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The Ellesmere
93 Walkden Road
Walkden, Worsley
Manchester
M28 7BQ, UK
Tel: +44 161 703 3700
Email:
info@toucan-europe.co.uk
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lifelong learning

Update July 2006
The
NLDC funded project, Forward to Basics, allowed Toucan Europe to promote
and develop its training centre within the local community by providing
the opportunity to deliver a service that supported people living mainly
in Ardwick to improve their employability by entering into basic skills
provision. Existing beneficiaries were supported by the project to act
as ‘learning champions’ to encourage other members of their
community to take part in learning activities.
Over
50% of beneficiaries were ‘new learners’ who had not been
in any type of learning for at least three years but in the majority of
cases it had been a lot longer, including a small number of people in
their 40s and 50s whose last educational experience had been high school.
Some of these ‘new learners’ had not considered entering into
learning until they heard about Forward to Basics, others had been considering
it but had not been able to find provision that they felt was right for
them.
We have been fortunate enough to be able to allow a small number of beneficiaries
who participated in Forward to Basics to continue attending training sessions
in order to complete their work towards an ICT qualification.
Forward to Basics is an NLDC
funded project to help people living in Ardwick and Longsight to improve
their reading and writing, learn how to use a computer, get help with
creating a CV, have free access to the Web, as well as meet new people
and build self-confidence. We are delivering the project activities through
drop-in, taster and tutor-led sessions; all the activities are free of
charge.
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