Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service

If you want to have your voice heard about things that matter to you, you need to know how to talk to the right people about the right things in the right way. These three half-day training events will help you to find your way around Welsh political structures and processes, understand different ways to influence the National Assembly for Wales, and introduce the principles of campaigning and lobbying.

All courses will be held at Neath Port Talbot CVS and are free of charge.  The flyer and booking slip is available to download for further information and to book your place.

Please fill in your personal details and indicate which course/courses you would like to attend and return the form to Neath Port Talbot CVS, Tŷ Margaret Thorne, 17-19 Alfred Street, Neath, SA11 1EF or email maryc@nptcvs.org.uk.

Alternatively, you can call CVS on 01639 631387 and complete your booking over the telephone.

This presents proposals for the strategic development of adult community learning in Wales.  It includes the introduction of a new approach to planning, commissioning and delivery. 

Closing date for responses is 31st December 2008.

This document is a new skills and employment strategy and action Plan which builds upon and replaces the Skills and Employment Action Plan 2005. The strategy provides a response to the Leitch Review of Skills in the UK and the independent review of the mission and purpose of Further Education (Promise and Performance). This strategy describes the ‘One Wales’ ambition for a highly educated, skilled and high employment Wales. It builds on previous strategies and action plans including The Learning Country: Vision into Action, Wales: A Vibrant Economy, the Skills and Employment Action Plan of 2005, and Words Talk – Numbers Count, our Basic Skills Strategy (2005).

The strategy and action plan include: new approaches to funding; a more demand responsive skills and business support service; integrated skills and employment services delivered through partnership between the Assembly Government and Department of Work and Pensions; and the transformation of the learning network.

As the Webb Review noted, we must make best use of public funds and secure good value for money for our investment in ACL. In September 2008 we (Welsh Assembly Government) will publish for consultation a draft policy on ACL, to improve the way we plan, fund and deliver this type of learning, so that it better reflects local priorities. Neath Port Talbot CVS will provide details of the proposed consultation when it becomes available.

You can download a copy of the report.