Adult Learners' Week both nationally and regionally celebrates adult learners through a series of awards presented during May.
Nominate your adult learners
Nominations for 2009 have now closed. However, Nominations for Adult Learners' Week 2010 will open in September, and these will include adults, projects and groups. Make sure you encourage everyone to nominate your learners for a national or regional Award. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate their achievements! There different forms for different nominations:
- Individual nominations
- Projects (including ESF)
- Groups
- Families
Forms can be downloaded or ordered from NIACE or why not send your email details to Amanda Pavon-Lopez and get on the London Adult Learners' Week mailing list and keep up to date all the time?
Nominations from the workplace, from learning providers and from other organisations will be entered for both the National Awards and the London Regional Awards.
Sponsor your own regional award
Individual organisations can sponsor an award at the London Regional Ceremony. Just decide what the award is for. The cost of this is £250 including £100 award prize for the winner.
The London Region had 11 Sponsored Awards in 2009:
- Learning through Sport (sponsored by Pro-Active)
- Access to HE (sponsored by Birkbeck University)
- Promoting Workplace Learning (sponsored by Unionlearn SERTUC)
- Learning Works (sponsored by the LSC)
- Success in the Face of Adversity (sponsored by Linking London)
- Learning through OCN (sponsored by by OCN London Region)
- Award for Indviduals (sponsored by ESF)
- Higher Level Vocational Learner of the Year (sponsored by the West London Lifelong Learning Network)
- Learning through Language (sponsored by SOAS)
- Learning in the Community (sponsored by London South Bank University)
- Non-Accredited Learning (sponsored by Skills and Learning for London Partnership)
You can also promote your organisation by sponsoring an element of the awards ceremony, such as the award ceremony programme or other aspects of the week.
For more information about sponsorship for 2009, please contact Amanda Pavon-Lopez on 07812 159 689
London Regional Awards Ceremony 2009
The London Regional Award Ceremony was held on the afternoon of Tuesday 12th May at the Museum of London in Docklands. All nominated learners along with their nominators received their certificates and awards, and the audience was entertained by the Nostalgia Steel Band and the Open Age Choir.
Click here to see the photos from the 2009 London Regional Awards Ceremony.