Adult Learners Week 2010
15th - 21st May 2010
Adult Learners' Week is the UK's largest and longest running learning campaign.
Held each May, it encourages thousands of adults to give learning a go: whether it's learning for pleasure, catching up on skills, or getting that new job or promotion.
Make a Difference
Adult Learners' Week helps you to make a difference by inspiring others to take the first steps into learning.
Whether you are an employer, a learning provider or a partner organisation there are many benefits to getting involved.
Hold an event during Adult Learners' Week
Adult Learners' Week, the largest festival of learning in England, will be inspiring thousands of people across the country to try something new this May.
Use Adult Learners' Week to highlight your museum or libraries' learning activities, with taster sessions or events from 15 - 21 May, and showcase the exciting opportunities that you provide.
Tuesday 18th May has been designated Be Inspired Day, giving you an opportunity to showcase your activity with a national hook. Holding an event is a great way to engage new and different audiences, build partnerships and raise your organisation's profile and there are a range of ways to get involved:
- Register your events for free publicity. Each May, thousands of people contact Careers Advice to find out about activity happening in their area, using the Adult Learners' Week event diary.
- Order Adult Learners' Week resources.A range of free and affordable Adult Learners' Week resources are available to make branding and running your activities as easy as possible, including the Event in a Box .
- Visit our Branding Suite (Log In required) for a selection of customisable materials, including posters and campaign logos as well as ideas for activities, for you to download and use to promote your events.
- Give your event attendees the chance to win fantastic prizes! Use our event attendance sheet to give all of your event participants a chance to win a laptop, digital camera, Nintendo DSi and games, a Nintendo Wii, learning vouchers or Quick Reads books when they opt in to our telephone survey!
- Let us know how your activities went.Fill in our evaluation form by Friday 2 July and we will list your web address on our supporters' web page.
For more information visit: www.alw.org.uk
In 2009:
- At least 45,000 people took part in events across the country.
- 70% enrolled on a course after calling the helpline
- Achievements of hundreds of learners were celebrated across the country
- Almost 1/4 million visits were made to www.alw.org.uk
- Over 2,300 items of media coverage were generated
Resources - www.alw.org.uk
Hold an event as part of Adult Learners' Week and promote learning in all its diversity this May. Whatever you're planning to do, we have a variety of resources to support your activities.
- The event in a box is a complete kit of materials for up to 50 people.
- A range of FREE promotional and customisable materials,
- A FREE online calendar to advertise your activities and inform our free helpline.
- An online toolkit for branding and event ideas.
Be Inspired
Each May fun and creative activities inspire thousands of individuals, communities and workplaces across the country.
For further details and to apply for your resource packs visit www.alw.org.uk
Adult Learners Week Awards 2010
Nominate an outstanding learner give them the recognition they deserve!
Nominations are now open for the Adult Learners Week Awards 2010, giving adult learners the chance to be recognised for their outstanding learning achievements.
The awards recognise extraordinary learners with inspirational learning journeys that have helped them transform not only their own lives, but the lives of the people around them too. Whether learning has boosted their confidence, helped them develop existing or new skills, or led to a life changing experience, the awards celebrate learning in all its forms.
If you know individuals, groups, families or projects that inspire you, nominate them for an Adult Learners Week Award.
Making a nomination is simple, and can be submitted on paper or online. Visit www.alw.org.uk/nominate for more information.
There are a range of awards that your nomination may be eligible for, so make sure you check the additional awards section of the form.
Everyone nominated will receive a Certificate of Achievement, and the winners will be invited to an awards ceremony and receive a learning voucher (between £200 to £1500).
Read more about previous award winners at www.alw.org.uk
Closing date: 5.00 pm, Friday 29 January 2010
Email: alw@niace.org.uk
Address: Campaigns and Promotions, NIACE, 21 De Montfort Street, LE1 7GE.
Tel: 0116 204 4200
Silver Surfers Day 2010
Make sure you save the date for Silver Surfers Day 2010
On 21st May 2010 event all over the country will be helping older people to get the most out of technology.
SSD used to be all about showing older people the Internet, having a go on the world wide web and email, but as times change and technology becomes more prolific and diverse, we've been stretching the definition of 'digital' to accommodate.
On SSD 2010, we'll also be helping local Event Holders to cover issues like digital TV and switchover, mobile phones, iphones, cameras; there'll be resources on Twitter, blogging, Flickr, Facebook et al. As well as the 'standard, basics' of digital media use and application.
For SSD2010, our special focus will be on encouraging and supporting intergenerational SSD partnerships. We are particularly keen to grow our 'Schools for Silver Surfers' initiative, which resulted in 66 partnerships between local schools and sheltered housing schemes in 2009.
You can read more and find out how to get involved at http://silversurfers.digitalunite.com/
