The TUC Equal High Road Project

The TUC is currently leading the 'High Road' project in the second round of the ESF Equal* programme. Equal is a European Social Fund (ESF) Community Initiative, providing funds to projects which test and promote new means of combating discrimination and inequalities in the labour market.

The project is supporting innovative ways to promote and facilitate equal opportunities in workplace learning and empower learners to gain the skills they require to enhance career progression. The High Road project is playing an important role in supporting the establishment of unionlearn* and STUC work to create a Union Academy in Scotland.

The range of partners in Great Britain working with the 'High Road ' project reflects the importance and status of the work and the potential to influence policy and implementation on learning and skills nationally. Partners include the STUC, the national Learning and Skills Council, Ufi*, the Scarman Trust, the Campaign for Learning*, NIACE*, Robert Gordon University, Disability Champions@ Work, Marchmont (University of Exeter), TAEN (The Age Employment Network) and the Open Learning Project.

Transnationality is a major theme of the Equal programme and the TUC is working with partner organisations within its Diversity, Equality and Access to Learning (DEAL) partnership. It includes union-led projects from Finland (PETMO), Austria (In.Motion) and France (Averroes). The project is addressing how to overcome barriers to employment and progression that face individuals especially those from disadvantaged groups. It is addressing how individuals can act as agents as change, such as ULRs, disability champions, community champions and work counsellors.

The additional funding made available via Equal has been crucial to set up and fund developmental activities to ensure that unionlearn becomes an innovative organisation.

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