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This May, N-Gaged Training and Unite South West presented an award to CHEP Pallets in Severnside, Bristol recognising their commitment to workplace learning and the achievement of their workforce, around 80% of which have taken up the courses available. English and Maths...
Unite’s Bristol Office was packed with learners from all backgrounds in May as the region’s learning team held a Learning For Life day as part of Learning at Work Week. Though officially starting at 10.30 many people arrived early to try out a vast array of different...
The South West TUC, Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and POA Learning have joined together to offer all volunteer stewards at this year’s Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival an opportunity to study towards a Certificate in Understanding Stewarding at Spectator Events. Tolpuddle...
Olympic Gold Medallist Sally Gunnell was in Bridgwater last month to open a new Union Learning Fund (ULF) project supported learning centre. Sedgemoor District Council has teamed up with partners including the joint union ULF project, EDF Energy, Jobcentre Plus, training...
Unite and UNISON have signed a new joint learning agreement with the University of Bristol. The agreement, which was signed by Regional Officer Martin Hatter on behalf of Unite, Pat French, Assistant Branch Secretary from UNISON and Professor Guy Orpen, Deputy Vice...
Maternity staff from across the country are invited to Poole in May for the latest Maternity Support Worker Development Day organised by RCM Union Learning Reps from Poole Maternity Hospital. ULR’s Roxy Galton, Heidi Croucher and Claire Cave are organising this year’s...
Learning at Work Week is back, and as part of the annual skills initiative Unite in Bristol is holding a Learning For Life event with workshops. Confirmed workshops so far include deaf awareness/sign language, CV writing, creative bookmaking, prostate cancer awareness with...
Tutors in Plymouth are benefitting from new vocational qualifications after the joint-union ULF project “Building a Learning Legacy” brought together training providers JT Development Solutions Ltd (JTDS) and Plymouth-based Aspire2Live. Aspire2Live works with young...
Unions in Bristol have been busy signing up new apprentices in the workplaces they organise across the city – with workers at Bristol Waste Company being the latest to benefit from the unions support on learning and skills. Last year Unite and UNISON signed a learning...
When CWU members Mary Down and Alan Burnett decided to take Voluntary Redundancy (VR) from the jobs at the Royal Mail’s MDRC in Plymouth they approached Union Learning Rep Gavin Hardie for advice on courses and training available to them. The couple had already decided...