Welcome to the North West PDAS website - a site designed to support, employers and professionals engaged in Skills for Life training and development in the North West and people interested in training to be a Skills for Life Tutor.

The site is supported by the Fusion Network - a partnership that brings together the Further Education Colleges with key agencies including Business Link, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and Jobcentre Plus, to improve responsiveness to business and community needs and extend the range of training and support available in the region.

This web-site is designed to bring together information about training and initiatives with training resources useful to tutors working to support individuals develop their skills in literacy and numeracy.

We hope you will find the information useful - if you can't find the information you need please contact us.

This project is supported by the European Social Fund (ESF).

• Signposting to Skills for Life professional development resources and courses (including initial teacher training), course search facility and route map