L4A takes on new staff
L4A is delighted to announce the appointment of Jason Briggs and Danny Woodworth as Development Coordinators. Jason is managing the Sheffield branch and Danny has taken on L4A Leeds. More information about them and their roles will be sent out soon. Contact Danny on 07821 678 480 and Jason on 07821 678 403.
Nick Meyer joins L4A as a director
We are very glad to have Nick on board more permanently after his management of the CHANT project. We look forward to working with him lots in the future and many more projects.
Community Star Awards - L4A and Abbie Chidwick
At the Community Star awards hosted by Focus Volunteers on Thursday 22nd April, L4A was up for two awards. We won the Most Innovative Youth Led project award and received a fantastic glass statue. We also want to congratulate Abbie Chidwick personally on receiving a runners up award after being nominated for the Rising Star category. It was a great night for everyone. Photos to be added soon!
L4A learners and mentors featured in film
Well done to everyone who is involved in the film but also to all of our mentors and learners for their continued commitment and hard work. Please click here to see the film temporarily until we are able to upload it onto our website more permanently.
L4A heads to parliamentary reception - 24th February 2010
A set of resources to support informal adult education in care settings have been produced to highlight the benefits that learning has for older people in care settings to a range of audiences. To access these and information about the parliamentary reception that L4A residents, staff and mentors visited, please click here.
L4A to deliver training at Dignity in Care launch at the Walkers Stadium on 19th March
The training will be centred around Meaningful Activities. We are very pleased to be involved in this vital piece of work.
L4A is featured in a government funded report
L4A is very pleased to have been mentioned in a report called Enhancing Informal Adult Learning in Care Settings. The report was written by Fiona Aldridge of NIACE (National Institute for Adult Continuing Education) and was funded by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS). For more information and a free copy of the publication, please click here.
Gavin is a
NATIONAL and regional winner
L4A was delighted to annouce that Gavin Freeman has won a regional award as the East Midlands best new volunteer with VInspired, a national charity. We are very proud of his acheivements. This was until he won the outright award of the best new volunteer. Well done, Gavin!
The CHANT project
L4A is undertaking the CHANT project - Care Homes and New Technologies. This project aims to link care homes up with the internet, laptops etc and to train residents to use them and to teach care staff how to support residents in using the latest equipment.
Below are our newsletters to date. Please feel free to download them.
April 2010
October 2009
UnLtd
Learning for the Fourth Age would also like to thank UnLtd, the foundation for social enterpreneurs, for the support that they are giving to us throughout 2009 and 2010.
The Learning Revolution
L4A is also receiving funding from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills to carry out the CHANT project, which stands for Care Homes and New Technologies.
