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This paper discusses the evaluation of a project funded through the European Community initiative ADAPT. The project contributed to the ADAPT drive to assist companies and workers to address change. In this project, 'learning' was chosen as the major means by which this would be realised. The project sought to develop a commitment to continuous development and lifelong learning among participating companies and their employees. The project involved the resourcing and establishment of information and communication technology (ICT) based learning centres on each of three industrial estates. The project was managed by a university department of continuing education and delivered by three core partners: one tertiary college and two Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs). The project aimed to use the idea of employee-led development (ELD) to encourage individual employees to engage in their own development. The workforce on the industrial estates consisted mainly of unskilled males with no or low qualifications and part-time female staff. Their participation would bring about mutual benefits for individual and employer by enabling employees to become 'switched on to learning' and increasingly familiar with new technology. The evaluation was undertaken by members of Leeds Business School at Leeds Metropolitan University.