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Learning for the future:
neighbourhood renewal through adult and community learning
| Date: | Venue: | Ref: |
| Thursday 16 January 2003 | Birmingham Botanical Gardens | C9-61/01/2003 |
| Tuesday 28 January 2003 | Woburn House, London Euston | |
| Wednesday 29 January 2003 | Trouville Hotel, Bournemouth | |
| Thursday 6 February 2003 | Swallow Hotel, Gateshead |
[Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
Successful implementation of the government’s National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal will be rooted in the availability of strong adult and community learning in the poorest and most disadvantaged communities. It will also require those involved to understand the potential for learning in a broad range of settings, including those without an obvious educational focus.
Local Authorities have a central role to play in developing learning for community regeneration through both their education services and critically, through their other responsibilities and interventions. Turning activities into learning – whether they sit within the work of social services, economic development or arts and culture – and creating pathways into other more explicit formal and informal learning opportunities, are key challenges.
All of this has implications for staff training and development and managing organisational change. In this context, the DfES has funded NIACE to produce a Guide to support local authorities in making their rich and diverse contribution to the development of adult and community learning for neighbourhood renewal. Delegates will each receive a free copy of Learning for the Future: Neighbourhood Renewal through Adult and Community Learning; A Guide for Local Authorities.
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Aims
The conferences aim to:
 | introduce delegates to the aims, structure and contents of the Guide. |
| help delegates develop an understanding of how the Guide can support their work. |
| enhance collaboration and partnerships between local authority colleagues within and across services and authorities. |
| raise awareness of good practice in developing learning for neighbourhood renewal and the issues and challenges associated with achieving this. |
| offer delegates an exciting, dynamic experience of learning – a programme with a difference! |
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Audience
The conferences will be of interest to: senior officers and managers of local authority adult learning services; neighbourhood renewal and regeneration officers in local authorities; other strategic managers or policy officers in local authorities; elected members; others with an interest (particularly in relation to policy making and resource allocation) in adult learning and neighbourhood renewal in the local authority context.
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Programme
| 10.00 |
Arrival, registration and ‘Making Maps’ (Tea/Coffee available) Welcome and an opportunity, as people arrive, to map delegates’ strengths,experiences and expectations |
| 10.30 |
Overview of the day Introduction to the conference and the Local Authority Guide, Learning for the Future Dr Cheryl Turner, Development Officer, NIACE |
| 10.45 |
Navigating the Guide Activity to increase familiarity with Learning for the Future and to highlight the different stakeholders in community regeneration |
| 11.45 |
Neighbourhood Renewal Skills and Knowledge Team Interview with members of the Government’s national or regional teams to highlight Government action around learning for neighbourhood renewal (The Learning Curve) and the role of Local Authorities |
| 12.15 |
Reviewing our learning ‘Learning conversation’ to help delegates recognise and share their immediate gains from the day |
| 12.30 | Networking over lunch |
| 13.15 | One
Step at a Time Activity to identify what helps and hinders developments for neighbourhood renewal |
| 13.45 |
Consulting with the Community ‘Open Space’ approach to sharing different experiences and methods for really effective consultation |
| 14.30 |
Creating partnerships Exploring how to establish compatible and workable relationships between other organisations and Local Authorities |
| 15.15 |
Getting the IDEA across Practising how to communicate vision, initial ideas and enthusiasm for neighbourhood renewal, in under two minutes |
| 15.50 |
Enjoying another ‘Learning Conversation’ To help delegates review and share their learning from the day |
| 16.10 |
Making it happen Writing an action plan to take the work forward |
| 16.30 |
Close of Conference (Tea/Coffee available) Valuing and thanking people Annie Merton, Senior Development Officer, NIACE |
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