Happy New Year: Supporting learning and development in 2026

The start of a New Year often refocuses the mind, sparking us to consider our priorities and objectives for the months and years ahead. For many organisations, and individuals, these will include key learning and development goals. Supporting and promoting staff learning and development is essential for businesses, enabling them to build a skilled,...

Skills for Care campaign urges care workers to keep learning

Once again, Skills for Care have kicked off the New Year with their annual spotlight on learning and development, the Keep Learning campaign. Running throughout January and February, the 2026 spotlight campaign is focused on the message of ‘Keep learning to build your future,’ and explores the pivotal role of learning and development in...

Learning and development matters in social care

Skills for Care has launched its ‘Learning and development matters’ campaign to promote the benefits of training for those working in social care. Every January and February, the national workforce development charity repeats its campaign to urge adult social care managers and their teams to #KeepLearning. The annual campaign receives positive feedback from across...

Skills for Care offer guide to new Social Care Certificate qualification

Skills for Care have published a new webpage, specification and FAQ guide to the new Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification. The new Social Care Certificate qualification, which is due to launch in June of this year, is based on the existing Care Certificate standards. The specification for it has been developed by...

Skills for Care’s learning campaign returns for 2024

Skills for Care’s successful learning campaign is returning for 2024 to inspire social care workers to ‘Keep learning for success.’ The campaign first ran in January – March 2023 to highlight how ongoing learning and development is “absolutely vital” for social care staff at all levels, and is being repeated this January and February....