Background & Funding

Background

Work on the TSNLA began in 2006 through a partnership between the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) and the UK Workforce Hub. They were soon joined by a group of voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations acting as an informal Steering Group. The founding members were: National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA), UK Workforce Hub, Foyer Federation, Learning Curve, Federation of Community Development Learning (FCDL), Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Forum, NIACE, and Lancashire Learning Consortium.

A national consultation exercise conducted by NIACE on behalf of the Steering Group overwhelmingly endorsed the idea of a strong, national 'voice' for Third Sector providers. 

Funding

Having had its first year as an independent organisation the TSNLA now draws its funding from membership fees and project funding. Currently in 2011 we are working with LSIS to support their New Ways of Working initiative - through targeted communications and strategic partnership.

We have also been working with LSIS on the Strategic Dialogues project - gathering sector perspectives in order to support LSIS in developing their support programmes.