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unions promoting IACL to their members including: ❙ Employee development programmes – like the well-known Ford Employee Development Assistance Programme (EDAP) ❙ workplace libraries and book groups ❙ courses for personal development/interest run by colleges/adult education centres/WEA ❙ taster sessions attracting new learners ❙ visits or activities with museums/galleries/libraries/theatres ❙ courses and activities that develop knowledge and skills for citizenship and participation in society ❙ hobby/interest clubs ❙ supporting health, well-being and fitness through keep fit programmes, salsa dancing, scuba diving, boxing clubs, mental health awareness raising programmes ❙ developing potential musicians through providing guitar and drumming lessons ❙ promoting reading through Quick Reads and the Six Book Challenge ❙ promoting IACL at work during Adult Learners Week, Learning at Work Day, Celebration of Learning and open days at trade union learning centres. Another key player in IACL is the community learning champion. They are enthusiasts who promote learning to friends, neighbours and people right across their communities. A national programme funded by BIS is showing how lives are changed when learning champions are given the resources, backed by effective support and training. As a result more people are getting involved in learning, more parents are raising their sights and those of their children, more people are shaking off the damaging effects of depression and drug abuse, more people are getting into work and more people getting involved in making their community a better place. Community learning champions are working with ULRs to promote learning in their neighbourhood.
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