Healthy, happy and wise:

The way forward for community-based adult learning

Conference

Thursday 13 December 2007

Venue: Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge,

London SE1 9DD

This year’s NIACE policy conference for local government looks at the future of community-based adult learning.

One decade on from the vision of the Learning Age, it’s a good time to look at achievements made and challenges encountered. Publicly funded community-based adult learning still survives, but big questions remain:

Is there a sustainable model for the future?

How well have we widened participation?
How much do learners have their say?
What shape is the curriculum in?
What balance are we striking between skills and wider learning?
What will the partnerships for Learning for Personal and Community Development (PCDL) bring?

Participants will be able to reflect on the place of community learning for its own sake and within the context of wider social agendas such as social cohesion, health, regeneration, families and our ageing population.

Consideration will be given to:

· how community-based adult learning should adapt and change in the next ten years

· How new forms of communication and leisure affect us all

· How adult learning might respond to the burning issues of the day –global warming, sustainability, faith and culture, one world and poverty, our ageing population

· the role of the voluntary sector

Participants will:

· take away updates about current developments and ideas

· gain insight into strategic and policy developments to inform forward thinking in their own organisation

· identify a range of policy issues on which partnership work can be extended.

Who would benefit from attending

People who are passionate about the transforming power of adult learning in the community and people who would like to know more about what adult learning can offer to individuals, families and communities including:

local government elected members, policy makers and managers
adult learning managers at all levels
college adult learning managers
faith organisations
health organisations, including voluntary sector organisations working on health
Local Strategic Partnerships and staff working on Local Area Agreements
managers of PCDL Partnerships and Learning Partnerships
national charities such as Age Concern and Citizens’ Advice working in communities
organisations from the voluntary sector and faith organisations
people working in regeneration, environment, children’s and adult services, extended schools
Regional Development Agencies and Government Offices
staff from the Learning and Skills Council

Arrival and registration is at 9:30am for a 10:00am start. The conference ends at 3:30pm.

Conference Fee: £198 per person

Event fee for the second attendee from the same organisation: £100

NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference and course fees

For further details and to reserve a place, look up:

http://www.niace.org.uk/conferences/Conferences.htm

Enquiries to Gurjit Kaur on 0116 204 2833

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