Family Learning moving forward

[Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Programme] [Event Information] [Application Conditions]

Background

Those involved in family learning have long recognised the vital role it plays in engaging hard to reach learners in their own communities, supporting them to progress and to develop their own skills and those of their children. Family learning can lead to families developing stronger ties, parents volunteering in schools and community settings, adults engaging in training, education and employment.

The current policy environment creates both challenges and opportunities for family learning providers. Flexibilities in adult safeguarded funding; community budget pilots; the end of Family Learning Impact Funding; the Pupil Premium; commissioning; and local authority cuts, all point to the need for new and creative approaches – a challenge that family learning providers are set to meet.

This joint conference, organised by Manchester City Council Adult Education Service and NIACE Centre for the Learning Family, will look at the positive steps that family learning providers are taking to move forward in the current environment, and enable them to share ideas and experiences.

It will include opportunities to look at ways of demonstrating the impact of family learning such as the Social Return on Investment model that NIACE has recently been using with adult and family learning providers

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Aims

• To gain an understanding of the current policy and funding context
• To share approaches for moving family learning forward in the current policy environment
• To share ideas for demonstrating the impact of family learning.

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Audience

• Family Learning managers in local authorities
• Strategic and operational managers in Local Authority Adult Learning services
• Elected members with an interest in families and/or learning
• Voluntary and community organisations working with local authority family learning services
• Staff in local areas involved with community budgets.

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Programme

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Event Information

• Arrival and registration is at 10:30am for a 11:00am start. The event will end at 3:30pm
• Event fee per person: £39 (includes sandwich lunch, tea/coffee)
  NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference or course fees
• Only online application forms with the payments section completed will be processed
  NB: If you wish us to invoice your employer we require a copy of the Purchase Order before the form is processed
• Places will be allocated in order of receipt of completed online application forms (one online application form per person)
• Video cameras may be in use at this event. If you do not wish to be photographed or appear on the video outputs please indicate this on the application form and make yourself known at registration
• Participants should be prepared to take their own notes as there will not be handouts for all sessions
• If you have not received an e-mail confirming your attendance and joining instructions 4 working days before the event please contact:
  events@niace.org.uk

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Application Conditions

• Event: Wednesday 15 June 2011
• Closing Date: Thursday 2 June 2011
• Cancellations are non-refundable.
• The full fee is payable prior to the event
• Substitutions are to be advised 5 working days prior to the event
• A 10 working days notice period is required for provision of electronic note-takers, sign language interpreters and transcription to Braille
• Places are to be reserved online - scroll up and click on Apply Now
• Reservations by telephone cannot be accepted
• Application forms are individually acknowledged by e-mail.
• Joining instructions, including map and directions, will be e-mailed out one week before the event.
• NIACE reserves the right to reject applicants who are not from the target audience list.

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