Move On Up

Poor literacy, numeracy and language skills are a key barrier to many children and young people in care achieving their full potential. Some foster carers would also welcome the opportunity to brush up these skills themselves, to give them the confidence to:

• support the skills development of the children and young people in their care
• take the foster carers' training and NVQ qualifications

Move On Up is a DfES funded project that offers organisations a positive, practical approach and resources to encourage people to brush up their English and maths skills and get national qualifications. It offers foster care organisations a way of encouraging foster carers to join the thousands of adults who are recognising the benefits of improving their skills and getting qualified.

People who have the internet can learn independently in their own homes on the Move On Learner Route at www.move-on.org.uk, find their nearest test centre and take the one hour literacy or one and a quarter hour numeracy test, either on screen or on paper.

Want to know more?

Visit the Move On Up website at www.move-on.org.uk