About Us

At the heart of the Company's philosophy is flexibility, which has enabled Prospect Training Services to create courses tailored to individual needs. It is this commitment to the training requirements of the individual that has set us apart from the competition.

Our Ethos: "To be an effective and caring training organisation committed to providing comprehensive and high quality training to meet and exceed the needs of our customers both regionally and nationally".

To achieve our Ethos we will:

• Work in partnership with the business community, statutory and voluntary bodies
• Ensure our programmes meet the need of clients, employers and the social climate
• Strive to improve the service we provide year on year
• Maintain growth for the benefit of all members of the company
• Offer a supportive, challenging, yet achievable programme to our clients

Prospect Training Services (Gloucester) Ltd has delivered training programmes and courses in Gloucestershire for more than a decade, funded by the Learning Skills Council (LSC), European Social Fund (ESF), Local Authority, County Council, Job Centre Plus and the private sector, covering age groups from 14-65+ and have helped more than 12,000 individuals to retrain and find employment.

We have 6 training centres across Gloucestershire delivering a variety of different sector skills such as Building/Construction Skills, Childcare, Health & Social Care, Parenting, Hair & Beauty, Warehousing , Forklift, CSCS Cards, Basic Skills, Health and Safety, IT, Job search, CV prep and bespoke Management Training. Many courses are free or heavily subsidised ,for example, Free* Forklift Training to Employed or Unemployed clients.

We have a Skills for Life and CSCS test centre. We also hold accreditation from the following awarding bodies: OCR, ENTO, City & Guilds, BCS (British Computer Society, ‘A’ grade for 5 consecutive years) NCFE, EDI, Edexcel, OCNW, CIEH (Chartered Institute of Environmental Health), ITSSAR and C Skills (CITB).

Prospect Training Services are the originators and national delivery body for the highly successful Young Mums to Be (YMTB) and Parents with Prospects (PWP) which are marketed  and managed through our not for profit organisation The Nationwide Community Learning Partnership (NCLP).

Prospect Training Services are currently the lead provider for the Young Parents and Parents to Be programme for the South West region, managing over 30 children’s centres, local training providers and colleges across Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and Gloucestershire. We are also lead provider of the Countywide ReEngage programme designed to address the needs of 16-19 year olds who are not in education employment or training (NEET).

Our latest contract is to run the Gateway programme on behalf of Gloucester Works as part of the new City Employment Skills Plan.