GMB learners celebrate success

GMB learners at the Community and Trade Union (CTU) learning centre at the Olympic Park celebrated their achievements at a special event in the autumn featuring leading lights from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), security company G4S, unionlearn and the GMB itself.

The dedicated learners picked up certificates for completing Skills for Life, IT and career enhancement courses – the first some of them have ever have achieved – and also received commemorative pens and Inspire badges.

600 learners have enrolled at the CTU since it opened and have taken up a massive 2,500 learning opportunities between them, thanks to the financial support of the Union Learning Fund and the Olympic Development Authority.
GMB General Secretary and TUC President Paul Kenny said that unionlearn was at the core of what the Trade Union movement was about.

“It takes a tremendous amount of courage to go into training: I am so proud of you learners, you really deserve it, and if you feel confident, then there’s nothing that can’t be achieved” he said.

Olympic Development Authority Chief Executive, Dennis Hone, congratulated all the learners and warmly praised the TUC and unions for ensuring that there would be such a powerful legacy in terms of training and skills. While G4S ODA Account Director Richard West called the CTU “a fantastic resource for us”.