The Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network (GMLPN) is proud to announce the launch of GMLPN25, a year-long campaign of celebration, reflection, and future-focused activity across 2026, marking 25 years of championing learning, skills, and collaboration across Greater Manchester. Founded in 2001, GMLPN has spent a quarter of a century supporting training providers, strengthening partnerships, and…

The Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network (GMLPN) has today published its 2024/25 Annual Report, showcasing a year of growth, collaboration, and impact across the Further Education and Skills sector in Greater Manchester. For almost 25 years, GMLPN has championed vocational and technical education. This year’s report reflects a period of significant change and challenge, including…

Blueprint Education Services, a leading education consultancy, has joined GMLPN. Blueprint Education Services is a UK-based specialist data management company that works across the education and skills sector. Founded in 2017 by a team of senior educationalists with over a century of combined experience, the company offers bespoke data management solutions to support learning-providers to…

The Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network (GMLPN), in partnership with Manchester: A UNESCO City of Lifelong Learning, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kate Day, Director of Operations at DH Associates Ltd, as the new Chair of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Exchange. GMLPN Exchanges are a collaborative initiative designed to bring together education…

Apprenticeships Work is the Edge Foundation’s new campaign aimed at increasing apprenticeship opportunities within small businesses- helping to unlock potential and drive local economic growth. SMEs make up 99.8% of UK businesses and 60% of jobs, playing a vital role in offering apprenticeships to young people, particularly outside major cities. However, since the introduction of…

The King’s Trust, a UK-based youth charity, has joined GMLPN. The King’s Trust is a UK-based youth charity dedicated to helping young people aged 11 to 30 who face adversity or disadvantage. They offer a wide range of funded courses, personal mentorship, and life-skills training to support young people in gaining confidence, improving their education,…

The Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network (GMLPN), in collaboration with Manchester: A UNESCO City of Lifelong Learning, is proud to announce the appointment of Zack Grimes, Co-Founder/ Director at MarCommed, as the new Chair of the Business Development Exchange Group. The GMLPN Business Development Exchange is a professional network that brings together training providers, colleges,…

Dovetail & Slate, one of the fastest growing education recruitment companies in the UK, has joined GMLPN. Dovetail & Slate is a UK-wide education recruitment specialist, placing high-quality teaching, lecturing and support staff across all education sectors including primary, secondary, further education, higher education, independent schools and prison education. Driven by the belief that “education…

The Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network (GMLPN) is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Higher Health UK to support the coordination and expansion of the Skills4Living Programme, a groundbreaking initiative designed to equip young people with essential life, wellbeing, and employability skills. Higher Health, a UNESCO-partnered non-profit organisation originally founded in South Africa, has successfully…