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National Enterprise Week 2004 - Plymouth Events | |
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From the 15 - 21 November Plymouth will be holding a series of events as part of National Enterprise Week 2004.
Read more... Published: Wed, 10 November 2004 |
Topic: Business and industry |
Evaluation 2005 conference: downloads available | |
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Creating Excellence held a one-day conference at the Exchange, Bridgwater, chaired by Ian Smith of the University of the West of England.
Read more... Published: Fri, 16 December 2005 |
Topic: Career development |
Degrees Lack Youth Appeal | |
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A new survey reports that two thirds of young adults say they would be better off with vocational skills training than with traditional academic degrees.
Read more... Published: Mon, 15 November 2004 |
Topic: Education |
Adult Learners' Week | |
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Now supported by the European Social Fund, Adult Learners Week is the UK's largest annual festival and celebration of adult learning.
Read more... Published: Tue, 30 November 2004 |
Topic: Education |
95 per cent of manufacturing firms face skills shortages | |
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Results of National Employers Skills Survey 2003: SEMTA
Read more... Published: Wed, 03 November 2004 |
Topic: Education and skills |
Postgraduate Certificate in Partnership Working | |
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Bournemouth University Business School. Do you want to be more effective in your partnership work? Do you want to bring energy and change to your partnerships? This programme will inspire you to influence your partnerships by ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 05 September 2005 |
Topic: Education and skills |
New National Statistics report - 'Focus on Social Inequalities' | |
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The Office for National Statistics has released its new report on Social Inequality in the UK.
Read more... Published: Tue, 04 January 2005 |
Topic: Evidence |
South West Skills Market - A review of demand and supply | |
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The South West Observatory - Skills and Learning Intelligence Module (SLIM) has released the results of its review into the South West Skills Market.
Read more... Published: Tue, 04 January 2005 |
Topic: Evidence |
Crime and Liveability: Finding and Using Evidence | |
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Free event at Government Office for the South West (Bristol), 28th November 2005. This is the third in a series of FREE events being held around the region to identify key issues and support the development of an evidence-based ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 14 November 2005 |
Topic: Evidence |
RISE Access to Loan Finance - research and case studies | |
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The New Economics Foundation, on behalf of RISE, is conducting research with social enterprises in the South West to review experiences of accessing loan finance.
Read more... Published: Wed, 03 November 2004 |
Topic: Funding |
New Website Resource - Funding and Funding Advisers database to go online | |
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January 2005 will see the launch of a new www.creatingexcellence.org.uk online database providing information on Regeneration Funding and Funding advisers in the South West region ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 02 December 2004 |
Topic: Funding |
Big Fund Reaches Out to Communities England-Wide With Lottery £100 Million | |
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The Big Lottery Fund is launching a major £100 million programme of funding for communities on 7 December. The Reaching Communities programme will support projects that improve the quality of life in communities across ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 23 November 2005 |
Topic: Funding |
Living Landmarks | |
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What Would Your Community Do With Up To £50 Million? Big Lottery Fund has launched Living Landmarks, an exciting new UK wide programme that will see communities working together to improve their quality of life and their ...
Read more... Published: Wed, 06 July 2005 |
Topic: Funding |
Funding South West supports 'George' | |
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Research carried out for Funding South West (Funding Advice Services in the South West, Red Door Associates, 2004) found that 'the need and resources for funding advice is growing . . ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 29 September 2005 |
Topic: Funding |
First results from Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder programme | |
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has released the results of its study into the first phase of the Housing Market Renewal (HMR) Pathfinder programme in parts of the Midlands and North of England.
Read more... Published: Tue, 21 December 2004 |
Topic: Housing |
Somerset County Council funds e-learning site for community volunteers | |
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The Somerset County Council Community Chest Grant Scheme has seed funded a useful initiative, an e-learning resource for volunteers studying for a level two NVQ qualification, 'Volunteering in the Community'.
Read more... Published: Thu, 11 November 2004 |
Topic: Learning |
Launch of South West Enterprise and Skills Alliance (SWESA) | |
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Following a "Transition" conference on Thursday 25th November at the Holiday Inn, Taunton, the South West Enterprise and Skills Alliance (SWESA) held its inaugural board meeting.
Read more... Published: Mon, 29 November 2004 |
Topic: Learning |
Learning and Skills Council receives £9.3 billion for 2005/6 | |
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The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has confirmed a Learning and Skills Council grant of £9.3 billion for 2005/6.
Read more... Published: Wed, 29 December 2004 |
Topic: Learning |
Workshop to explore generic skills for regeneration and sustainable communities | |
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Local Livelihoods is arranging two one-day workshops to help develop a common and shared understanding of the meaning of "generic skills" for regeneration and sustainable communities
Read more... Published: Fri, 25 November 2005 |
Topic: Learning |
Local learning for sustainable communities | |
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Local Livelihoods has been awarded a contract, by Creating Excellence, to investigate the potential for, and feasibility of, Local Learning Centres for sustainable communities in the South West Region ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 25 November 2005 |
Topic: Learning |
Real ways of learning | |
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Creating Excellence is announcing the launch of a new publication. The real ways of learning outlined in the brochure will enable people to develop their skills.
Read more... Published: Wed, 28 September 2005 |
Topic: Learning |
'Speaking with Impact' events score highly | |
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The evaluation from the four 'Speaking with Impact' events, organised by our Regeneration South West Network, has shown that people felt the events really challenged them to improve their public speaking and that 88% ...
Read more... Published: Thu, 15 December 2005 |
Topic: Learning |
ChangeUp in the South West | |
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A new intranet site aims to facilitate information sharing between members of the Regional Infrastructure Steering Group and others with an interest in the South West capacity building programme.
Read more... Published: Wed, 10 November 2004 |
Topic: Networking |
Partnership Works | |
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Creating Excellence recently held three Partnership Works events attended by almost 90 people. We've received some really good feedback from the events and below are some images from the first two events ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 01 August 2005 |
Topic: Networking |
Building Safety into Construction | |
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Construction is still the sector where workers are most likely to suffer fatal accidents at work.
Read more... Published: Wed, 03 November 2004 |
Topic: Occupational health and safety |
Local authority regeneration progress database now online - & gets thumbs up... | |
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Jeff Rooker, Minister for Regeneration in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, has welcomed the recent launch of a web-based tool, making data on regeneration progress more accessible.
Read more... Published: Tue, 14 September 2004 |
Topic: Regeneration |
creating:communities conference 2005 - downloads available | |
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This year Creating Excellence held its first two-day annual conference in Plymouth. The presentations are now available on this website.
Read more... Published: Fri, 02 December 2005 |
Topic: Regeneration |
Supporting evidence for local delivery | |
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Supporting Evidence for Local Delivery is a one-year Pilot project which has contracted to Creating Excellence and the South West Observatory to improve the use of evidence in South West regeneration.
Read more... Published: Tue, 26 April 2005 |
Topic: Regeneration |
Sheffield shows its steel for regeneration | |
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The national regeneration convention or ROOMatRTPI ran from 18-20 July at Sheffield Hallam University.
Read more... Published: Mon, 01 August 2005 |
Topic: Regeneration |
The What, Why, When and Wow of Local Area Agreements Conference 8th December 2005. The Exchange Conference Centre, Bridgwater. | |
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Creating Excellence with its partners GOSW (Government Office in the South West) and IDeA (Improvement and Development Agency) & South West Forum have announced details of their conference on Local Area Agreements ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 07 November 2005 |
Topic: Regional policy |
The What, Why, When and Wow of Local Area Agreements - 8th December, The Exchange, Bridgwater - Downloads Available | |
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The conference on Local Area Agreements was very well attended with over 120 people from local authorities, the voluntary and community sector, and other public bodies represented by delegates from the health sector, police ...
Read more... Published: Fri, 16 December 2005 |
Topic: Regional policy |
Dorset chosen as the south west's rural pathfinder | |
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Dorset, who have been at the forefront of developing the 'Local Strategic Partnership with teeth' approach, piloting a Public Service Board and also identified as a Local Area Agreement pilot have now been announced as ...
Read more... Published: Mon, 01 November 2004 |
Topic: Rural communities |
