Skills for Life

Skills for Life Sub Group

The Skills for Life Sub Group of the Bradford College Projects & Partnership Team is made up of Skills for Life representatives from across the district and has been meeting regularly since January 2001. It was established to develop closer working links between providers and develop a coherent system of planning for provision and development. It also enables the Projects & Partnership Team to respond directly through a specialist group to issues involving Skills for Life.

Membership of the group reflects the wide range of providers across the district and encompasses Bradford, Shipley and Keighley Colleges, Bradford Council, the Probation Service, the Workers' Educational Service, Jobcentreplus, the Health service, work-based learning providers, private training centres and voluntary and community groups. Representatives from other groups working in Skills for Life are welcome to join and be involved.

The group aims to take a strategic overview of Skills for Life development in the district, develop and implement the District's Action Plan, and ensure that the targets set by the government through the LSC are met. The District's achievement to the 2004 Skills for Life target was 141%. The latest figures obtained from the LSC for Bradford and District achievement towards the 2007 target (November 2007) are very positive and encouraging.

ESOL Providers Group

This group meets termly and looks at issues involving the development of coherent ESOL provision across the district.

Skills for Life Practitioners Network

The Skills for Life Practitioners Network meets termly at different venues across the district and aims to share good practice, provide a forum to meet colleagues, and discuss concerns. Meetings focus on topics of interest as determined by providers.

Bradford and District Skills for Life Newsletter

The newsletter aims to inform local Skills for Life practitioners of developments and initiatives in the district and is produced every two months.

Co-ordination

For further information please contact Julia Kendall - Skills for Life Co-ordinator for the Learning Partnership. Email: j.kendall@bradfordcollege.ac.uk