Project History

This section details some of the projects The Network has undertaken in the past.

Building Basic Skills in the Workplace Initiative - A £1 million DfES funded project supporting 32 projects. Managed by The Network (then known as the Workplace Basic Skills Network). This project ran from August 2000 - July 2001.

Action research project into literacy, language and numeracy support in construction for the LSC Black Country - This action research project investigated the needs of employers and employees in relation to the development of workplace language, literacy and numeracy (LLN)in the construction sector.

The Workplace Basic Skills Network in South Yorkshire project - During 2001/2002 The Network (then known as the Workplace Basic Skills Network), in partnership with Yorkshire Training Partnership (YTP), a consortium of training providers was funded by Yorkshire Forward, the Regional Development Agency for Yorkshire and Humberside, to undertake a range of professional capacity building activities for basic skills practitioners and co-ordinators in South Yorkshire.

Supporting Entry to Employment (E2E)and workbased learning providers to deliver quality basic skills project funded by LSC South Yorkshire - This project took place between October 2003 and July 2004, it involved numerous activities and events.

SEP - Social Exclusion Project. Combating Social Exclusion through the Provision of Workplace Language Programmes.

The London Regional Workplace Basic Skills Forum - was a project funded by the London Development Agency from September 2001 – July 2002. The Network (then known as the Workplace Basic Skills Network) managed the project in a partnership of key agencies, with 24 full and associate partners, through the partner forum, steering group and provider advisory group.

Workplace Basic Skills Network in Greater Merseyside - This project, which was funded by the Learning and Skills Council Greater Merseyside Local Initiative Fund, has aimed to ensure that workplace language, literacy and numeracy provision in Merseyside is of a high quality and that it has been informed by regional and national good practice.

Workplace Basic Skills Network in Lancashire - LSC Lancashire contracted the Workplace Basic Skills Network to review the impact of Brokers on workplace basic skills provision in the county.