Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL) Program

The main aim of the WELL Program is to assist organisations to train workers in English language, literacy and numeracy skills. This funding is available on a competitive grants basis to organisations for English language and literacy training linked to job-related workplace training and is designed to help workers meet their current and future employment and training needs.

Funding is available for three types of projects - training projects, resource and strategic projects.

Training Projects

Funding for WELL training projects is available for organisations that have demonstrated a need for language, literacy and numeracy in the workplace.

Projects should target workers who need to improve their language, literacy and numeracy skills in order to remain or progress in employment (including avoiding displacement) and address participants’ employment and training needs.

Resource Projects

Funding for WELL Resources is available for the development and trialling of:

training materials designed to enhance language, literacy and numeracy skills that are aligned with endorsed Training Packages;
industry relevant language, literacy and numeracy assessment and reporting methods; and
professional development resources for industry trainers/assessors aligned with Training Packages.

Strategic Projects

WELL funding is available for projects that have national scope and involve strategic activities to support ongoing and cost effective workplace English, language, literacy and numeracy training across one or more industry sectors.

What's New

13 August 2008

WELL Training Promotional Materials are now available.

7 August 2008

New Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL) Program Training Guidelines (632.0 KB) now online .

All applications for Training projects received after 18 August 2008 MUST be written using this version of the Guidelines as the reference point.

2008 INNOVATIVES FUNDING ROUND HAS NOW CLOSED

For further information please see the 2008 Innovatives Funding Round You are now leaving the DEST website .

Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL) Conference 2008
‘Surfing outside the flags: catching waves, avoiding rips’
Surfers Paradise, October 2 to 4, 2008
Call for Presentations is open until June 10, 2008.
For further information please see the (ACAL) Conference 2008 You are now leaving the DEST website

APPRENTICES
From the 1st January, 2008, apprentices training in a nationally recognised area of skill shortage are eligible to access the WELL Program.

The full list of eligible Australian Apprenticeships is available Excel Sheet (106.0 KB)

Contact your state or territory office for further details.

FORMS UPDATE
Application forms and the Guidelines for WELL Training, Resource and Strategic projects have been updated. Please ensure that you use the current version or you will be asked to transfer the information to the correct format and re-submit your application.

To assist you:

A ‘Hints & Tips’ document covering each question on the WELL Training Application is available PDF PDF Document (66.9 KB, 6 pages) RTF RTF (139.8 KB, 6 pages)