Other ways to support

As well as financial donations or support for research projects, there are a number of other ways people could support the charitable work of the IPA in promoting employee voice and engagement with their time, networks or expertise.

Pro bono work

The IPA accepts offers of pro bono work from people with a wide range of different skillsets. This could involve conducting some research work for an IPA research paper, delivering some of our training programmes, helping with our social media, sales or marketing development, or any other valuable skills you have to offer. Anyone interested should contact Business Development Manager Sarah Dawson at [email protected]

Venues for events

The IPA put on a variety of events each year, from our Hub for Employee Representatives, to launches for our research reports, policy conferences or our annual general meeting and company away day. We are regularly seeking venues for these events, usually in central London, and often rely on the generosity of organisations with venues they are willing to offer for free or at discounted prices. Any offers of free venue space should be directed to Officer Manager Lorraine Modeste [email protected]

Writing articles for the IPA Newsletter

The IPA produces a monthly newsletter in which we collect articles on a range of issues related to employment and the labour market. If you have an idea for an article you think you would like to contribute, you can get in touch with Head of Operations, Sarah Dawson [email protected]

Become an Ambassador for the IPA

The IPA relies heavily on word of mouth and personal contacts to spread awareness of our work and to secure interest in our research projects and our training and consultancy services. If you have experience in a particular industry and a range of professional contacts, you could volunteer a very small portion of your time to helping put the IPA in touch with potential research partners and training / consultancy clients in your field and spreading the good word about the work that we do. Those who are particularly active in advocating on behalf of the IPA may be invited to join the IPA's Advisory Council. To find out more about what you could do as an Ambassador for the IPA in your sector, get in touch with Training & Development Director Derek Luckhurst [email protected]

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The Welsh Way: Top 5 takeaways for UK employers from the Welsh Social Partnership Conference

IPA's Head of Learning & Development Services, Lucy O'Melia reports on the event - the landscape of industrial relations in the UK is undergoing significant shifts, prompting a re-evaluation of collaborative practices between employers and trade unions. Social Partnership gained a statutory foothold in Wales in 2023, and places a requirement on public bodies to engage early and collaboratively with union representatives, treating unions as a strategic partner in their decision-making processes.
IPA Employee Voice Hub - Fair & Flexible Working For All - 17th July 2pm to 3pm

Astrid Allen, Institute for Employment Studies (IES), will present findings from recent research into flexible working for frontline and site-based workers drawing on the recent evaluation of different flexible working initiatives introduced at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation NHS Trust, Sir Robert McAlpine and Wickes. The ‘Flexible working for all’ project aimed to reduce organisational disparities and improve the health and wellbeing of employees within the participating organisations.
Lucy O'Melia

Head of learning & development
Let’s start talking: rebooting the partnership agenda between government, unions and employers

There has been much discussion about the wide-ranging reforms to working lives embodied in Labour’s New Deal for working people. Taken with other much needed reforms of the labour market, including skills policy and a serious commitment to return to work strategies, this package of measures will require detailed and collaborative implementation should Labour form the next government.