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Understanding Social Enterprise – a two day programme for CLD practitioners.

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20th and 21st June 2012 in Perth from 10am – 4pm.

Venue to be confirmed

The CLD Standards Council for Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Social Enterprise Academy is offering a two day Understanding Social Enterprise Programme to community learning and development practitioners who work directly with young people in Scotland. The programme will introduce the concept of social enterprise, the challenges faced by enterprises and assess the future for this dynamic and emerging business model. Participants must be able to commit to the full two days and numbers will be restricted to a maximum of 16.

The Standards Council is meeting the cost of the course programme and this will include refreshments and lunch on the two days, plus transport on study visit(s).

If you are interested in this event please contact Angus Williamson for further information and an application form.

Education Scotland, Engage for Education, News

News – community learning and development (CLD)

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i-develop launched

The CLD Standards Council’s national CPD Framework i-develop: learning for CLD was launched on the 24th April.

 

 

Strategic Guidance for Community Learning and Development (CLD) – Launch planned

Education Scotland has reported to the Scottish Government on the outcomes of the national discussion on the new strategic guidance for CLD.The guidance will be published on the Engage for Education website in June.  It is expected to address strategic issues raised during the discussion and to have clear links to the legislative framework for post 16 education, community empowerment and Community Planning.

 

Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland

Survey on CLD and Curriculum for Excellence

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The Communities Team at Education Scotland recently launched an online survey to gain a national picture of how Community Learning and Development work is impacting on the delivery of Curriculum for Excellence. Thank you to those who have participated. If you have not yet had the opportunity to complete the survey there is still time.

This survey will enable us to gain a snapshot of where CLD is at with CfE implementation and plan how we provide ongoing support in this area.Access the survey here.

We are interested in responses if you work for a CLD service or use a CLD approach in your work.