The Learning Together Cheshire and Warrington (LTCW) Conference 2008 was a resounding success with nearly 90 delegates from a wide range of organisations taking part.

Delegates came from Third Sector as well as public and private sector organisations, providing a good mix for networking.

A conference report is in preparation, and will be available from this page but in the meantime the presentations delivered at the conference can be downloaded from the links below.

About the conference.
The day included presentations and discussions focussing on the importance of the third sector in building employability skills - for its own sustainability and for the benefit of its beneficiaries. The event included input from external agencies – their views of the sector’s role in building employability skills and there were also be inspirational presentations and workshop sessions to demonstrate the wide range of work engaged by member organisations.

Details of the Conference programme and workshops are available from this link.

Presentations at the Conference .

Below are links to the various presentations that were made at the conference, either at the Plenary Session or at particular workshops

Keynote speaker - Cheryl Turner - NIACE
Presentation available from this link

Keynote Speaker - Ian Ruff - LSC NW Region
Presentation available from this link

Morning Workshop sessions

• Workshop A
  Learning Skills through Volunteering
  Carol Berry and Clare Harrison (Chester Voluntary Action/Volunteer Centre).
  This was an interactive workshop with no presentation available for download.
• Workshop B
  Lifelong Learning in the Community
  Javqui Ledward (Voluntary Action Vale Royal)
  No presentation is available for download
• Workshop C
  Cheshire Learning Resource Network
  Colin Ashcroft (CLRN) and Keith Roper (DIAL House, Chester)
  You can download the presentation from this link
• Workshop D
  Skills for Life for young people
  Anne Carroll (Crewe YMCA Foyer Project)
  You can download the presentation from this link

Afternoon Workshop sessions

Further information available from simon@learning-together.co.uk

Page last updated 30.10.08