Sponsors and partners

We work with partners to ensure that you receive up to date information, resources and funding ideas for learning. For Learning at Work Day, we are working with the following organisations:

Business in the Community
Business in the Community (BITC), a charity with over 700 members representing the UK's top companies, iscommitted to improving their positive impact on society. BITC runs an Employer Champions' Network to promote Skills for Life to their peers, as well as the Awards for Excellence 'Rentokil Initial Skills for Life Award'. The Campaign for Learning is working closely with BITC to provide an information and consultancy service for employers on aspects of workplace or family learning.

Get On
The Get On campaign encourages the millions of people in England who experience difficulties with literacy, language and numeracy, or would benefit from 'brushing up' on these skills, to enrol on a free course. The campaign aims to help create a society where adults have the basic skills that they need to find and keep work and participate fully in society. There are thousands of free courses available for anyone interested in improving their maths and English skills. For more information visit: www.dfes.gov.uk/get-on

Investors in People
Investors in People provide straightforward, proven frameworks for delivering business improvement through people.

There is now a new and more flexible way for you to work with Investors in People. The main benefit of this new approach is that it is tailored to your organisation’s unique needs and priorities. This means you can now direct your work with Investors in People to focus on your chosen business issues.

Together with Investors in People, you will be able to decide which areas you should focus on to get the most out of your experience.

To find out more go to: www.investorsinpeople.co.uk

learndirect
learndirect has a range of courses to suit organisations of all sizes. Their online courses minimise disruption to the working day and help you and your employees to become more effective - saving your business time and money. learndirect also specialises in courses for those who may have difficulties with reading, writing and speaking English. For more information, call 08000 150 750 or go to www.learndirect-business.co.uk

Learning and Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for planning and funding high-quality vocational education and training in England. It offers information on a range of support services for businesses including the new Train to Gain service. Train to Gain has been set up to help businesses get the training they need. It offers impartial advice, match training needs with training providers to ensure that training is delivered to meet employers’ needs. For more information, visit www.lsc.gov.uk or www.traintogain.gov.uk

Open University (OU)
The Open University is working in partnership with Campaign for Learning to offer organisations the opportunity to celebrate Learning at Work Day with a range of engaging, informative and free activities to inspire learning across the workplace. The Open University (OU) is the United Kingdom's only university dedicated to distance learning.

Skills for Business
The Skills for Business Network is made up of 25 Sector Skills Councils. Each Sector Skills Council is an employer-led, independent organisation. The Campaign for Learning has already worked closely with Asset Skills (Property services, housing, cleaning services and facilities management) and Skillset (Audio Visual Industries) to encourage employers to get involved with Learning at Work Day. To find out more about SSCs, click here.

unionlearn
unionlearn helps trade unions spread the lifelong learning message among their members and potential members. It provides education programmes and support for union reps, and regional officers and national officers. Unionlearn brokers the best possible learning oppotunities for union members, it researches skills priorities, identifies and shares good practice, and promotes learning agreeements. For more information visit, www.unionlearn.org.uk

Video Arts
The central idea behind Video Arts is to help engage and develop people with longer lasting learning. They produce and distribute high quality digital learning to help you put across your learning messages in an entertaining and memorable way. Video Arts is famous for delivering intelligent, entertaining and straight-talking training for over 30 years. www.videoarts.com

work
Work is a consulting, communications and resourcing business that helps employers find and keep the people they need. Their services range from recruitment advertising and assessment design to research and candidate management. They work with leading organisations in most sectors of industry and government.

If you are interested in working with us for Learning at Work Day contact Julia Wright on 020 7766 0013 or email her at mailto:jwright@cflearning.org.uk