Partners - Home
Skills for Life is delivered by a partnership of organisations in the South West. For information on our partners, click on the links on the left hand panel or below.
Train to Gain
Train to Gain Engage is the website for employer engagement staff, training providers and other stakeholders and partners.
It provides you with the information and resources to inform employers about:
- what the Service is and how it benefits employers
- Train to Gain funding, and who is eligible
- the different training options available to employers
- where to find skills information
- how Train to Gain works with other organisations
- the processes for making referrals
Get on local government 
'Get on local government' is the national campaign to address Skills for Life in the local government workforce. The campaign aims to enable local authority employers to take a more proactive, sustained and strategic approach to workplace Skills for Life.
National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics
Find out how the NCETM are supporting the development of Skills for Life Teachers in the South West.
Nextstep 
The nextstep service provides free advice and guidance on learning and work to adults aged 20 and over.
NIACE
The National Institute of Adult Continuing 
Education (NIACE) aims to encourage all adults to engage in learning of all kinds. It is a charity, a company limited by guarantee and a member-led, non-governmental organisation, working with adult learners, local authorities, government departments and agencies, voluntary bodies, charitable trusts, adult education providers, trade unions, employers, European funders. Its offer include running high-profile campaigns such as Adult Learners' Week and Quick Reads, delivering high quality development and research work, supplying expert consultancy, advice and support services etc.. For more information, click here.
Alliance Sector Skills Alliance Group-SOG
Welcome to the website for the
Alliance of Sector Skills Councils.
The Alliance is an organisation comprising all 25 licensed UK Sector Skills Councils (SSCs), the employer-driven organisations that together articulate the voice of the employers of around 90% of the UK's workforce on skills issues. To find out more, click here.
Skills and Learning Intelligence Module (SLIM)
SLIM enables programmes and projects promoting Skills for Life to be informed by the best available evidence.
SLIM collates and supplies information on skills and learning to policy makers and practitioners across the South West. It is part of the South West Observatory, set up by a partnership of regional bodies to share the production, analysis and dissemination of intelligence and research related to regional policy in South West England.
South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA)
The South West of England Regional Development Agency led the development of the South West Regional Employment and Skills Partnership and fully supports the priority of improving literacy, language and numeracy.
The South West RDA is closely involved in the development and implementation of the South West Skills Strategy: click here for more information.
To find out more about the work of the South West RDA around skills and learning visit:
www.southwestrda.org.uk/what-we-do/skills/index.shtm
South West Regional Employment and Skills Partnership
The South West Regional Employment and Skills Partnership brings together employers and businesses, public funders of training, training providers and groups representing individual needs. It is the one partnership that joins the entire business and learning community with a common goal - matching individual skills to employer needs in South West England.
The RESP has identified a range of underpinning priorities that will enable it to work effectively with partners. You can read more here.
SWitch - Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training
SWitch-CETT is a partnership of over 40 regional members, co-ordinated by Learning South West, an independent charity, whose membership includes local authorities, further education colleges, private training providers and voluntary sector organisations.