November 25, 2009 • 1:15 pm
December 2, 2009 • 10:56 am
Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th December at Ladywood Arts and Leisure Centre (LALC)
316 Monument Road, Ladywood, Birmingham. B16 8TR
This workshop is intensive and is an all day session for both days (9.30 – 4.30 each day). So please ensure that you can stay for both days. The course is free and lunch is provided on both days.
B.STRONG is working in partnership with the Digbeth Trust and Birmingham New Communities Network to form the Birmingham Strong Communities Partenrship (BSCP). Funded by CapacityBuilders our capacity building programme aims to enable the development of community groups throughout Birmingham. The partnership is delivering organisational development support to members, staff and volunteers of groups representing excluded communities and New Communities led groups operating within Birmingham.
This two – day session will support groups through the actual writing up of their business plans. For those that have been on any basic Business Planning workshop will benefit from this workshop. This will take groups to the next level. 2 people from each organisation can attend as people will need support. Groups will be supported at follow up surgeries on the 14th December, 11th and 18th January. Groups will be given their own personal budgeting tools and business plan CD to enable them to write up their business plan electronically.
BSCP Registration Form:
Member Organisation Details Form:
All forms can be returned to me at the address below or electronically at Email: patricia.allison@birmingham.gov.uk
If you would like further information, then please call Patricia Allison on Tel: 0121 464 6940
The deadline for any return applications is Thursday 3rd December 2009
Filed under: Refugee and Asylum matters, Training
December 16, 2009 • 12:18 pm
The EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme has published its 2010 call for proposals. As part of its remit to offer training and education opportunities to people at all stages of their lives, the programme aims to enlist the support of enterprises such as SMEs.
One way SMEs can get involved in this latest call is through Erasmus, a lifelong learning sub-programme, which covers higher-level education and training. ERASMUS wants to receive project bids that focus on supporting activities that bring together higher education institutions and partners from outside academia, such as SMEs and professional bodies like chambers of commerce.
A key priority is to support projects that strengthen the link between educational studies and future skills and employment needs. The objective is to promote business input into course design, which will help to ensure that training and education programmes are better tailored to match the needs of the economy. Through Erasmus, the Commission also wants to develop educational services that will upgrade the knowledge and skills of employees – such as language courses to improve competitiveness. The Leonardo da Vinci lifelong learning sub-programme supports initial and continuing vocational education and training. This call provides a special focus to encourage the participation of enterprises, including SMEs, and social partner organisations across all Leonardo actions.
SME involvement in Leonardo’s training and learning mobility initiatives is particularly welcome. Call deadlines vary depending on which part of the Lifelong Learning Programme submissions relate to, though most expire in February and March 2010.
For more information please visit the website:
Filed under: Funding Alerts
