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STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY

Foreword This resource pack for adult educators is the product of an ‘active citizenship’ project supported by the Transformation Fund. The Active Citizenship Education Project (ACEP) brought together the Workers’ Educational Association (Yorkshire and Humber Region), York, Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster Councils, Take Part, NIACE, Parliamentary Outreach, the TUC and the Regional Empowerment Partnership in a creative, albeit short lived, project partnership.

We had the following tasks from September 2009 - March 2010: 1 Develop a strategic network of those engaged in active citizenship education across the region. 2 Work with partners to deliver day courses for council staff on the duty to involve local people and the link between local government and Parliament. 3 Write a series of 5 hour courses, supported by short pamphlets, and made accessible on-line. 4 Pilot some of the courses. 5 Hold a national dissemination event to highlight and share active citizenship educational work. This pack is the product of the third task.

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