Community Learning Fund
Overview and what can be funded
Grants for Community Learning is supported by:
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The Skills Funding Agency
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Staffordshire County Council
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council
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Staffordshire SCIO
Funding is available for community and voluntary organisations to deliver:
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Preparation and pre-engagement activities for work, volunteering and further learning. For example: confidence building, improving self esteem with informal adult learning, ICT courses, literacy, numeracy, first aid, manual handling, food hygiene, healthy living.
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Opportunities designed to encourage skills to help individuals to successfully take part in the Big Society. For example: neighbourhood, civil renewal, community leadership or champion projects.
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Opportunities designed to encourage innovative, accessible learning in local communities to attract excluded and under-represented groups into learning, including working with target groups to develop meaningful and engaging learning contexts.
The fund may be used for:
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Tutor and support workers costs
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Venue and equipment hire
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Childcare costs
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Learner travel costs
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Materials and stationery
The fund may also be used to offer training courses to community tutors to achieve a teaching qualification.
For further information, please e-mail julie.staniforth@staffordshire.gov.uk|, alternatively, please telephone 01785 278771/07800 626 536.
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