"Changing lives through learning"
Unionlearn is the learning and skills organisation of the TUC. Unionlearn works to assist unions in the delivery of learning opportunities for their members as well as managing the £15 million Union Learning Fund (ULF).
Over the past 12 years, more than 28,000 union learning representatives (ULRs) have been trained and 230,000 people are being given training and learning opportunities through their union every year.
Unionlearn is also responsible for providing education and training opportunities for workplace reps and professionals via TUC Education. Each year more than 50,000 trade union members enrol in trade union education courses organised by the TUC.
Union learning is growing fast; almost every union is now involved in union learning, supported by unionlearn, helping hundreds of thousands of learners at all levels, from basic numeracy and literacy to degree level qualifications.
In a recent survey of 400 employers, with a total of 6 million employees, 87 per cent said that they wanted to continue to support union learning, with two-thirds saying that it benefited the organisation and 81 per cent saying it benefited the individual.
Every major political party, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Conservative, has voiced strong support for unionlearn.
Click here to learn more about the Fund. Click here to learn more about TUC Education.
