We're all about skills! We want to make sure that people working in our industry - and people trying to get into it - have the skills employers need.

We want this for one simple reason: it'll make our industry stronger and easier to get into.

Clear skills provision will also help create clear entry routes for all those passionate people with bags of talent but no idea how to begin their creative careers. (We're already catering for some of them over at www.getintolivemusic.org and www.getintotheatre.org).

How do we work? Well, we're a membership network of industry employers (based all over the UK). We're able to link industry with education by forging links between our members and our 20 Founder Further Education Colleges.

That way, people who do training can provide training to employers, and employers can tell the trainers exactly what they need. Simple!

There are plenty of ways to get involved with our work: you can take part in our events, attend one of our Founder College, work with our Apprenticeship Training Service - or do them all at once, by becoming a member. Get in touch or visit our website to find out more.

View my website http://www.nsa-ccskills.org.uk/