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Government
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland.
Learning Connections
The Community Learning and Development, and Adult Literacy and Numeracy
functions of Learning Connections, until recently part of Communities Scotland,
was integrated into the Directorate General for Education of the Scottish
Government and their website content is now located on the main Scottish
Government website.
Communities Scotland
The Scottish Government's housing and regeneration agency.
Learndirect Scotland
The Scottish University for Industry's key focus is to develop the country's vocational
skills through a better-trained and educated workforce.
Careers Scotland
The national body for all age guidance.
Voluntary Sector
SCVO
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the umbrella body for
voluntary organisations in Scotland.
Volunteer Development Scotland
VDS promotes and supports volunteering in Scotland mainly by providing
information, training and support services for organisations which engage
voluntary workers.
The Big Picture
A quality improvement framework from the Scottish Council for Voluntary
Organisations.
workwithus.org
A portal to the voluntary sector in Scotland.
volresource
Useful information on anything to do with running a voluntary
organisation.
Adult Education
Niace
The National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education. Its work focuses on
England and Wales.
The Encyclopedia of Informal Education
A not for profit site providing learning tools and resources.
Scottish Further Education Unit
Working for Scotland's Colleges
Adult Literacies
Money Matters
A financial education site developed by NIACE in partnership with Prudential.
It aims to widen access to learning about money matters for people with a wide
range of skills levels, and to enable learners to develop ICT and numeracy
skills.
BBC Skillswise
Online resource for adult literacy and numeracy.
Communities of Practice
in Adult Literacies (CoPAL)
The Scottish Further Education Unit established a Communities of Practice to
inform and support practitioners
Partnership Working
Smarter Partnerships
The Smarter Partnerships website has a range of resources for personal and team
development.
Partnerships
Partnerships, participation and online communities.
Funding
The Big Lottery
Tudor Trust
The Tudor Trust now includes learning as a priority area.
JRCT
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
One of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK.
Socrates-Grundtvig
Programme for Adult Education
European Adult Education Initiative.
ESF Objective 3 Partnership
European Funding which helps disadvantaged groups in the community who are
excluded economically and socially.
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