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- Launch of the Leicestershire Public Service Compact
- Adult Learners' Week 2008
- Learning in the Community Newsletter
- Current Projects helping to engage adults into learning and work
- Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived communities (NLDC) Project 2006/07
- Family Learning in Leicester Shire

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Launch of the Leicestershire Public Service Compact
Wednesday 12th March, National Space Centre, Leicester 


  

 

On Wednesday 12th March, over 70 delegates attended the Launch, at the National Space Centre, in Leicester. Rebecca Rhodes, the Skills Director - Sectors, from the LSC National Office, gave a national perspective on how the work of the Compacts across the region are supporting the national and regional agendas. Mickey Burke shared the achievements of the West Midlands PSC, of which has been in place for a number of years. Howard Robinson, the Chair of the PSC, gave an overview of the many achievements of the Leicestershire Compact and invited attendees to suggest important areas
to focus collaborative work and to make a formal commitment to the Compact.
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Adult Learners Week 2008
Join us in this years' national celebration, to encourage adults to participate in learning to improve their skills for work and pleasure. This year NIACE have introduced a new resource called 'Event in a Box', which includes a range of promotional materials to support your event. Visit www.alw.org.uk to order promotional items and to add your events onto the Online Calendar.   

The LLCLP will be supporting Cultural Diversity Weekend events across the city and county. If you would like to organise an event for ALW, please call Rebecca Bridges on 0116 232 5147 or email rbridges@llclp.org.uk for details.

NIACE Awards - As always, the NIACE Regional and National Awards take place in May. The closing date for entries has now closed.

 




10 Brand New Quick Reads Available Now!


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Learning in the Community Newsletter
Next round of Local District Learning Forum meetings and useful news and updates.
> click here for latest issue

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Current Projects in Leicester Shire helping to support the engagement of adults into Learning and Work

If your organisation is running a project which you would like to share on this website, please let us know the name of your agency, the project name, contact details for referrals, the nature of the activity and aim, eligibility criteria/target group, geographic spread and the duration of the project. > Click here for current project list

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Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities Project 2006/07

Following the success of the NLDC projects in the City and County, a Showcase event was held in November, to draw project leaders together, to celebrate the achievements of the recent run of projects and to discuss the lessons learned and the way forward.

NLDC 2006/07 Evaluation Report
An evaluation report is now available, to share the successes of the 
various projects which took place in priority areas in both the city and county.
Each project was focused around preparing local people to enter the labour market and the transition into sustainable employment.  Activities ranged from engaging adults in learning, health and wellbeing, arts and crafts, computing, community empowerment, life skills and skills for working in care and with specific hard to reach groups.
> Click here to download the report (pdf)

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Family Learning in Leicester Shire 


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Find out all you need to know about Family Learning, i.e. how and why it works, who provides family learning in Leicester Shire and how it impacts on the Local Area Agreements and national learning agendas; through a presentation produced by the LLCLPs Family Learning Partnership
> Click here to view presentation (ppt)