Empowering People • Unlocking Potential • Impacting Lives

When it was incorporated in 2006, ACT Training Services provided training to long-term unemployed people, empowering them to build skills and secure sustainable employment. Over the years, we have trained just under 15,000 people, with 60% of them moving into employment or entrepreneurship within 6 months of completing the programme.

In 2014, we developed the Pocket Learner system, which has become our flagship programme.  Since then, we have focused on producing and distributing these innovative educational resources, which have won multiple awards and impacted the lives of several families caring for children with special educational needs in the UK and other countries.  The system is geared at building vocabulary, as well as promoting reading and numeracy skills.  These unique materials can be tailored, based on the learning needs of the child or young adult; they can be used independently or with the parent/carer.

Why we are needed
Parents of learning disabled children are often frustrated due to the lack of resources and options for their children.  This community is often left behind and faces exclusion, and parents are often left frustrated and exhausted.  Our resources alleviate the associated stress on these families, as the materials promote achievement and raise aspirations.  

Our impact
Over the years, we have consistently accessed funding to offer the Pocket Learner to hundreds of families in six London Boroughs. We have supported families on and offline so that they can successfully utilise the materials. Our parents' workshops have been particularly successful, serving as forums for sharing information, peer support, personal development and empowerment.  Also worthy of mention is the positive impact on mental health and welfare of families caring for children and young people with special educational needs.