It would be impossible to name everyone who has contributed to the writing and production of this Guide. However, the following deserve a special mention.

We are grateful to the learners whose photographs speak of their involvement in, and contribution to, the Skills for Life agenda. They are: Colleen Baird, Chase Brown, Kayleigh Burgin, Amy Cliff, Terrie Dunning, Garry Hickman, David Osborne and Hanspal Singh, among others.

We also thank the provider staff, teachers and trainers who appear in the Guide. They are: Sue Fletcher, Sharon Gibbs, Dawn Gibson, Dave Gowan, Jon Mace, Lesley Oldershaw, Verity Peace, Aimee Robinson, Jeremy Scorer, Graham Varley, Neil Whittemore and Steve Zaparaniuk, among others.

We also thank the provider staff, teachers, trainers and managers who have contributed to the Guide through case studies.

A special thank-you to Merillie Vaughan-Huxley OBE, Richard Goss and Elaine Beckford for their expert advice.

Merillie Vaughan-Huxley OBE assisted the Skills for Life Strategy Unit in the production of this Guide.

Ken Towner took the photographs.

WRITER BIOGRAPHY

Marilyn Hartwell started as a linguist and ESOL teacher, then became a neighbourhood worker in the inner city, followed by 6 years as a community education teacher working across 100 square miles of the Peak District, organising provision that included innovative work in literacy and numeracy and the creation of an access group and a rural deprivation forum. For the past 10 years she has specialised in work-based learning, initially working with unemployed people, but also helping businesses of all types and sizes to identify the learning needs of their staff and implement staff development programmes. She now works as a consultant; helping learning providers improve their provision and helping employers to unlock the potential of their staff, particularly through the use of coaching and mentoring and through promoting equal opportunities. She is also involved in the quality assurance of work-based learning, both as an external verifier and an inspector.

THE RAISING STANDARDS SERIES

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Adult and Community Learning

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: E-learning

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Embedded Learning

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Family Learning

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Further Education Colleges

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision Jobcentre Plus Programmes

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: The Juvenile Secure Estate for Young People Aged 15-17

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Offenders Supervised in the Community by the National Probation Service

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Prisons

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Voluntary and Community Sector

A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Young Offender Institutions for Young People Aged 18-21