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Adult Learners Week 2010

 

Adult Learners Week 15th May to 21st May 2010

Outlined on this webpage will be the developments within Branches in the Region for Adult Learners Week 2010.

Also, included in this webpage will be details of Funding Streams that will support the events that Branches will be engaged with.

To ensure that you and your Branch are prepared for Adult Learners Week contact Phil Kemp for further advice and guidance.

St Edmundsbury Borough Council Branch

Outlined here is a good example of a recent Adult Learning Event that took place in October 2009 held with the St Edmundsbury Borough Council, organised by the local Unison Learner Rep - Craig Young.

Extract from the Unison Norfolk and Suffolk Team Newsletter

"Learning was top of the agenda for members at St Edmundsbury Borough Council Branch during 6 – 8 October 2009 and UNISON were in the forefront of this initiative. Tracey Butcher went along to support the Branch at their recruitment stand at West Suffolk House and accompanied Craig Young on one of his depot visits!
 
Craig, the Branch’s Life Long Learning Representative organised a very successful event, in conjunction with the employer, providing various learning events at the new West Suffolk House, Bury St Edmunds, from ballroom dancing to the history of the Abbey Gardens! All staff were encouraged to be involved in this learning initiative, with Craig making sure that all the council depots were visited. These visits encouraged a number of our members to give thought to the training and education available, and what would benefit them, both inside and outside work, which resulted in many signing up for training courses.

This event gave the UNISON Branch the opportunity to promote training but also the benefits of being a member of UNISON. Further recruitment events are to be organised early in the New Year, again supported by the N&S Team."

 

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