Listed below are the literacies projects which are currently funded as part of the Scottish Literacy Initiative with monies allocated by the Scottish Government. Click here for details of all projects completed under this initiative since 2002.

More recently, we have been awarded Scottish Government funding with which we have set up a Challenge Fund for ESOL Projects. Click here to access details of projects funded by this or by earlier ESF funding.

Please contact us if you would like to receive more information about any of these projects.

Projects Index

Apex Scotland
Lairg Learning Centre Association
Lead Scotland
Workers Educational Association - Workplace Literacy

Apex Scotland

April 2010 - March 2011

Lead - Apex Scotland (Highland)
Contact - Alistair McDonald on 01463 717033
email: - alistairm@apexscotland.org.uk
Partners - Prison Literacies Liaison Officer, Adult Basic Education

To develop and continue to provide, in partnership with other agencies, a community based one to one and group specialist support service to clients who are identified as requiring literacy support in order to help motivation to change and to gain and sustain employment, training or further educational opportunities.

Lairg Learning Centre Association

September 2009 - August 2010

Lead - Apex Scotland (Highland)
Contact - Barbara Watson on 01549 402050
Email: - barbara_123@btconnect.com
Partners - Brora Learning Centre, Assynt Leisure, North West Training Centre

To help under-skilled people in Sutherland towards employment, to join community groups, to undertake voluntary work or to complete accredited courses. They plan a series of integrated literacies projects involving group work which will also provide team working opportunities.

Lead Scotland

April 2010 to March 2011

Lead - Lead Scotland
Contact - Roisin Taylor on 0776 891 7509, email rtaylor@lead.org.uk

To continue to provide support for learners in their target group who require individual support and programmes designed to reflect particular health related literacies needs. A feature of this project will be the use of adaptive technology solutions with learners who require them.

Workers Educational Association - Workplace Literacy

April 2010 to March 2011

Lead - Workers Educational Association
Contact - Sue Mitchell on 01463 710577
email s.mitchell@weascotland.org.uk

To continue to support individuals and groups of employees in the workplace who are lacking the necessary abilities or confidence to progress with their personal and professional development due to gaps in their basic skills. In addition they will embed and further develop the progress made in the recently undertaken, HALP funded, numeracy pilot in which existing learning programmes have been registered for core skills with the SQA.