Adult Skills Framework 2025-2029

The areas we would be interested in commissioning are: ● Access to apprenticeships/pre-apprenticeship support ● Basic Skills, ESOL and ICT ● Bespoke pre-employment training and recruitment for major recruitment ● Condition Management ● Employment Skills ● Employment Support ● Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) ● In work support 6 months ● Money Management ● Work experience/Volunteering ● Moving to Net Zero (Green Skills) Target groups • Unemployed for 6 months plus • People with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities • Economically inactive • People with poor mental health • ESA Claimants Progression outcomes ● Individual action plans ● Progress toward work ● Improved skills ● Improved qualifications ● Work experience ● Improved health/wellbeing ● Improved confidence ● Sustained/ Job outcomes ● Progression into apprenticeship

The areas we would be interested in commissioning are: ● IAG/ career planning ● Basic skills ESOL and ICT ● Money management ● Job specific skills/qualifications ● Access to Apprenticeships ● Sector specific pre-employment training programmes or tasters for career change, e.g. construction multi-skills, ● Up-skilling for change e.g. retrofit skills for construction, digital or ICT, green technology skills ● Sector specific ESOL ● Self-employment/ starting a business ● Moving to Net Zero (Green Skills) Target groups o Below London Living Wage (LLW) o Part-time/insecure workers o Lone parents/parents o No qualification or low qualifications o UC Claimants o At risk of redundancy o Older workers 50+ o ESOL for work o Sector specific e.g. construction, green skills Progression outcomes ● Job outcome ● Individual action plans ● Increase in hours, ● Improved job security or pay - LLW ● Improved skills ● Improved confidence ● Qualifications achieved ● Progress to further learning/apprenticeship ● Business start-up/self-employment

Lot 3 Intended Commissioning opportunities ● 1st Steps ESOL ● Basic Digital/ ICT Skills ● Targeted outreach ● Horticulture skills and projects ● Cultural and creative skills and projects including craft and arts ● Partnership with Community and Voluntary Sector ● Targeted Family Learning ● Starting a business/social enterprise or community business ● Support for health, physical activity and well-being - e.g. healthy eating, food and cooking, mindfulness, condition management. ● Moving to Net Zero (Green Skills) Target groups (People living with) • Social housing estates • Deprived areas • Children's Centres • BAME groups • Learning Difficulties and or Disabilities • Mental health • Vulnerable groups • Domestic abuse • Elderly • Substance abuse • Homeless • Long term health conditions • Carers Progression outcomes ● Reduced social isolation ● Improved skills ● Improved confidence ● Improved access to services ● Projects benefitting and involving communities ● Improved health/well being ● Reduced child obesity/improved healthy eating ● Volunteering ● Job outcomes ● Progression to further learning ● Businesses/community enterprises Programme/ and or specific elements can be accredited or certificated.