Welcome to Skills for Life South West
Welcome to the South West’s online resource for everyone interested in adult literacy, ESOL and numeracy.
The Skills for Life portal site is a one stop shop for everyone involved in Skills for Life across the South West. If you are a learner wanting to find out about courses in your area, a teacher looking for careers advice or an employer needing staff training you’ve come to the right place.
Skills for Life is all about improving adult literacy, language and numeracy skills. Raising standards in basic skills, including reading, writing, speaking, listening and maths, will enable people across the South West to achieve their potential at work and within their community, helping to build a vibrant and prosperous economy.
For update on SW Skills for Life Unit - please see Latest News.
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Farewell from the South West Skills for Life Unit!
Although we have been extremely successful in exceeding the 2010 targets, the long-term ambitions to achieve at least functional levels of literacy and numeracy skills in 95% of adults by 2020 are an enormous challenge. The breadth of this challenge will require a major shift in our approach: away from discrete initiatives, to complete embedding across every area of work that supports the development of all types of skill in all adults.
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ICEBreakers Project extending reach!
The ESF ICEBreakers Projects, currently running in Dorset and Somerset and managed by Kingston Maurward College and Learning South West, have recently been given the go-ahead to extend across the whole of the South West region (with the exception of Cornwall).
We welcome you to our newly refreshed website and hope that you enjoy browsing, but if you find any broken links or have any other comments, please let us know...