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| Founded | November 1, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-11-01) |
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| Headquarters | 100 Rochester Row,London, SW1P 1JP |
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| Members |  156,904 (2023)[1] |
General Secretary | Mike Clancy |
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| Website | prospect.org.uk |
Prospect is aUnited Kingdomtrade union which representsengineers,managers,scientists and other specialists in both the public and private sectors.
The union was formed on 1 November 2001 by the merger of theInstitution of Professionals Managers and Specialists and theEngineers and Managers Association. In 2009, Prospect endorsed a transfer of engagements from theConnect union, the union for managers in the communications sector, which became a part of Prospect on 1 January 2010.[2] It was announced on 30 August 2016 thatBectu members had overwhelmingly voted Yes to transfer its engagements to Prospect which took place on 1 January 2017.[3]
Prospect members work in engineering, communications/utilities, the civil service, museums and galleries, in a range of public and private organisations including theMet Office,[4]Health and Safety Executive,[5]Trinity House,[6]Babcock,[7]BT Group[8] and theNational Trust.[9]
With a largely professional membership, the union has placed a strong emphasis on developing skills and opportunities for career progression. To this end it launched a standalone website called Careersmart in 2014 which provides information andpodcasts on a range of subjects from career appraisals and CV writing to mentoring and pensions. Careersmart followed the 2013 launch of Prospect's Apprenticeship App for mobile devices which saw 12,000 downloads in the first year.[10] In 2015 Prospect launched aGatsby Charitable Foundation-funded project, known asRegTech, to register workplace technicians.[11][12]
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