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	Union learning reps\|Negotiating learning agreements\|Supporting Learners (IAG)\|Working with providers\|Skills for Life\|Union Learning Fund\|ULF Database Learning centres\|Learning and organising\|Learning & skills initiatives\|Information Communication Technology\|Equality and diversity\| Add a comment to General Chat discussion. See all discussion topics. Learning and Skills for All Fund 2009 - Manchester Launch Event Learning and Skills for All Fund 2009 - Lancashire Launch Event Learning and Skills for All Fund 2009 - Cumbria Launch Event Learning and Skills for All Fund 2009 - Chester Launch Event Learning and Skills for All Fund 2009 - Merseyside Launch Event Illuminating Learning: a celebration for unions across the North West Subject Search term Advanced search We can alert you by email about anything new in your chosen subjects. Register your interests now.	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. Like Passenger and Road Transport Drivers, the Sector Skills Councils were putting training standards in place to up-skill drivers and support them having a formal qualification. Taxi drivers are an unusual and hard to reach group of learners, mainly because of their self-employed status and the fact that any training that they undertake will be conducted during their own time and at their own expense. Unite also had the double problem of the fact that because colleges had not previously delivered this type of qualification they did not have the relevant trainers and NVQ* assessors. So the Project concentrated on: Identifying and training Taxi Driver ULRs Attaching these ULRs to various colleges within the region so that they can help with the recruitment and delivery of the training Organising Recruiting new members Results to date are as follows: 19 new Taxi Driver ULRs 376 taxi drivers enrolled on a Level 2 NVQ Transporting Passengers by Taxi and Private Hire Qualification 202 taxi drivers have completed their course and awaiting results 64 taxi drivers have achieved the full NVQ Qualification A new Taxi Drivers Union Branch will be set up in Knowsley following the successful recruitment of 52 new members 30 new taxi driver members recruited in Chester 29 new members recruited in Ellesmere Port overall growth in new members of 134 since Unite started the project. Absolutely key to all of this is the fact that it is the taxi driver reps themselves that are developing, organising and delivering this whole programme The Taxi Driver ULRs will have a stand at the Liverpool Area on 28^th & 29^th July for the TAXI ROAD SHOW where they will be showcasing what they have been doing within the North West and hopefully recruit more new members. Briefing document (400 words) issued 8 Aug 2008 top of page Email this page to a colleague North West Learning and Skills for All Fund 2009, launch event 28 October 2008 unionlearn ULF national support project 23 September 2008 Union Learning Fund - Round 12 (2009/2010) 11 September 2008
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ULR for hire - Taxi drivers in the North West