ULRs at Community Lives

ConsortiumPast, Present and Future

Past

Taster sessionsAdult Learners Week May 2011

Taking Control January 2012

• British Sign Language• Employability• Maths Taster• Funding though ROTL

(Reaching Out to Learners)

• Counselling• Psychology• DACE- Swansea University• NIACE Dysgu Cymru-

Swansea Learning Festival

Adult Learners Week May 2012• Funding through Connecting Learners• British Sign Language

Present• Learning Loans

• Maths Taster

Learning Loan• Identified as Barrier by ULRs• Proposed to and agreed by Consortium• Process- Application Panel Agreement• Repayment- interest-free for 12months from salary• Current applications• Support from ULRs• Current development towards purchasing

refurbished laptops/computers for adult learners

Learning Loans

Have you ever wanted to explore a new skill?

Or take up studying again?

Would you appreciate some help funding the course?

Community Lives Consortium staff are now

able to apply for Learning Loans.

CLC will pay your course fees, you will

repay these fees back monthly, and the

best bit, it is all INTEREST FREE!!!

Applications will also be looked at for a loan to buy a

computer or laptop too!

For more information speak to your Union Learning Rep U L Roberts on 07788 665544

Maths taster

Entry Level 1Recognise and select coins and notes

Entry Level 2Make amounts of money up to £1 in different ways using 1p 2p 5p 10p 20p and 50p coins

Entry Level 3 Add and subtract sums of money using decimal notation

£2.20£0.97

£0.87 +£4.04

Level 1Add, subtract, multiply, and divide sums of money and record.

Council-tax bill for the year:.

The total for the 9 payments of £184 is: £1,656.00Adding this to the first payment he gets:

£1,656.00 + £182.77 = £1,838.77This is the total shown on the bill so it's correct at £1,838.77.

First instalment due: £182.779 further payments due: £184.00

Level 2Calculate with sums of money and convert between currencies.

£100.00 x 1.2440 = 124.40 EURO

1 GBP = 1.2440 EUR

20 EURO ÷ 1.2440 = £16.08

Future

Learning Survey• Aims• Incentives• Sample provided