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The Really Useful Book of Learning and Earning (RUBLE) for Young Adult Carers – Third edition

RUBLE is aimed at young adults (aged 16-25) in England who are looking after somebody else. This third edition is full of new and up-to-date useful information about looking after your health and wellbeing, job hunting, housing, health services, learning, working and volunteering, and money management.

Worklessness, welfare and social housing – A report for the National Housing Federation

This research explores the characteristics of those out of work and receiving benefits in social housing, and examines what works in supporting social housing residents into work.

Supporting young adult carers in the workplace: A guide for employers

This aims to help employers provide support for young adult carers to gain and stay in work. It includes practical information, resources and case studies,

Supporting students with caring responsibilities

This resource helps further education colleges to gain a greater understanding of the challenges that this group of students face and how they can be better supported to remain and succeed in further education.

Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2015

The headline findings from the 2015 Adult Participation in Learning Survey. It was conducted by NIACE (now part of Learning and Work Institute).

Sector-focussed traineeships

Commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, we researched how the flexibility of the traineeship programme is currently being tailored to meet the requirements of particular sectors of the economy.

Armed Forces Basic Skills Longitudinal Study

The Armed Forces Basic Skills Longitudinal Study shows how a large employer has successfully put English and maths at the heart of its support for the development of the skills of its staff.

Work, Society and Lifelong Literacy: Report of the inquiry into adult literacy in England

Ten years after the introduction of the Skills for Life Strategy, which aimed to improve the literacy, language and numeracy skills of 2.25 million adults by 2010, NIACE launched an independent inquiry into the state of adult literacy in England.

Future Jobs Fund

The FJF was introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions in 2009 as a response to significant concerns about the long-term effects of rising youth unemployment. This report summarises the benefits and areas for improvement.

Numeracy Counts: Committee of Inquiry on Adult Numeracy Learning

The findings of the independent Inquiry into Adult Numeracy showed that being numerate and understanding when and where to use maths is a vital part of being able to function as citizens, parents, employers or employees and entrepreneurs.