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Yorkshire and Humber December E-bulletin
Learning at Work Day 2010 - Planning WorkshopEarly in the New Year unionlearn* will be offering a series of workshops to assist ULRs and Project Workers to plan for 2010's Learning at Work day. The first one will be a follow-on session for those who attended the Learning at Work Day workshop at the ULR* conference in October so if you were one of those people, then please contact the unionlearn office on 0113 242 9296 or by e-mail to unionlearnyandh@tuc.org.uk and let us know which of the following would suit you best: January 12 afternoon We will run the session on the most popular choice from the responses we receive and a definite date and time will be sent to those who contact us. If you did not attend the workshop at the Conference don't worry, you haven't missed the boat - more sessions will be arranged so watch this space.... Supporting Learners (IAG) Event - Sharing Ways of Supporting Learners13 January 2010, 10:15 to 15:30; Leeds Cathedral Pastoral and Conference Centre, Wheeler Hall, Leeds This event will focus on the latest developments taking place on the Supporting Learners agenda and an update on the new Adult Advancement and Careers Service*. It will provide an opportunity to share approaches and good practice and will also look at regional initiatives that will help develop your Supporting Learners' work. Included in the event will be a chance to look at the new web-based Climbing Frame* and how it can help support ULRs work with learners as well as information about the new Quality Award* for careers and advice services. The event is aimed at union officers, education officers, ulrs, ULF project workers, regional fund manager/project workers, SSCs*, prime contractors, nextstep organisations and providers. If you would like to attend then please contact Gina Greenley at the unionlearn office on 0113 242 9296 or e-mail unionlearnyandh@tuc.org.uk by 22 December at the latest - please note places are limited so will be allocated on a first-c0me first-serve basis. Apprenticeships are Union Business - NEW training opportunities for union representativesEast Riding College and Leeds City College are running new TUC Education courses for union representatives aimed at helping develop their organisation and negotiation skills, in order to work with employers to establish high quality apprenticeship skills. The first dates are as follows: Apprenticeship Awareness 3 Fridays from 15 January Leeds City College Apprenticeship Mentoring 2 Fridays from 12 March East Riding College Leeds City College: 0113 216 2330; tustudies@leedscitycollege.ac.uk Festival of Learning EventsA host of diverse Festival of Learning events sponsored by unionlearn took place in Yorkshire and the Humber region in October. Just to pick out a small selection of the events to give you a flavour - there was a British Sign Language introductory session, a Graffiti art workshop, a Gospel singing workshop and a Salsa dancing workshop. You will be able to read reports on some of the events in forthcoming issues of our regional magazine but in the meantime you might like to see a snippet of the Salsa Dancing event which took place in Hull on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjBHSYQEnT0 Project Workers Meeting - 08 January 2010, TUC office, Park Place, LeedsOur first meeting of the New Year will take place in the unionlearn office 33 Park Place Leeds LS1 2RY on Friday 8th January, a formal agenda and papers will follow - but if there are any items you would like on the agenda please let us know. Please email ggreenley@tuc.org.uk .or telephone the unionlearn office. 0113 242 9296. Thank you and Merry Christmas! And a Happy New Year! To you all. Father Christmas joins the CWU!The idea of a Secret Santa to buy gifts for colleagues has been rising in recent years as a great way to help ensure the spirit of Christmas is not entirely lost from the UK's factories, shops and offices. But the CWU have taken this festive cheer to new heights, running a Secret Santa for the benefit of local disadvantaged children. Lead ULR Nigel Backhouse and Royal Mail Manager Lea Pedley have this year been running Barnardo's Secret Santa in partnership with the SPACE Learning Centre and the Mail Centre in Bradford. Local children in care homes are benefitting from the CWU and Royal Mail working together for a greater good. The idea began through a local contact with n Bernardo's who supplied the SPACE Centre with a list of names of children in care homes within the local area ranging from 3 months up to 17 years old. The idea was that they could put up a tree in the Bradford Mail Centre with gift tags on it with the children's names, ages, and genders. Members of staff were then encouraged to take a tag and buy an appropriate present for the child and then bring it back wrapped and drop it off in the collection point. 'The response was fantastic from the Management and staff within the Mail Centre', says Nigel, 'and we managed to provide 135 gifts all for children in care homes within the local area as well as raising £250 from selling green pin badges and a raffle. 'The event has brought the spirit of Christmas into the work place as well as helping us in raising the awareness and the profile of the Learning Centre. The event has been that well supported that we are now planning on making it an annual event.' Donations can be given via the link below: http://www.barnardos.org.uk/donate.htm Donate by post Your donation will ensure that we provide the necessary help to children affected by poverty, abuse and disability. It can help transform the lives of children in need. Please send us your gift by cheque made payable to Barnardo's, mailed to the following address: Barnardo's Briefing document (1,100 words) issued 17 Dec 2009  Unionlearn invitation to tender - Learner Research The Learning Rep magazine - Summer 2010 John Hayes, skills minister, presents Quality Awards |
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