The Vital Link is run by The Reading Agency in partnership with the National Literacy Trust
Learner
support case studies
The case studies below show how libraries are developing
partnerships with Skills for Life tutors to support adults'
learning and help them move on.
Family Literacy (Word
document)
Cumbria Library service and Cumbria Adult Education Service,
July 2005
- Courses and targeted resources for families in libraries,
with learning outreach to rural communities via the Library
service Access mobile.
Basic skills tutor in the
library (Word document)
Bath & North East Somerset customer Service Libraries
and Bath & North East Somerset Adult and community Education
Service, June 2005
- Improving access for learners through a basic skills
worker in the library and an outreach collection at a
training centre.
Read-Write-Plus-Hull
(Word document)
Hull Libraries and Read-Write-Plus-Hull, June 2005
A Skills for Life staff development and resource centre
located in Hull Central Library acts as the hub of a Skills
for Life practitioner network.
Newcastle upon Tyne
(Word document)
Newcastle upon Tyne provide accredited courses on library
premises in partnership with other providers, either using
external tutors or employing library staff who have trained
and qualified in learner support as sessional tutors.