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Over £500,000 for union learning projects in Wales

The Welsh education minister Jane Davidson announced yesterday that 6 new projects are to receive £524,000 in the latest round of the Wales Union Learning Fund.

The Fund was launched in April 1999 and aims to encourage and support learning in the workplace.

The 6 projects that have been supported in the latest round of funding include:

• Opportunities for employee development across the baking industry in Wales
• Embedding lifelong learning in retail union USDAW workplaces
• Giving individuals the opportunity to develop their levels of basic skills in a sealing solutions company in Newtown

The minister for education and lifelong learning Jane Davidson said: "Employers need to see training and development of their staff as an investment and not a cost. The Wales Union Learning Fund, now in its eighth year, has already helped 97 projects with nearly £4m from the Welsh Assembly Government.

"My goal is both to encourage and to assist the trade unions to develop real working partnerships between employers and employees that will extend opportunities to learn, and raise skill levels.

"The innovation and hard work by trade unions, training providers and the Assembly Government working together has resulted in people receiving, and benefiting from training, which would otherwise not be available to them.

"The unions have shown that they can deliver learning effectively to their members and others, often to non-traditional learners. As we know, people are an employer's greatest asset and the skills they posses are vital to increasing productivity and their own life chances. We all benefit from raising skills - individuals, employers and the economy as a whole."

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