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Learning support tool launched for voluntary and community sector

An online directory to support learning in the voluntary and community sector (VCS) was launched earlier this week.

VCS Learning Links – www.vcslearninglinks.org.uk - provides details of national, regional, sub-regional and local VCS infrastructure bodies and networks across England that support learning and training.

The website was launched by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) in partnership with the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS) and the national Workforce Hub; with support from the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).

Cheryl Turner of NIACE, said, "Finding the right partner in the voluntary and community sector has never been more important for organisations involved in learning and training, or interested in this area of work.

"Now that funding for community-based learning is increasingly hard to find, working collaboratively with the right people becomes ever more important as a sustainable way forward. VCS Learning Links offers a solution to the question of who should you approach first."

She continued, "VCS Learning Links is the solution and can help you whether you're from a voluntary or community organisation, FE College, local authority service, possible funder, or another strategic body."

Janet Fleming, Head of the UK Workforce Hub in England, said, “VCS Learning Links will be a valuable resource. It brings a wealth of information into one place for the first time, meaning infrastructure organisations can share good practice and learning with each other for the benefit of the local organisations they support."

Lynne Bryan, Learning and Development Manager at NACVS, said, "Long awaited, Learning Links lays the foundations for a coherent resource which will enable both local voluntary and community organisations and the statutory sector to know where to go for information on learning and training in the voluntary and community sector."

Positive feedback has already been received from the VCS Learning Links web-trial, Tony Herrman, Director, Community Work Training Co, said, "I think it is an excellent site at first glance - clear, readable, accessible and useful."

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