Financial Literacy with Trade Unions in the Workplace

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.

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.