1. Context for Communities - Values and Principles of Community Learning Friday, January 29, 2016

2. Values and Principles of Community Learning –The aims of this module are to introduce the participant to ‘healthy community’ concepts as outlined in values and principles of community based learning. There are two PowerPoint presentations for this module: –Context for Communities: Social Inclusion –Putting Policy into Practice

3. Section Objectives There are just two activities in this section: –Exploring The Range of Community Learning Projects. –Putting Values and Principles Into Action Knowledge gained from completing the first activity will inform your decisions in the second activity

4. Exploring The Range of Community Learning Projects PowerPoint presentations Group activity: –Discussion: what types of learning are undertaken for and by community groups? –Websites: the tutor has a list of websites to help this discussion

5. Websites - 1 Childcare or crèche project: www.childcare.castlemilk.co.uk Church or faith-based projects: www.theredirectory.org.uk/orgs/shalom.html Social Inclusion Partnership: www.highland.gov.uk/cx/policies/sip.htm Young people: www.theaward.org Disabilities: www.lead.org.uk www.connections.gcal.ac.uk/info/InfAdvic.html

6. Websites - 2 Black and minorities: www.walsall.gov.uk/cultural_services/library/branches/ethnic.htm Community arts: www.whalearts.co.uk Drug users: www.dparry02.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk www.aberlour.org.uk/site.htm Cooperatives (food or credit union): www.foodforum.org.uk Local history: www1.ccis.org.uk/timeline

7. Websites - 3 A community school: www.infed.org/schooling/b-comsch.htm Literacy and numeracy: www.communitylearning.org/training/tadlit.asp A healthy living centre: www.doh.gov.uk/hlc.htm A local learning centre: www.ayrcoll.ac.uk/about14.asp A community computer project: www.crc.org

8. Values and Principles into Action Examine the key area of practice, and relate to the values and principles of community learning, and to your practice No correct answers for this section

9. Workshop We will aim to complete: –Exploring The Range of Community Learning Projects Page 17 of the Tutors Notes Pages 2 – 4 of the Context for Communities booklet