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GO Award: developing skills for life in your organisation

Local government employs more than two million people, of which an estimated 11 per cent struggle with literacy and 40 per cent with numeracy. This is a personal frustration for the individuals, which can have a negative effect on productivity and service delivery for communities.

Local Government Improvement and Development's Get On (GO) Award framework helps councils and fire and rescue services to address the challenge of adult literacy and numeracy. The framework supports them to embed a culture of learning in the organisation as a whole, and develop the skills of the workforce in order to deliver better, more efficient services.

These web pages provide a range of resources for councils and fire and rescue services working towards embedding skills for life in their organisations and achieving the GO Award. The GO Award consists of a three stage process, described in the following sections.

If you can't find the information you're looking for in the sections below, email your query to:

go.award@local.gov.uk

 

In this section

• Stage 1: committing to the GO Award Last updated 20 July 2010

  All organisations participating in the GO Award process must first have senior level buy-in. Have senior managers and political leaders in your organisation made the commitment to the GO Award process?

• Stage 2: achieving the GO Award Last updated 20 July 2010

  To achieve the full GO Award, your organisation must create an action plan demonstrating how you will drive forward and improve skills for life in the workforce. Are you writing your action plan, or ready to submit it for approval?

• Stage 3: achieving GO excellence Last updated 20 July 2010

  An organisation that achieves GO excellence has successfully implemented its GO award action plan and is intent on continuing to achieve high standards in developing skills for life in the workplace.

• GO award FAQs Last updated 20 July 2010

  Read our frequently asked questions for more information about the GO awards.

• Celebrating success Last updated 16 July 2010

  A list of the organisations that have achieved the GO award or GO excellence.

• GO award and skills for life useful links and resources Last updated 7 April 2010

  A list of useful web links related to the GO award and skills for life initiative.

• North West local government skills award Last updated 4 March 2010

  The North West local government skills award is administered by the North West Employers’ Organisation (NWEO). Through this councils in the North West of England can achieve recognition for demonstrating a strategic approach to workforce.