Who's who
The ETS Wales Committee comprises up to twenty-one members (Chair, seventeen nominated by partnership organisations and up to three appointed members, appointed through appropriate selection procedures) representing the wider non-formal education field. In addition, there are places for relevant observers.
Membership 2024
|
Post |
Number |
Remarks |
Individuals |
|
Chair |
1 |
Appointed following an open recruitment procedure conducted in line with the public appointments process. |
Steve Drowley |
|
Vice Chair * |
- |
Nominated by ETS Wales membership |
tbc |
|
Staff side representative JNC |
1 |
Nominated by Staff Side of JNC |
Andrew Murray / Dave Rees (Unite) |
|
Employers side representative JNC |
1 |
Nominated by Employers Side of JNC |
David Algie (LGA) |
|
Voluntary Sector Employers Wales JNC representative |
1 |
Nominated by CWVYS |
Catrin James (Urdd) |
|
Professional Adviser (Wales) JNC |
1 |
Nominated by WLGA |
tbc |
|
Principal Youth Officers Group |
3 |
Nominated by PYOG |
Jo Sims (Blaenau Gwent) Josh Klein (Monmouthshire) Paul O’Neil (Caerphilly) |
|
Representative of Higher Education Training Agencies Group (Wales) |
2 |
Nominated by endorsed Welsh HEIs |
Gill Price (CMU) Darrel Williams (UWTSD) |
|
Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services |
3 |
Nominated by CWVYS, including Training Committee Chair |
Grant Poiner (BGC Wales) Carlie Torlop (YMCA Swansea) tbc |
|
Further Education Awarding Body |
1 |
Nominated by Federation of Awarding Bodies Wales |
Rowan Hodgkinson (Agored Cymru) |
|
Further Education Delivery Centre |
1 |
Nominated by Colegau Cymru/Colleges Wales |
Rachel Burton (Adult Learning Wales) |
|
Community Development |
1 |
Nominated by Community Development Cymru |
Alan Twelvetrees |
|
Play Wales |
2 |
Nominated by PlayWales and Playwork Education and Training Council (PETC) Wales |
Mike Greenaway Martin King-Sheard |
|
Wider Field Practitioners |
Up to 3 |
Nominated following open recruitment by the ETS appointments panel (or co-option by the ETS Committee) |
Emma Chivers Loren Henry, Urban Circle Tbc |
|
Total Membership |
21 |
|
|
* drawn from overall membership
Others Attending
|
Professional and Secretarial Support |
As required |
0.3 Adviser |
Liz Rose |
|
ESTYN (Observer Status) |
1 |
OHMCI |
Lin Howells |
|
Welsh Government Youth Work branch (Observer Status) |
1 |
Welsh Government |
Donna Robins |
|
WLGA (Observer Status) |
1 |
Welsh Local Government Association |
Tim Opie |
|
Education Workforce Council Wales (Observer Status) National Academy for Education Leadership (Observer Status) |
1
1 |
Nominated by EWC
Nominated by NAEL |
Hayden Llewellyn
Mark Isherwood |
|
National Youth Agency (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by NYA ETS |
|
|
All Ireland ETS (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by all Ireland ETS |
|
|
Scotland (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by Community Learning and Development Standards Council Scotland |
|
Membership 2022
|
Post |
Number |
Remarks |
Individuals |
|
Chair |
1 |
Appointed following an open recruitment procedure conducted in line with the public appointments process. |
Steve Drowley |
|
Vice Chair * |
- |
Nominated by ETS Wales membership |
Andy Borsden |
|
Staff side representative JNC |
1 |
Nominated by Staff Side of JNC |
Shaun Watson / Dave Rees (Unite) |
|
Employers side representative JNC |
1 |
Nominated by Employers Side of JNC |
David Algie (LGA) |
|
Voluntary Sector Employers Wales JNC representative |
1 |
Nominated by CWVYS |
Catrin James (Urdd) |
|
Professional Adviser (Wales) JNC |
1 |
Nominated by WLGA |
tbc |
|
Principal Youth Officers Group |
3 |
Nominated by PYOG |
Jo Sims (Blaenau Gwent) Josh Klein (Monmouthshire) Paul O’Neil (Caerphilly) |
|
Representative of Higher Education Training Agencies Group (Wales) |
2 |
Nominated by endorsed Welsh HEIs |
Gill Price (CMU) Darrel Williams (UWTSD) |
|
Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services |
3 |
Nominated by CWVYS, including Training Committee Chair |
Grant Poiner (BGC Wales) Hannah Wilcox Andy Borsden |
|
Further Education Awarding Body |
1 |
Nominated by Federation of Awarding Bodies Wales |
Rowan Hodgkinson (Agored Cymru) |
|
Further Education Delivery Centre |
1 |
Nominated by Colegau Cymru/Colleges Wales |
Rachel Burton (Adult Learning Wales) |
|
Community Development |
1 |
Nominated by Community Development Cymru |
Alan Twelvetrees |
|
Play Wales |
2 |
Nominated by PlayWales and Playwork Education and Training Council (PETC) Wales |
Mike Greenaway Martin King-Sheard |
|
Wider Field Practitioners |
Up to 3 |
Nominated following open recruitment by the ETS appointments panel (or co-option by the ETS Committee) |
Emma Chivers Loren Henry, Urban Circle Tbc |
|
Total Membership |
21 |
|
|
* drawn from overall membership
Others Attending
|
Professional and Secretarial Support |
As required |
0.3 Adviser |
Liz Rose |
|
ESTYN (Observer Status) |
1 |
OHMCI |
Lin Howells |
|
Welsh Government Youth Work branch (Observer Status) |
1 |
Welsh Government |
Donna Robins |
|
WLGA (Observer Status) |
1 |
Welsh Local Government Association |
Tim Opie |
|
Education Workforce Council Wales (Observer Status) National Academy for Education Leadership (Observer Status) |
1
1 |
Nominated by EWC
Nominated by NAEL |
Hayden Llewellyn
Mark Isherwood |
|
National Youth Agency (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by NYA ETS |
|
|
All Ireland ETS (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by all Ireland ETS |
|
|
Scotland (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by Community Learning and Development Standards Council Scotland |
|
Membership 2020
|
Post |
Number |
Remarks |
Individuals |
|
Chair |
1 |
Appointed following an open recruitment procedure conducted in line with the public appointments process. |
Steve Drowley |
|
Vice Chair * |
- |
Nominated by ETS Wales membership |
tbc |
|
Staff side representative JNC |
1 |
Nominated by Staff Side of JNC |
Shaun Watson (Unite) |
|
Employers side representative JNC |
1 |
Nominated by Employers Side of JNC |
David Algie (LGA) |
|
Voluntary Sector Employers Wales JNC representative |
1 |
Nominated by CWVYS |
Catrin James (Urdd) |
|
Professional Adviser (Wales) JNC ** |
1 |
Nominated by WLGA |
Cllr Poole (Caerphilly CBC) |
|
Principal Youth Officers Group |
3 |
Nominated by PYOG |
Jo Sims (Blaenau Gwent) Josh Klein (Monmouthshire) Paul O’Neil (Caerphilly) |
|
Representative of Higher Education Training Agencies Group (Wales) |
2 |
Nominated by endorsed Welsh HEIs |
Emma Chivers (USW) Gill Price (CMU) |
|
Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services |
3 |
Nominated by CWVYS, including Training Committee Chair |
Grant Poiner (BGC Wales) Hannah Wilcox Andy Borsden |
|
Further Education Awarding Body |
1 |
Nominated by Federation of Awarding Bodies Wales |
Dafydd Baker (Agored Cymru) |
|
Further Education Delivery Centre |
1 |
Nominated by Colegau Cymru/Colleges Wales |
Rachel Burton (Adult Learning Wales) |
|
Community Development |
1 |
Nominated by Community Development Cymru |
Alan Twelvetrees |
|
Play Wales |
2 |
Nominated by PlayWales and Playwork Education and Training Council (PETC) Wales |
Mike Greenaway Martin King-Sheard |
|
Wider Field Practitioners |
Up to 3 |
Nominated following open recruitment by the ETS appointments panel (or co-option by the ETS Committee) |
Tbc Tbc Tbc |
|
Total Membership |
21 |
|
|
* drawn from overall membership ** does not attend
Others Attending
|
Professional and Secretarial Support |
As required |
0.3 Adviser |
Liz Rose |
|
ESTYN (Observer Status) |
1 |
OHMCI |
Lin Howells |
|
Welsh Government Youth Work branch (Observer Status) |
1 |
Welsh Government |
Donna Lemin |
|
WLGA (Observer Status) |
1 |
Welsh Local Government Association |
Tim Opie |
|
Education Workforce Council Wales (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by EWC |
Hayden Llewellyn |
|
National Youth Agency (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by NYA ETS |
|
|
All Ireland ETS (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by all Ireland ETS |
|
|
Scotland (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by Community Learning and Development Standards Council Scotland |
|
Membership 2018
|
Post |
Number |
Remarks |
Individuals |
|
Chair |
1 |
Appointed following an open recruitment procedure conducted in line with the public appointments process. |
Gareth Newton |
|
Vice Chair * |
- |
Nominated by ETS Wales membership |
Steve Drowley |
|
Staff side representative JNC |
1 |
Nominated by Staff Side of JNC |
Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe (Unite) |
|
Employers side representative JNC |
1 |
Nominated by Employers Side of JNC |
David Algie (LGA) |
|
Voluntary Sector Employers Wales JNC representative |
1 |
Nominated by CWVYS |
Catrin James (Urdd) |
|
Professional Adviser (Wales) JNC ** |
1 |
Nominated by WLGA |
Cllr Poole (Caerphilly CBC) |
|
Principal Youth Officers Group |
3 |
Nominated by PYOG |
Jo Sims (Blaenau Gwent) Josh Klein (Monmouthshire) Paul O’Neil (Caerphilly) |
|
Representative of Higher Education Training Agencies Group (Wales) |
2 |
Nominated by endorsed Welsh HEIs |
Emma Chivers (USW) Gill Price (CMU) |
|
Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services |
3 |
Nominated by CWVYS, including Training Committee Chair |
Grant Poiner (BGC Wales) Cathie Robins-Talbot Darren Jones (Shelter Cymru) |
|
Further Education Awarding Body |
1 |
Nominated by Federation of Awarding Bodies Wales |
Dafydd Baker (Agored Cymru) |
|
Further Education Delivery Centre |
1 |
Nominated by Colegau Cymru/Colleges Wales |
Rachel Burton (Adult Learning Wales) |
|
Community Development |
1 |
Nominated by Community Development Cymru |
Alan Twelvetrees |
|
Play Wales |
2 |
Nominated by PlayWales and Playwork Education and Training Council (PETC) Wales |
Mike Greenaway Martin King-Sheard |
|
Wider Field Practitioners |
Up to 3 |
Nominated following open recruitment by the ETS appointments panel (or co-option by the ETS Committee) |
Steve Drowley Tbc Tbc |
|
Total Membership |
21 |
|
|
* drawn from overall membership ** does not attend
Others Attending
|
Professional and Secretarial Support |
As required |
0.3 Adviser |
Liz Rose |
|
ESTYN (Observer Status) |
1 |
OHMCI |
Ged Kerslake |
|
Welsh Government Youth Work branch (Observer Status) |
1 |
Welsh Government |
Donna Lemin |
|
WLGA (Observer Status) |
1 |
Welsh Local Government Association |
Tim Opie |
|
Education Workforce Council Wales (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by EWC |
Mark Isherwood/Hayden Llewellyn |
|
National Youth Agency (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by NYA ETS |
|
|
All Ireland ETS (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by all Ireland ETS |
|
|
Scotland (Observer Status) |
1 |
Nominated by Community Learning and Development Standards Council Scotland |
|
