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Comic Relief fund; Two excellent sites compiling current tenders and grants; NU steering group; teaching literacy course; other news

Please circulate this to any other group/network/individual who you feel could benefit from any of this news!  

New funds added

• Comic Relief - £1,000 - £10,000. 50% of projects to support sporting activities - many thanks to Norwich City College for alerting us to this.
• Local authorities - all tenders released collated onto one EU website.
• Breckland Council - an excellent site for voluntary and community sector/third sector groups.  A variety of Breckland specific but also nationally available grants as searchable under a range of subject areas.
• Radical Routes - loans for co-operatives working for social change.
• DCSF research x2 (parental behaviours and school achievement and; map children's homes provision).

See Funding page for more information on on any of these items.

Norfolk Unites steering group  

If you would like to be involved in the work of Norfolk Unites, we are still taking applications until Friday 27th November to be members of the Norfolk Unites steering group.  Apart from an initial meeting, there is no time commitment aside from offering input at various 'decision points' and generally being a champion for the work of Norfolk Unites - e.g. spreading the word where appropriate.  If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact us.

Teaching literacy course 

The Norfolk Learning Partnership is pleased to be able to offer the very successful Introduction to teaching Literacy 2 day programme in February 2010. See flyer - please circulate to anyone you feel may be interested in the programme.  See here for booking form. There is no cost for the course and it is likely that this will be the last of its kind until the new structures are known.

Embedding teaching and learning course

Please find attached a flyer and booking form for Exploring active Approaches to Embedded Teaching and Learning to be held at ACER (St. Ives) on 4 December 2009.  The day (£40 per delegate) will run from 10 am – 3.30 pm (refreshments from 9.30 am) you will received joining instructions nearer the time.

National Commissioning Framework open for consultation

From April 2010, responsibility for securing enough suitable education and training provision for all young people, including those aged 16-19, young people up to age 25 where a learning difficulty assessment is in place, and young offenders in youth custody, will pass from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to local authorities.

The draft National Commissioning Framework (NCF) has been developed by the DCSF and the LSC in consultation with stakeholders to describe the overall process for planning, commissioning and funding education and training provision by local authorities following the transfer. Following the open consultation the NCF will be reviewed and revised, and will be published, subject to legislation, in April 2010 by the Young People’s Learning Agency (YPLA) as part of their statutory guidance. The consultation runs until 17:00 on 5 February 2010.

The National Commissioning Framework (NCF) aims to set out the core systems for planning, commissioning, procuring and funding for the education and training for 16-19 year olds, young people up to age 25 where a learning difficulty assessment is in place, and young offenders in youth custody.

Date Added: November 18th 2009