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The Skills Builder Partnership

“Individuals with higher levels of essential skills are less likely to be unemployed, or out of work and education… For the most disadvantaged in our society, essential skills in a portfolio with basic skills are associated with social mobility and escaping the Skills Trap.”    Data from the Essential Skills Tracker 2023

The Skills Builder Partnership exists so that, one day, everyone will build the essential skills to succeed.

Essential skills as those highly transferable skills that almost everyone needs to do almost every job.  These are listening, speaking, problem solving, creativity, staying positive, aiming high, leadership and teamwork.  They unlock learning in the classroom and halve the likelihood of being out of work, increasing earnings across a lifetime.  They even boost wellbeing and life satisfaction.

But access to these skills isn’t fair.  And where they are missed, it undermines social mobility, productivity and wellbeing.  We think everyone, at every stage of their lives, should have the opportunities to build them. The Skills Builder Universal Framework makes it possible for everyone to teach, learn, and measure essential skills.

In this session, Tom Varley, Lead Associate for Inclusion at the Skills Builder Partnership will provide members with an opportunity to learn more about the Skills Builder Universal Framework and how this supports all individuals to reflect upon, apply, learn and measure progression in essential skill development.

Tom will share some of the research data behind the importance in these skills in education, employment and wider life outcomes.  He will also look at examples of best practice from a range of settings, as well as providing members with the opportunity to explore some of the free-to-access tools and resources to build essential skills in an inclusive way for all individuals.

This session is will give members an overview of the framework and some useful ideas and tools to take back and apply in their own practice.  It is intended for everyone with an interest in building and developing their own and/or others’ essential skills, including employment officers, training providers, apprenticeship managers and individuals doing this individually and/or with support.

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Part of the BASE Members -only,  Lunch & Learn Sessions we're delighted to host Phil Wade, founder of Breaking Cycles CIC to speak about ADHD: Motivation & Working Patterns.

Phil is passionate about cycling and the positive effect it has on physical and mental health and so he created Breaking Cycles in August 2019 to share his passion for 2 wheels and positive behaviour change with others. 

His background is education and he has expertise and qualifcations in neurolinguistic programming, cycle training , MTB leadership & teaching

During this session Phil will cover general information about ADHD, what (the current theories suggest) happens in the brain, how it impacts behaviour and motivation and common coping strategies. He will create as much opportunity as possible for people to ask questions about his own experiences of ADHD.

This session is suitable for anyone working with people with ADHD as an employer, educator, work coach, co-worker etc.

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We're delighted to announce that the BASE 2023 Conference, will take place in Leicester 14th-15th November at Mercure's The Grand.

Building upon the amazing energy of our 2022 conference, we will continue to celebrate the amazing work that is happening across our BASE community, share best practice and learn together.

Sponsorship

The principal 2023 conference sponsor is Inclusive Trading CIC, however we're still seeking further sponsors. 

Find more information in our sponsorship brochure or on our conference page .

BASE Awards

We've refreshed the awards and added some new categories.... check out our 2023 Awards Page for more info 

Delegate Only  Prices 

Member £300 + VAT

Workshop Presenter £240 +vat 

Non-member £500 +vat 

Exhibitor & Delegate Package 

Non-members £650 + VAT includes 1 delegate place

Members £450+ VAT including 1 delegate place 

Visit our conference page for details of speakers and workshops and to book your place.