Home Get support Get involved About Login Join Us Search Home > About About ABOUT Who are Prospect and what do we do? We are the union for ambition. With 150,000 members from across a range of professions, including engineers, scientists, managers and civil servants. Read more Our Industries We represent 150,000 workers across a range of industries Defence Education Energy Freelancers and the self-employed Heritage Justice Public services Sport Tech workers Transport Young Workers’ Network Explore our industries and branches We represent 150,000 workers across a range of industries Discover the work we do in your area. Public services Public services employees in specialist roles such as science, engineering and procurement. Find out more Heritage Professional and specialist members working in areas such as curatorial, conservation, archaeology and visitor services. Find out more Defence Scientists, engineers and managers across the defence industry – public and private sector. Find out more Young workers There has never been a more important time for young people to be in a trade union and our Young Workers Network is growing fast. Find out more Energy Workers in energy generation, transmission and distribution companies across the UK, including the growing renewables sector. Find out more IT & Telecoms People in wide-ranging roles in all the major UK firms in IT and telecoms. Find out more Freelancers and self-employed Providing support, guidance and expertise to over 20,000 self-employed members. Find out more Sport Sporting umpires, referees and ground staff. We’re actively involved with Women in Football. Find out more Tech We have members in software, coding, data analysis, AI, engineering and more, in both the private and public sector. Find out more Transport Members’ interests cut across aviation, road, rail and maritime transportation, as well as regulation and research. Find out more Education and children’s services Nearly 3,000 professionals in education, children’s services, early years, commissioning and children’s social care. Find out more Justice Forensic scientists to justices’ clerks, serious fraud investigators to prison service chaplains and psychological assistants. Find out more Growth. Support. Success. Join today OUR MEMBERS Meet our members Prospect’s members highlight the diversity, ambition and togetherness that we represent as a union. Read more Where we are Though we are headquartered in London, Prospect has a presence across the UK. English regions We have six offices across England, in Bristol, Liverpool, Lutterworth, Wakefield, and our London headquarters. Read more Wales Prospect’s Cardiff office is the union’s base in Wales from which it negotiates with many employers across both the public and private sectors. Read more Scotland With more than 12,300 Prospect members living and working in Scotland across both the private and public sector, Prospect in Scotland is much more than just a microcosm of the UK. Read more Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man Prospect has many members in the crown dependencies of Guernsey and Jersey. Some work for the islands’ own civil service organisations; others work for employers such as Guernsey Electricity and Sure (formerly Cable & Wireless). Read more Northern Ireland Prospect has around 1,700 members in Northern Ireland. They work for a range of employers including the BBC, BT, Big Lottery Fund, Met Office, Ministry of Defence, NATS, National Trust, UTV and more. Read more Careers Find out what vacancies we currently have. Find out more and apply Latest news NEWS Storm Arwen should not be seen as a one off 2 December 2021 Almost a week on from Storm Arwen and there are still many houses in the UK without power. Read more NEWS Prospect warns over BT takeover 2 December 2021 Prospect, a leading union in BT, has called on the Business Secretary to take personal… Read more 1 2 3 … 875 Who’s who Details of those who govern and manage the union, and your organising team, who have regular, day-to-day contact with members. NEC The National Executive Committee (NEC) conducts the business of the union in line with the policies set by our national conference. Read more Senior Management Team Led by general secretary Mike Clancy, our senior management team manages the day to day running of the union, including finance, resources, organisational development, research, legal and communications. Read more Organising team Prospect’s organisers work with branches to help them recruit and organise in their workplace. Read more Login Join Us About Prospect Who are Prospect? 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