Updates: New funds; Skills for Life PTLLS and support; Worklessness conference; Other news

Range of new funds and partnership opportunities added, please see full news item

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New funds added

See our Funding page for new funds: (DCSF) to guide schools on gender related underachievement; (NAVCA) working with offenders and their families; (CWDC) evaluating the Integrated Qualification Framework for the children's workforce and its impact upon children and young people; (Nominet) internet projects supporting perceived disadvantaged groups; (Campaign for Learning) Family learning festivals; (LSIS) Flexibility and innovation fund; (UK Border Agency) - 4 strands of projects supporting migrant integration: ESOL and citizenship training, research, policy and training for local government, volunteering to aid integration.

PTLLS courses

If you work in Skills for Life, GY college can offer a free PTLLS course.  See here for more information.

Worklessness conference

This conference in Norwich in October is specifically looking at effective ways that housing services can contribute to tackling worklessness and increase access to employment and skills opportunities for socially excluded and disadvantaged people.  It will showcase the work of the trailblazer LEAP programme in Norwich and relate this to other models on a local and national level. Please contact Barry Allard for further information.

Support for delivering Skills for Life

The new LSIS Skills for Life Support Programme offers you an integrated and cohesive programme to enable you to improve quality in Skills for Life provision and increase your organisational capacity for self-improvement. See here for more information.

Learning report launched

The Learning Through Life report has been recently launched, an independent Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning, including: the first authoritative and coherent strategic framework for lifelong learning in the UK for the next 10-15 years; an overview of the current state of learning in the UK; radical recommendations for long term change. To order a copy, please follow this link.

REfLECT and teacher training status events

Please find attached details of two short training sessions in London for anyone who feels they would benefit from more input on how to record CPD using REfLECT and how to apply for ATLS/QTLS.

LSIS New Provider Workshops

The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) is holding a series of one-day workshops focusing on a variety of quality improvement topics for current LSC providers and potential providers. Details

Date Added: September 24th 2009