About This Publication
Funded by the Skills for Life Strategy Unit and developed by the Basic Skills Agency at NIACE, ‘Skills for Grandparents’ informs the rollout of family literacy, language and numeracy (FLLN) programmes for grandparents, particularly those aged 35–50, with gaps in their literacy, language and/or numeracy skills.
The ‘Skills for Grandparents’ programme will
The ‘Skills for Grandparents’ programme will
improve the language, literacy and/or numeracy skills of
learners who are grandparents;
extend grandparents’ skills in supporting their grandchildren’s
developing communication, language, literacy and/or numeracy skills;
provide progression routes for grandparents returning to
learning and employment.
This CD:
provides local authorities with support strategies for making
improvements in FLLN for grandparents;
incorporates the overall aim of raising standards of
economically valuable skills in the workplace;
provides mainstream modular courses into family programmes.