New funds added; Partners sought for an application; Representation channels; Free training
...also news on latest LSC changes, a new learner support practitioners qualification, case studies sought of good practice providers and others
Please circulate this to any other groups/networks/individuals who you feel could benefit from any of this news!
If you have a questions or enquiries about any of these news items, contact us and we will be pleased to either respond directly or find you someone who can help you more
New funds added
Go to our Funding page and scroll down to fund holder for more details of each of the below:
- Norfolk County Council - Holistic Voluntary Community Organisation and Social Enterprise Support and Progression tender
- BTCV are looking for partners for the Suffolk NHS - Integrated Healthy Lifestyles Service. Scroll down to this fund to find their details and the opportunities available to organisations to partner BTCV on this application
- NAVCA – contracting opportunities for third sector organisations to provide services to or on behalf of NAVCA
- Department of Culture, Media and Sport – digital, art and fashion apprenticeships
Representation channels
We will now be making available minutes and agendas to ‘key’ learning and skills regional and county meetings attended by representatives on your behalf, to allow you to contribute/receive information as appropriate. At present these ‘key meetings’ include Learn East, East of England Third Sector Learning and Skills Advisory Group, Norfolk Learning for Life Partnership and the county Employment and Skills Board. All this information will be made available on the Partnerships page and you will be signposted at the appropriate times.
A recent addition is the minutes of the East of England Third Sector Learning and Skills Advisory Group, 19/1/10. Brief summary: conversation around this new group and what it hopes to achieve; county updates; functional skills qualifications and; skills accounts. See Partnerships page for minutes.
Training
- Deaf awareness training in Gorleston during February
- Free two day training course for mentors delivered by ACER, run in Feb and March - booking form
- Free training on Functional Skills in the contexts of Foundation Learning, Diplomas & Apprenticeships
- Level 5 Awards in Developing Embedded Approaches to Literacy, Language & Numeracy for Teachers in the Lifelong Learning Sector
- Free ESOL Taster Courses January - March
Learner Support Practitioners
See here for an ACER presentation on a soon to be arriving Learner Support Practitioner qualification. This qualification will be ideal for people who provide support to learners led by a more qualified trainer in sessions. There will be funding for this coming soon, so watch this space!
Third Sector National Learning Alliance (TSNLA) case studies
Have you been recognised for good practice in learning provision? Have you been able to influence policy or practice? Have you developed innovative resources or provision or worked effectively with local or regional partners? The TSNLA is working on a toolkit aimed at those who will be commissioning learning provision in Local Authorities, the Skills Funding Agency and the Young People’s Learning Agency. See here for more details and here for entry template.
TSNLA support
The TSNLA is supporting third sector organisations in the transition from the LSC. See here for their latest bulletin covering handy updates on the Skills Funding Agency, the Young Peoples Learning Agency, Adult Advancement Careers Service and much more. There is also a dedicated TSNLA phone line to support third sector organisations with any queries regarding the switch over from the LSC to the SFA etc – 01225 792500.
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships scheme available until the end of March to provide an additional £2500 (on top of training costs already met by the National Apprenticeships Scheme) to organisations taking on 16 and 17 year old apprentices. See here for more details.
Community Learning Champions
See here for an update on the new Community Learning Champions programme and to see if and how you can get involved.
Date Added: February 1st 2010
