Strategy / Context

The ULF vision is to provide a framework to build and sustain union work on learning and skills.

ULF helps unions promote learning to match learners' starting points and current needs and aspirations, and link this to personal progression. ULF projects share good practice and sustain learning activity, create frameworks to provide quality information to learners and potential learners, and address wider lifelong learning issues.

These projects raise the profile of unions and are linked to union growth to strengthen workplace organisation and meeting Government targets.

Interested and want to learn more? Here's further information:

• Prospectus
• Aims of the Union Learning Fund
• Case studies demonstrating the impact of previous work:
  • Migrant Workers – developing a strategy to support the needs of migrant workers in the region
  • ULR infrastructure – setting up regional, brigade and branch-level structures to support ULRs
  • Continuous Professional Development – focusing on career and professional skills development
  • ULR Learning Networks to support ULRs
  • Taxi driver training programme – developing a partnership to deliver a BTEC programme in Road Passenger Transport
  • Level 3 qualifications and transferable skills for firefighters