The fund was established in 1998 to aid the Government's objective of creating a learning society. Unions are key to this, playing a pivotal role in promoting and organising learning opportunities for their members, and engaging 'non-traditional' learners.
20 August 2010
Celebration of Learning 2010
We are offering grants of up to £500 per workplace under the new Celebration of Learning (formerly Festival of Learning).
These grants are available for Learning Centres, union branches, regional offices, Trade Union Education centres and community groups to run Adult & Community Learning activities during the Celebration of Learning taking place for 2 weeks from 18th October 2010. All invoices and evaluation forms must be received by 3 December 2010.
South West
14 July 2010
Skills for the Future Fund
Nine unions now hold Skills for the Future contracts. These contracts, which range in value from £8,844 to £89,284 within a total fund of £651,150, are bringing support to workers across many sectors; Construction, the Creative Industries, Finance, Marine, Manufacturing, Distribution, and the Public Sector including the Emergency Services...
South West
23 March 2010
Lenny hands out prizes to union learning champions
Union officials, project leaders and reps had their hard work and innovative contributions to learning and training celebrated at a glitzy Union Learning Fund award ceremony at Congress House, last week (March 18).
16 March 2009
Crosby MP sees firefighters blazing the trail with union learning
Crosby MP Claire Curtis-Thomas visited Crosby Fire Station (Friday 13th March) in Liverpool to see for herself the impact trade unions are having on helping firefighters improve their skills. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU), with the support of unionlearn, the TUC's learning and skills organisation and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS)have embarked on a Learning and Skills for All Fund (LSFAF) based project ensuring staff across Merseyside access a diverse range of learning opportunities
North West
9 February 2009
Learning for All Fund Bidding Round 2009-10
The Northern TUC unionlearn Learning for All fund Programme offers a unique, high quality, strategic and operational support service to trade unions wishing to run workplace learning projects to generate and increase learner demand.
Northern
8 August 2008
ULR for hire – Taxi drivers in the North West
Union Learning Fund skills for life project 2008 to 2010. In May 2007 Unite set up a North West Taxi Driver Consortium to look at the learning and organising issues regarding taxi drivers. Results to date, 19 new Taxi Driver ULRs, 376 taxi drivers enrolled on a Level 2 NVQ .....
North West
4 October 2007
Thousands of adults to gain access to workplace learning thanks to unionlearn
Workplaces across the North West are gearing up for learning schemes, thanks to unionlearn, the TUC's learning and skills organisation. The schemes, known as Pathfinder Projects, are being financed in 19 workplaces by the North West Learning and Skills for All Fund. They will ensure that thousands of adults gain access to learning opportunities within their workplaces.
North West
10 September 2007
unionlearn director comments on three million pound increase in Union Learning Fund
Commenting on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's announcement that the Union Learning Fund, run by unionlearn, the TUC's learning and skills organisation, will be increased from £12.5 million to £15.5 million next year, unionlearn Director Liz Smith said:
“I am thrilled, as I am sure that unions will be, that the Prime Minister has increased the Union Learning Fund by three million pounds...
4 September 2007
A little help to find the funding
Finding funding for workplace learning can often be the toughest task facing an employee.
So unionlearn in the North West has produced the ‘Money Matters' [PDF] leaflet. It has been written and designed to help workplace learners and employers discover what funding is available for progression to higher education.
North West
11 October 2006
unionlearn – TUC learning and skills project – to take over £15 million Union Learning Fund
Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills, will attend the final national conference of the Union Learning Fund (ULF) today (Wednesday 11th October) and will join Frances O'Grady, TUC Deputy Secretary General, and Liz Smith, Director of unionlearn who will also address over 350 delegates.
The conference will look forward to the transfer of the ULF, currently nearly £15 million, to unionlearn in April next year. The transfer is a recognition of unionlearn's continuing success in building union learning programmes that have recruited nearly 15,000 union learning reps and have encouraged over 100,000 people to access courses in the last year.
The Union Learning Fund (ULF) provides funding to help trade unions use their influence with employers, employees and others to encourage greater take-up of learning at work, and boost their capacity as learning organisations.