Useful Links

Campaign for Learning
www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/cfl/index.asp
Offer a range of services to organisations that wish to build motivation, create opportunities and provide support for learning in families, communities, workplace and schools.

Futurelab
www.futurelab.org.uk/projects/home-school-relationships
Futurelab provides research information into the potential benefits of using technologies to support learning in families, and the challenges that learners may face around this issue.

Home Access Scheme
www.becta.org.uk/homeaccess
Information on the Becta site about the home access programme.

Institute for learning
www.ifl.ac.uk
The Institute for Learning is the professional body for teachers, trainers, tutors and student teachers in the Learning and Skills sector.

Literacy Trust
www.literacytrust.org.uk/database/Funding.html
The National Literacy Trust links home, school and the wider community to inspire learners and create opportunities for everyone. They support those who work with learners through our innovative programmes, information and research. They bring together key organisations to lead literacy promotion in the UK.

LLU+
www.lsbu.ac.uk/lluplus
LLU+ is a national consultancy and professional development centre for staff working in the areas of literacy, numeracy, dyslexia, family learning and English for Speakers of Other Languages. They also have specialists in learning support, language and maths, and the application of learning styles approaches to teaching and learning.

LSC (Learning and Skills Council)
www.lsc.gov.uk
The LSC are responsible for planning and funding high quality education and training for everyone in England other than those in universities. They have a national office in Coventry and nine regional offices overseeing the work of local partnership teams throughout the country.

NAACE
www.naace.co.uk
Naace is the professional association for those concerned with advancing education through the appropriate use of information and communications technology (ICT).

Niace (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education)
www.niace.org.uk
NIACE works to support an increase in the total numbers of adults participating in formal and informal learning in England and Wales, and we also want to ensure that the quality of their learning experiences is the highest possible.

QIA
excellence.qia.org.uk
The Excellence Gateway is an online portal for staff in the further education and skills sector packed with resources to support teaching and learning and leadership and management, examples of effective practice and self-improvement, teaching and learning materials, and suppliers of improvement services

Skills for Life
www.skillsforlifenetwork.com
The skills for Life Network has information about the Skills for Life programme. The fortnightly e-news updates will provide you with an at-a-glance round up of the latest Skills for Life news, developments, events, jobs and resources.

Talent
www.talent.ac.uk
Information for training in adult literacy, ESOL and numeracy