to promoting higher level skills (Levels 4-7, non-degree) provision and qualifications, including apprenticeships and Advanced Learner Loan funded qualifications.
Terms of reference and meeting papers
View the terms of reference and membership of the Higher Level Skills Advisory Group.
This group was established in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and was disbanded in March 2022.
It existed to help steer, challenge and oversee the Skills for Londoners Board and Skills for Londoners Business Partnership’s strategy and programme of activities of the London Recovery Board’s 'Helping Londoners into good work' mission and parts of the 'Digital access for all' mission.
Terms of reference and meeting papers
View the terms of reference and membership of the now disbanded Skills for Londoners Recovery Task and Finish Group.
Find out more
If you have any questions or queries on the Adult Education Budget Mayoral Board, Skills for Londoners Board, Skills for Londoners Business Partnership or the subordinate bodies, please email [email protected]