Toolkit

The ULF Toolkit is a new resource to help you to bid for, manage and report on your ULF project.

Prospectus

Unions wishing to bid for projects to start in April 2012, for which the Prospectus is available, can now apply. Please register through the member's page.

Members

Login to access, view and manage your ULF applications and contracts, or register to become a member.

Welcome to the Union Learning Fund (ULF) website. The union learning fund supports union led projects to transform the lives of their members through life long learning opportunities. The fund has helped hundreds of thousands of workers on their learning journey with the support of 22,000 dedicated Union Learning Reps (ULRs).
The site provides a wealth of helpful resources including our new ULF Toolkit to help you bid for funding and manage your project effectively. Sample templates and useful documents are arranged by heading in Resources. Latest events, news and case studies of previous success stories are also included to inspire and share good practice. Don't forget to upload your events and send us details of your experiences and successes as well as photographs and video clips. You can contact any of the ULF team through the contacts page. 

        

Here is a link to Issue 3 of Supporting Learners News: http://www.unionlearn.org.uk/advice/learn-3906-f0.cfm This is the third in a series of newsletters that has been produced to keep unionlearn staff, unions, project workers, Union Learning Reps and other reps up to speed about: developments in the area of a publicly funded...
13 Apr 2011

In this issue; Government Skills Strategy, Skills Utilisation and High Performance Working; Investors in People; Sector Skills Council update….http://www.unionlearn.org.uk/policy/learn-3790-f0.cfm
1 Feb 2011

The Government published its adult skills strategy (Skills for Sustainable Growth) and its future plans for FE and skills (Investing in Skills for Sustainable Growth) last November. Both documents are available for download from the BIS website at http://www.bis.gov.uk/policies/further-education-skills A summary of the main measures in the skills strategy is...
27 Jan 2011
21 Mar 2012
ULF Quarterly Project Managers Meeting
The next meeting of the quarterly Ulf Project Managers meeting will take place on Wednesday March 21st at Congress House, London. Details of the day will be sent to all Project Managers.

4 Oct 2011
Skills for Life Network Meeting
This meeting will provide the opportunity for ULF project managers and project workers to hear the latest updates on learning and skills policy on this key area of work, and to develop and share knowledge and good practice to implement the Skills for Life Strategy. If you would like to...

21 Sep 2011
Equality & Diversity Training
This one day training course will take place at NUT Headquarters, London 11am -3.00pm and is open to all ULF Project Managers. Workshops sessions will provide the opportunity to look how projects collect and report E&D data, how to make best use of the data, and develop an action plan...

Welcome to the Union Learning Fund (ULF) web site. The aim of the site is to provide unions with information about how to apply for funding.

Unions wishing to bid for projects to start in April 2012 can now apply. The deadline for EOI submission is 5pm on Friday 28th October 2011. 

The main documents you need to make a bid to the ULF have been grouped under Key Documents. A wide range of templates and sample documents are arranged by heading in resources, to help you manage your project at all the different stages. Previous success stories can be found in Case Studies - and we're always looking for more...