Accessing Funding for Adult Education (GRUNDTVIG) (WS5748)

Thursday, 1st November 2012, Leeds City Centre

Overview

With a £280m budget, the Grundtvig programme is a significant source of funding for adult educators, their organisations and projects. It funds a wide range of training opportunities for adult education organisations, staff and learners. Significant funding can be accessed for activities such as:

• Attending courses and workshops
• Organising courses and workshops
• Attending conferences in other EU states
• Small Partnership projects
• Large Partnership projects
• Networks for seniors (over 55s)
• Short term working and shadowing in other EU educational organisations
• Finding and meeting potential partners (partnership seminars)

Anyone in adult education settings (formal, informal or non-formal) can take part in Grundtvig, including learners, staff, volunteers and trainers from a wide variety of organisations including colleges, companies, charities, community groups, local authorities etc. All projects involve working with European partners and offer great learning and personal development experiences for those involved.

Content

The aim of this workshop is to familiarise organisations with the Grundtvig programme and through a combination of group discussions, presentations and exercises, to raise delegates awareness of the broad range of possible activities and projects.  Using his experience as an assessor to the programme and former project manager, the facilitator will offer important tips on both bid writing and project design.

The workshop will explore the wide-ranging areas of interest covered by the Grundtvig Programme, including: key competencies (literacy, numeracy, communication); quality assurance (teacher training, assessment of teaching & learning); improving access (outreach, education-business partnerships, e-learning); informal learning (validating outcomes, hard to reach learners); family learning initiatives and language learning.

The workshop will help prepare delegates to meet the requirements of the annual programme deadlines in February/March and will specifically cover:

i) An introduction to the Lifelong Learning Programme (2007-13)

ii) Key aspects, priorities, criteria and funding available

iii) How to apply and where to send your application form

iv) How the application form is assessed

v) An overview of what the assessors are looking for

vi) Useful resources, how to find partners, further help

Who Should Attend?

Adult Education Providers, Registered Charities, Voluntary & Community Sector Organisations, Local Authorities, Learning Partnerships, Employer Organisations, Business Links and other Training Associations.

All European Funding Training Courses

NTRL deliver training on a large amount of European Funding issues, please follow the links below to view the overviews and scheduled dates for all our EU Funding related topics:

Accessing Funding for Adult Education (GRUNDTVIG)
Accessing Funding for Vocational Training - The Leonardo da Vinci Programme
ERDF Project Management including State Aid Rules
ESF Project Management including State Aid Rules
EU - Best Practice in Evaluation Techniques, including Exit and Sustainability Strategies
Funding for Youth Development through the Youth in Action Programme
Introduction to, Applying for and Planning ERDF or ESF Funded Projects
Management Systems & Record Keeping for ERDF Projects
Management Systems & Record Keeping for ESF Projects
Managing ERDF Finances
Monitoring & Auditing ERDF Projects
Monitoring & Auditing ESF Projects
Preparing for an Article 13 Progress & Verification Visit
Sources of EU Funding - for Education, Training, Community & Regeneration Projects
Transnational Projects - Management & Administration

Programme

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Facilitator

The facilitator is a Full Member of the Institute of Fundraising and has 15 years experience in the field of grant funding, with an extensive track record as a bid writer, grants assessor, project manager and independent evaluator. His recent successes include grants from English Heritage, the Fair Share Programme, Young People’s Fund, Reaching Communities Programme, Waste Recycling Environmental (WREN), Northern Rock Foundation and Volunteering England.

Working with a range of organisations to develop and implement successful fundraising strategies, his knowledge and experience cover European and UK Government grants programmes, National Lottery and Charitable Trusts and Foundations.  He is also an experienced Project Manager, having managed projects both locally and internationally; he has written “Learning Together: A Guide to Transnational Partnerships” published by ECORYS Ltd (2007).

Currently, he works as an expert evaluator for the Lifelong Learning Programme, both in Brussels and in the UK.  This includes assessing applications and evaluating projects funded by the Grundtvig (Adult Education), Leonardo da Vinci (Vocational Training) and Key Activity 3 (ICT) programmes.  He also works as an assessor for the Youth In Action Programme on behalf of the British Council and has previously worked for the Youth Sector Development Fund (DCSF).

Previously, the facilitator was employed as External Funding Manager at a large general Further Education College. In just over four years, he increased the College’s regular income from grant sources to over £500,000 per annum and was responsible contractually managing of over 20 live projects. He was also responsible for the development of strategic partnerships, both locally and internationally, as well as promoting funding opportunities within the College.

Venue and Travel

Venue details and travel information will be included in your confirmation email. If the venue has not been confirmed at the time of booking, then the information will be emailed to you closer to the event.

Booking & Confirmation

Bookings will only be accepted on receipt of full payment PRIOR to the event via cheque, BACS or credit card.  Cheques to be made payable to ‘National Training Resources Limited’.

All reservations will be confirmed by email within two days of receipt of your completed booking form and payment in full and will include venue details and times.

Please direct all conference queries to the Conference Team.
Tel:  0845 130 6152 or 01827 63919.
Fax:  01827 60836 or 01827 61428. 
Email: conferences@national-training.co.uk

Terms & Conditions

Please read our full terms and conditions. Completion and return of the Booking Form constitutes a contract between yourselves and National Training Resources Limited.  Delegate cancellations/transfers are only accepted up to 3 weeks prior to the event and are subject to a small administration charge. Delegate substitutions can be made at any time.  We reserve the right to cancel or alter the event at any time.