Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS)
Learning and Skills Network (LSN)
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
North Yorkshire Learning Consortium (NYLC)
Open College Network Yorkshire and Humber Region (OCNYH)
South Yorkshire Voluntary and Community Sector Training Consortium (VCTrain)
The Assessment Centre for Voluntary Organisations (ACVO)
The Federation for Community Development Learning (FCDL)
The Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber
The Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Skills Partnership
VCS National Learning Alliance (VCS Learning Links)
West Yorkshire Learning Consortium (WYLC)
Yorkshire and Humber Learning Consortia
North Yorkshire Learning Consortium (NYLC)
Information, representation, development and funding for small and large organisations that provide learning opportunities in North Yorkshire and York.
www.nylc.co.uk
South Yorkshire Voluntary and Community Sector Training Consortium (VC Train)
Aims to support and enable voluntary and community sector learning providers in Yorkshire and Humberside to access funding, develop their capacity and achieve high standards of quality and performance in meeting the needs of learners and in tackling disadvantage and advancing equity and social inclusion.
www.vctrain.org
West Yorkshire Learning Consortium (WYLC)
WYLC is a voluntary sector infrastructure organisation. WYLC work to promote learning and skills in West Yorkshire
Regional Agencies
Assessment Centre for Voluntary Organisations (ACVO)
The Assessment Centre for Voluntary Organisations is committed to delivering high quality development, assessment and accreditation opportunities based on national occupational standards in a format that is relevant and compatible with the needs of the voluntary and community sector.
http://www.acvo.co.uk/
Federation for Community Development Learning (FCDL)
The FCDL supports a network for individuals, organisations and groups interested in community learning and to share information and good training practice. They produce regular training bulletins and training resources, and support special interest groups, including Ubuntu for Black community development workers and activists, the Accreditation Group and the Disability Issues Group.
www.fcdl.org.uk
Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber
The Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber works with organisations across the region to deliver Government policies and programmes and to feed back the region's views to central Government, reflecting priorities at regional and local level to inform policy development.
www.gos.gov.uk/goyh
Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
The LSC is a non-departmental public body responsible for planning and funding high quality education and training for everyone in England other than those in universities. Their goal is to improve the skills of England's young people and adults to ensure we have a workforce of world-class standard.
www.lsc.gov.uk
Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS)
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service is the new sector owned body, formed from CEL and QIA to develop excellent and sustainable FE provision across the sector. LSIS will work in partnership with all parts of the sector to provide vision, leadership, clarity and high quality support; practising and enabling continuous self improvement and capacity building.
Open College Network Yorkshire and Humber Region (OCNYH)
The Open College Network supports learning and widens opportunity by recognising achievement through credit based courses and qualifications, promoting social inclusion, wider participation and community transformation. The OCNYHR is a networking organisation, licensed by the National Open College Network (NOCN) to provide local accreditation and access to national qualifications to learning providers Membership includes Voluntary and Community Organisations, and other adult and community learning providers.
http://www.ocnyhr.org.uk/
Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Forum
The Regional Forum is a network of networks with over 150 members, providing a regional voice for the voluntary and community sector in Yorkshire and the Humber. The Forum's work focuses on tackling disadvantage and disconnection to create an inclusive and vibrant region - with a high quality of life for all.
The Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Skills Partnership
The Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Skills Partnership (RSP) are committed to bringing together the key agencies and sectors in the region, to work in partnership to improve skills outcomes and productivity, on a demand-led basis.
Yorkshire Forward
Yorkshire Forward is the Regional Development Agency charged with improving the Yorkshire and Humber economy. The Regional Economic Strategy provides the 10 year framework (2006-2015) of common priorities for economic development in Yorkshire and the Humber, around which businesses, public agencies, voluntary groups and communities can focus their investment and effort.
National Agencies
Learning and Skills Network (LSN)
The Learning and Skills Network (LSN) is an independent not-for-profit organisation committed to making a difference to education and training. They aim to do this by delivering quality improvement and staff development programmes that support specific government initiatives, through research, training and consultancy; and by supplying services directly to schools, colleges and training organisations. The LSN provides a range of resources and programmes, including Key Skills Support, Vocational Learning, and E-Learning and Technology.
www.lsneducation.org.uk
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
NAVCA is the national voice of local third sector infrastructure in England. Theye aim to ensure communities are well served by the local third sector by supporting our members and their work with over 160,000 local groups and organisations. NAVCA believes that local voluntary and community action is vital for healthy and inclusive communities.
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
NIACE works to support an increase in the total numbers of adults participating in formal and informal learning in England and Wales, and to ensure that the quality of their learning experiences is the highest possible.
www.niace.org.uk
VCS National Learning Alliance
The VCS National Learning Alliance (VCSNLA) is an initiative that aims to create a strong, influential national 'voice' for VCS providers of learning. In 2007 it was agreed that the VCSNLA would work with relevant organisations in the VCS, government departments, and other strategic national organisations to support the interests of VCS providers.
www.niace.org.uk/projects/vcslearninglinks/allianceNews.asp
CapacityBuilders and Improving Support
CapacityBuilders
Capacitybuilders is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) set up in 2006 to take over the management of the ChangeUp programme and to work with other funders to build the capacity of the Third Sector. We exist to create a more effective third sector and we do this by improving support for third sector organisations.
www.capacitybuilders.org.uk/index.aspx
Improving Support
Supporting support providers - Improving Support brings together practical resources and learning for third sector support providers. It has replaced the 6 national hubs formed by the ChangeUp initiative and is now organised in to 9 workstreams as follows:
- Campaigning
- Change
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Equality
- Governance
- Income
- Performance
- Volunteering
