Who Has Signed Up to the Skills Pledge?
The Skills Pledge is a voluntary, public commitment by the leadership of an organisation to support all its employees to develop their basic skills, including literacy and numeracy, and work towards relevant, valuable qualifications to at least
Level 2.
The purpose is to ensure that all staff are skilled, competent and able to make a full contribution to the success of the organisation. On 5 November 2007, North West Employers and the Learning and Skills Council launched the support package for authorities that sign up to the Skills Pledge.
To date, the following organisations have signed up to the Skills Pledge:
- Blackburn-with-Darwen Borough Council
- Blackpool Council
- Bolton Council
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
- Carlisle City Council
- Halton Borough Council
- Knowsley Council
- Lancashire County Council
- Liverpool City Council
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Manchester City Council
- Merseytravel
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Salford City Council
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- St Helens
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
- Warrington Borough Council
- Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Wyre Borough Council
For more information about signing up, e-mail us at
Skills Pledge.