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Financial literacy with trade unions in the workplace: a collaboration between the Financial Literacy team and Link into Learning

This report outlines a project developed in Cornwall to deliver literacy and numeracy to employees in their workplaces. The work illustrates the effectiveness of using personal finance as a way of engaging both employers and learners. The project shows an effective model for developing the type of demand led approach advocated by the Leitch Review of Skills [see report indexed at TD/IRD 88.157]. Working with trade unions, training providers in Cornwall have been able to secure employer engagement and commitment by responding to their needs and highlighting the potential productivity benefits and cost-savings linked to increased levels of key skills in the workforce.

This report outlines a project developed in Cornwall to deliver literacy and numeracy to employees in their workplaces. The ...  Show Full Abstract  

Corporate authors: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales) (NIACE)
Basic Skills Agency (Great Britain) (BSA)
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Report
Series name: Financial literacy in context
Subjects: Literacy; Numeracy; Industry;
Workforce development; Providers of education and training show more

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