New Road Safety Website For Kids

Leicester City Council has developed a new website about Children’s Road safety.
Starring characters Togo and Nogo the website is primarily aimed at children aged 4-7 and features games, stories and other activities.
View an article in Leicester Link about the website at: http://www.leicester.gov.uk/link/
or see the website at:http://leicester.childroadsafety.co.uk/

Achievement Project Open/Celebration Evening

Achievement Coaching Agency hold an open/celebration event at Leicester College, Freemen’s Park Campus (near the Odeon Cinema) on Tuesday August 24 between 6.30 pm and 9 pm.
The evening will include:
The first chance to sign up to new 2010/11 courses
Information about becoming a paid sports coach through the Achievement Coaching Agency and APPLY
A celebrationof achievements made over the [...]

Diversity Hub Manager Returns To Learning

Author: Bill Malley
E-mail: bill@billmalley.org.uk
Title: Diversity Hub Manager Returns to Learning
Margaret Brough, Diversity Hub Programme Manager says, “We never give up trying for the people we work with or ourselves.
The new Youth Leadership Foundation programme has given me a chance to get a professional qualification. I left school 30 years ago, feeling that it hadn’t [...]

Mango Spice – Translation and Interpreting Courses

Mango Spice Language Academy is a specialist training service which has been specifically set up for the personal and professional development of Interpreters working or aspiring to work as a public service Interpreter
ONE DAY COURSES OFFERED ARE :
COURSES FOR AUGUST/SEP 2010
Introduction to Public Service
Interpreting for Courts and Police
23rd August, Venue, Nottingham – one day course, [...]

Diversity Hub – New Youth Leadership Foundation

Diversity Hub,  which is based at The Learning Exchange, Wygston’s House, Applegate, Leicester LE1 5LD  is delighted to announce that it has received £30,000 from the Rank Foundation to support the development of Diversity Hub’s Youth Leadership Foundation (YLF).�
Diversity Hub in Leicester are trainers in diversity, equalities, leadership, conflict resolution, team building and anti-bullying work with [...]

Cuts In Funding For Youth Volunteering Projects

An article in the Independent on Sunday by Matt Chorley outlined cuts in funding for volunteering schemes for young people.
Projects affected include the Youth Community Action programme and the youth volunteering charity V.
For details of the cuts see the original article at:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/big-blow-for-big-society-as-16325m-cuts-hit-volunteers-2040616.html

Engage Multimedia Sessions At Samworth Academy

Engage Multimedia are running 3 hour taster sessions on August 2 and 3 2010 at The Samworth Enterprise Academy, Trenant Road, Leicester, LE2 6UA.
Engage Multimedia provide training, design and consultancy services for local community groups and small businesses. Their services include training in Desktop publishing, Photoshop, Web Design, Multimedia and Printing.
Engage Multimedia provides multimedia training, [...]

New Wave for Young People in Leicester Mercury

The latest edition of Leicester Wave, the only newspaper sourced, written and edited by young people, is in the Leicester Mercury today, Wednesday July 28. Buy a copy to see the work young reporters are creating with the support of  Wotbox, Citizens’ Eye, Leicester Mercury, Leicester Libraries and funding from Yoppital Wonga.
It includes articles about the following:
The [...]

New Course Guide For Adult Skills And Learning

The new Autumn Term Course Guide for all Leicester Adult Skills and Learning Service courses across the city will be available from Monday August 2nd 2010.
People living within the city boundaries should have a copy pushed through their letterbox during the first week in August and enrolment begins at Leicester Adult Education College on Monday [...]

Changes in Culture, Media and Sport

On Friday 15th July 2010 the Department for Culture, Media and Sport published its Structural Reform Plan.
The priorities are:
2012 Olympic Games, Boosting the Big Society, Media Reform, Universal Broadband and Encouraging competitive sport in schools.
Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for DCMS, said
“The biggest challenge DCMS faces is delivering a safe and successful Olympic and Paralympic Games [...]

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