What is Skills for Life?
Skills for Life (SfL) is the national strategy in England for improving adult literacy, language (ESOL) and numeracy skills, and it was launched by the Prime Minister in March 2001.
There are an estimated 17.8 million people in the UK who have these skills below a C grade at GCSE (or Level 2). Ufi works with both individuals and employers to identify and address these skills gaps.
The Skills for Life package of courses includes literacy, numeracy and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). More than three quarters of the training courses are available online allowing people to learn wherever they have access to the Internet - at home, at work or at centre.
Since its launch more than 2.4 million learners have enrolled on almost 6.56 million courses.
The Skills for Life strategy sets out how the Government will reach its Public Service Agreement (PSA) target to improve "…the basic skill levels of 2.25 million adults between the launch of Skills for Life in 2001 and 2010, with a milestone of 1.5 million in 2007".
This PSA target is part of the wider objective to "tackle the adult skills gaps", by increasing the number of adults with the skills required for employability and progression to higher levels of training.
Please note: Solomon Training does not currently offer the ESOL programme.
What is Train to Gain?
Train to Gain (T2G) was designed to improve the skills deficiency in the UK identified by the Leitch review
The idea of the service is to offer skills advice and match business needs with further Education and training providers. The service will also identify any funding or grants that can be used to offset the investment in training.
The support and advice offered by Train to Gain is flexible, responsive and offered at a time and place to suit businesses.
The appeal to employers is that they receive targeted; quality approved training to enhance the skill set of their staff in line with their individual and business related needs.
The appeal to employees is that they are invested in, given training to help them in their role and the opportunity to certify their existing skills. In addition to this there is funding available to improve their overall skills and levels of literacy and numeracy.
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