National sponsors
Adult Learners' Week is grateful to all of our sponsors, who support and enhance the impact and reach of Adult Learners' Week and its messages.
European Social Fund
"The European Social Fund (ESF) is pleased to continue its sponsorship of Adult Learners' Week. The ESF programme invests in jobs and skills and shares many aims with Adult Learners' Week -which provides a great opportunity to celebrate learning and communicate positive messages about its potential."
James Ritchie, ESF Policy Unit
BIS
"BIS is delighted to be a partner in Adult Learners' Week. Every year, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people discover the pleasures and benefits of learning for personal, family and community development. Adult Learners' Week will continue to play its part in helping people discover the benefits of high quality innovative learning that is accessible to all."
John Gibson, BIS Senior Policy Advisor
Ofcom
“Embedding media literacy in Adult Learners’ Week is an excellent way to help people learn about the benefits of digital participation. It is essential to support people as they develop the skills and confidence to improve their lifestyle and life chances. We are delighted to support NIACE as they continue to do such great work in this area and welcome them as members of the Consortium of the promotion of digital participation.”
Robin Blake, Head of Media Literacy for Ofcom.
Careers Advice Service
"The Skills Funding Agency welcomes the opportunity to support NIACE in its mission to encourage more adults to engage in learning throughout life. Adult Learners' Week is a key part of their strategy and I am delighted that our Careers Advice Service is helping to promote the national, week-long event through the 0800 100 900 number."
Jon Gamble, Director for Adults and Lifelong Learning.
Becta
Becta is pleased to support the Adult Learners Week website and to share in recognising and celebrating the diversity of formal and informal adult learning. We join our fellow ALW supporters in honouring learners' stories and achievements.
BBC
"BBC Learning is delighted to support Adult Learners' Week 2010 and to sponsor for the first time an award for digital participation. We hope this helps to spread awareness of the value of the internet and digital technology to adult learning and to encourage more people to have a go."
Wendy Jones, Head of Public Affairs, BBC Learning
Booktrust
"The Booktrust: Power of Reading Award celebrates the contribution that books and reading give to adult learners, so the partnership with NIACE was a natural one. Booktrust is dedicated to encouraging people of all ages and cultures to engage with books, particularly those who may feel less confident about reading."
Viv Bird, Chief Executive of Booktrust
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council is delighted to be supporting an award for Adult Learners' Week for the first time in May 2010. Museums, libraries and archives play a vital role in supporting individuals, families and communities to learn throughout life. MLA believes that the Adult Learners' Week award will not only highlight this role but help new partnerships to be forged.
Natasha Innocent, Senior Policy Adviser Learning and Skills, MLA
NOCN
"Adult Learners' Week is a key time in the calendar when we celebrate everything that is good about adult learning. It continues to be a difficult time in adult learning and amongst all the policy shifts, the difficulties in funding and the general uncertainties, we do well to remember that at the end of the day, it's the learner and the learning that really count. Adult Learners' Week really helps us to focus on this - long may it continue."
Jill Brunt, NOCN
Foundation Degree Forward
The Foundation Degree Award (sponsored by fdf) will recognise and celebrate an outstanding adult learner on a foundation degree programme.
SSAT
The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) is delighted to once again support Adult Learners’ Week. Through the SSAT’s network of 5,700 schools, we continue to support schools to develop effective adult and family learning activities and programmes, so that more adults can be active learners.
Elizabeth Reid
Chief Executive Officer, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
If you would like to find out more about supporting Adult Learners' Week please contact rachel.thomson@niace.org.uk
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