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"€1 billion available for actions under Grudtvig programme. Call for proposals 13/11/2009 First deadline: January 16th 2010 Part of the EU's Lifelong Learning Programme, Grundtvig aims to increase participation in adult education, improve co-operation between adult education organisations, and ensure that the socially excluded have access to education - especially those who left education without basic qualifications. Grundtvig supports the following actions: * Visits, placements, adult education exchanges and preparation visits needed to plan exchanges * Learning Partnerships * Multilateral projects for improving adult education systems through development and transfer of innovation and good practice * Networks of experts and organisations developing adult education spreading good practice and supporting partnerships Multilateral projects, Networks, and Accompanying measures are financed directly by the Commission. The first deadline for proposals for Grundtvig actions is January 16th 2010. See the full call for proposals. All other actions are financed (in the UK) via Ecotec. See the Ecotec guidance on how to apply for Grundtvig funding. "

This fab link just sent to me by Rachel! - Children and Young people network. Could you join? - find out more...

Our local learning partnership's webpages

Three Rivers Learning partnership www - for info

Eliz what we were discussing about grass roots documentaries! - the real Slum dog millionaire budgets of $0.00 but a Zillion tons of energy, good will and dedication

Founded in 1963, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) is a charitable organisation that acts as an umbrella body for organisations working with children and young people in England & Northern Ireland. Through working in partnership, sharing knowledge, resources and services we have created a powerful, authoritative and influential voice to improve the lives of children and young people.

This is a partnership Charity Volunteer group with the Klevis Kola Foundation which has been set up a group of Medical students from St Georges Hospital in Tooting London SW17 (which was STAR (Student Action for Refugees & Asylum Seekers) - STAR has been going for over 7 yrs - and Body action Campaign (our Charity) has been working alongside them for the past 6 years providing film, animation, editing, & puppetry workshops - Chris Hands (Chair of the board of Trustees for Klevis Kola - told me about tonight (25th Feb 09) - If any gap year students - or passionate volunteers-want to take part in - by working with the children in Morocco - get in touch (Speaking French or Arabic is really helpful) - you can sign up on the site & talk to other volunteers who have been working there and get the low down!

The word was lobbying!

'Young people and their information needs in the context of the information society' Strasbourg, 1st October 2007 PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN ERYICA AND THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE Colloquy Council of Europe/ERYICA "The future of youth information in Europe" 26-27 November 2007 European Youth Centre Budapest 'Young people and their information needs in the context of the information society' Document prepared for: Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe /European Agency for Youth Information and Counselling 'Colloquy on youth information' - Budapest, November 2007 Author: Neil Selwyn, London Knowledge Lab, UK [n.selwyn@ioe.ac.uk]

FSI's principle objective is to work in partnership to learn, share learning and help build long-term sustainability and capacity in the Third Sector. We do so by delivering or creating the resources small not-for-profit organisations need to develop to have a greater impact on those they are set up to support.

Next Generation User Skills: Working, Learning and Living Online in 2013 Posted on December 20, 2008 by Colin Harrison Sero Consulting, based in Sheffield, have produced a report for Digital 2010 (now Digital 2020 the regional digital skills partnership for Yorkshire & Humber) & the Scottish Qualifications Authority on next gneration user skills (NGUS) and how well they are covered by our current qualifications. The report written by David Kay (Project Leader), Bob McGonigle, Walter Patterson and Barbara Tabbiner is a fascinating analysis.

"First Figures for DWP Volunteer Brokerage Scheme 30/10/2009 As reported in Third Sector magazine, nearly 2,400 unemployed people have completed volunteering placements in the first five months of the £8m volunteer brokerage scheme being run by environmental charity BTCV for the Department for Work and Pensions. The scheme, which began in April this year, has a target of matching 34,000 jobseekers with volunteering placements within two years. A DWP spokeswoman said the department had no monthly targets, but expected the numbers to rise significantly in future months and did not intend to alter the overall target. The scheme is being run by BTCV in partnership with volunteering charities Volunteering England, CSV and v. BTCV said 1,128 of the 2,365 placements were arranged by BTCV itself and the rest by its partner charities. "

This fund might be worth exploring for our joint project......if successful, it would give us funding to explore everything we discussed in detail......before actually delivering workshops. What do you think?

Hi Eliz, I've moved it to the joint Collab Group between CLP & CfL - where we can hold discussion separately. Thanks for the fab find ;-)

A free PDF guide to working with the public sector a.k.a. councils to deliver the to the local outcomes within the social agenda - Local Area plans etc.,