At Ginger Nut Training, we believe that creating meaningful opportunities for people starts with listening.
Whether we’re supporting an apprentice, working with an employer, collaborating with community partners, or engaging with regulators, our success depends on understanding the needs, experiences and priorities of the people we serve.
Our stakeholder engagement approach is illustrated in our Stakeholder Engagement Map, which places learners, employers, employees and the wider community at the heart of decision-making.
Putting Stakeholders at the Centre
As an apprenticeship training provider, our work touches a wide range of groups, all of whom play an important role in helping learners succeed.
These include:
Learners
Their feedback helps shape programme delivery, learner support and future developments.
Employers
We work with:
- Levy-paying employers
- SME employers
- Apprenticeship line managers
Their insight helps ensure our programmes remain relevant to industry needs and workforce development priorities.
Employees
Investing in our people and listening to their experiences helps us continually improve the quality of our provision.
Community
We believe skills development should create wider social impact. This includes engagement with:
- Charities
- Schools and colleges
- Community organisations
- Volunteer initiatives
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& providing free AI workshops and outreach activity
Supporting Wider Stakeholders
Alongside our core groups, we regularly engage with a broad network of stakeholders.
The Ginger Nut Project
Through The Ginger Nut Project, we support care-experienced individuals into employment and apprenticeships.
Industry and Skills Sector
Our engagement extends to:
- Skills England
- UCAS
- Employer networks
- Route panels
- Apprenticeship sector bodies
These relationships help us stay informed about emerging skills priorities and contribute to wider sector development.
Regulators and Quality Bodies
We maintain close relationships with:
- Department for Education (DfE)
- Ofsted
- Matrix
- EPAOs
- AELP
This ensures our provision remains compliant, high quality and learner-focused.
Governance
Strong governance provides essential oversight and challenge through:
- Directors
- Governance boards
- Audit and Risk Committees
- Strategic oversight functions
How We Engage
Stakeholder engagement is not a one-off activity. It is embedded into how we operate throughout the year.
Some of the ways we gather feedback and insight include:
- Monthly one-to-ones
- Annual appraisals
- Working Groups
- Pulse surveys
- Learner surveys
- Learner representatives
- Employer reviews
- Networking events
- Governance meetings
- Audit & Risk Committee Meetings
- Industry panels
- Community projects
- Safeguarding partnerships
By creating multiple opportunities for people to share their views, we can identify areas for improvement, celebrate success and respond to changing needs.
From Feedback to Action
Listening is only valuable if it leads to action.
The feedback we receive directly influences:
- Curriculum development
- Learner support
- Employer engagement
- Quality improvement
- Social impact initiatives
- Organisational strategy
We are committed to ensuring that stakeholder voices help shape the future direction of Ginger Nut Training.
Creating Shared Value
Our approach is built around a simple principle:
We listen, collaborate and act.
By working closely with learners, employers, employees, communities and partners, we create shared value and help deliver positive outcomes that extend far beyond qualifications.
Together, we are helping to build better skills, brighter futures, and stronger communities.
Helping to create opportunities for people to improve their lives