Supporting the provision of training for unemployed adult learners

This project will research training provision for unemployed adults, with a view to holding events and publishing resources that will inform and support increased involvement in this area of work.

Building on the work we undertook last year to support providers delivering skills provision for unemployed adults, we have recently issued:

A call for information on approaches to the delivery of discrete and embedded English and maths provision for unemployed adults; and

A call for information on partnership approaches involving employers to support young people, not in education, employment or training (NEET) aged 19 to 24.

Please contact robert.gray@niace.org.uk or call him on 0116 2042801, if you deliver provision for unemployed adults and/or young people NEET aged 19 to 24 through the Adult Skills Budget and you have other effective practice that you would like to share with us. 

This project will benefit unemployed adults and learning providers by identifying helpful strategies and approaches through which training for unemployed adults may be provided in the future.

Recent products of our research are:

A report on our survey of providers delivering skills provision through the Adult Skills Budget for unemployed adults including young people aged 19 to 24, not in education, employment or training (NEET).

Documents
	A guide on managing challenging behaviour within skills provision for unemployed adults
	A guide on engaging micro-businesses within skills provision for unemployed adults

The project will help learning providers to design and deliver vocational training for adults by:

• disseminating helpful practice developed during recent skills programmes offering flexible, short focused courses
• describing how providers can utilise their new flexibilities to more effectively align provision to provide learners with labour market relevant skills
• identifying how funding from a single adult skills budget might allow a more joined up service for the learner both before and following employment 

If you have provided training to unemployed adults and you would like to share your experience, please contact robert.gray@niace.org.uk or call 0116 2042801.