Provision for the Unemployed
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About Provision for the Unemployed...
Skills for Sustainable Growth, the Government’s strategy for skills published in November 2010 sets out a clear responsibility for the Government to ensure that everyone has the skills they need to access employment and participate in civil society. For both economic and social reasons it is essential that those without employment are helped to gain the right skills to find sustainable work with the opportunity to progress, and that employers have access to skilled labour to help their businesses succeed.
The Skills Funding Agency is responsible for ensuring the availability of appropriate skills provision to priority customer groups and works closely with Jobcentre Plus to identify the people who could most benefit from support. Funding is focussed on those individuals in receipt of state benefit and who are seeking employment.
Colleges and training organisations use their Adult Skills Budget to respond to the needs of their local communities including the unemployed. In order to recognise the efforts that colleges and training organisations put in to working with this group of potential learners, the Skills Funding Agency will be introducing Job Outcome Incentive Payments.
Information relating to the Programmes for the Unemployed recession measures and other previous programmes is available on the UK Government web archive. All related guidance documents can be found in the Skills Funding Agency publication archive.
