Giving a voice to the employment support sector

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Membership

ERSA is the national membership body campaigning for high quality services for the UK's jobseekers and low earners. Nearly 80 per cent of our members are not for profit. Our members are a social force for good.

Our members

ERSA's members deliver services to jobseekers and learners across the UK.  ERSA supports them through a wide mix of policy support, campaigns and services. 

ERSA's members come from all sectors and and are active in the following fields:

  • Educational settings, including those providing information, advice and guidance
  • Services to increase and sustain the employability of current and future jobseekers
  • Services to help people maintain and develop in employment
  • Services to support enterprise and self employment
  • Associated activities, including research, campaigns, policy, funding and advice services aimed at increasing employability. 

Acfivities are funded through public, commercial, charitable grant or contract income or through self-funded means.  All our members recognise the potential of people and communities and work together to deliver the very best services. 

Key ERSA membership benefits

By joining ERSA, you gain:

  • Free access to the weekly giving you latest funding news in the sector
  • Access to policy makers' thinking at Westminster and in devolved administrations
  • Free access to the member only research library, bringing together over 400 pieces of research
  • Free access to all : Youth Employment, Offender Related Services, Disability and Health, Housing and Homelessness, Human Resources, Supply Chain, Communications and Political Insights
  • Free access to all ERSA devolved networks:  Employment Support Scotland, Greater Manchester, West Midlands and London.
  • ERSA's weekly e-bulletin with all the sector news and its UK wide parliamentary and political report
  • Member reductions for all ERSA conferences and events

What our members say

According to 2018 ERSA Membership Survey: 

• 94% of members said their experience of ERSA membership was good or very good
• 100% would recommend ERSA to another organisation

Ensuring ERSA stays representative of the sector is vital. Our members put jobseekers and low earners at the heart of what they do.  If you are interested in becoming part of a movement of organisations wanting to influence the policy environment and improve their own services to ensure current and future jobseekers plus low earners get the best possible support to gain and sustain employment, contact to learn more.