County news and events

Come and find out about the many and varied learning opportunitites that are on offer across Monmouth.

There'll be lots of fun and activities for all the family on 13 September, from 9.30am - 1.30pm at Monnow Bridge, Monmouth.

For more information, please click on the below link.

Big Learning Celebration

To find out about the new courses on offer from Community Education in Monmouthshire, just click on the below links. 

Monmouthshire Adult and Community Education Brochure

Enrolment Ad

The attached documents cover information regarding Pathways to Work, an innovative, government-funded service designed to help people with a health condition or disability move off benefits and find a suitable job.

In addition, attached is a toolkit for blind and partially sighted jobseekers, facilitators and employers.

Pathways handout

Pathways to Work June

Visage A toolkit for blind and particially sighted jobseekers, facilitators and employers

Click here to view the activities that took place across the region to support Adult Learners' Week.

For more information about the opportunities in your area, please contact your Learning Development Officer.

The only organisation in Wales dedicated to offering professional business support to emerging and developing social enterprises has launched a new website to provide an even broader range of services.

Community Enterprise Wales Launches New Website

Website: www.cewales.org 

Congratulations to the winners of the Regional Inspire Awards 2008.

PDF file: NIACE Dysgu Cymru Regional Inspire Awards 2008

Replay, the community recycling project based in Ebbw Vale, has moved to a new location. This is a ideal resource for schools, playgroups, and community groups who have limited budget for art and craft activities.

To find out more, and become a member, please click on the below links.

Replay 2008

Replay Membership Form

Please click on the below link to find out about the wide range of courses planned for September at the Monmouth Learn IT Centre

Learning in Monmouth

Citizens of Monmouthshire were encouraged to take control in January. Events were held across Monmouthshire to encourage people to sign up for the many courses on offer across the county.

The Monmouthshire Learning Festival Starts its Work.pdf

Organistions across Blaenau Gwent have been working together to develop an overview of their activities to illustrate their success and how Partnership working can benefit their communities

Blaenau Gwent Brochure English.pdf

Blaenau Gwent Brochure Welsh.pdf

Response from John Griffiths AM.pdf

A student has used the interior design skills she picked up at the Monmouth Learn-IT Centre to revamp a room for a local county hotel.

PDF file: Coleg Gwent Student Designs Hotel Room

Compass, formerly the Pilot Project has relaunched its services to the local community in Newport.

PDF file: Compass - Providing People with a Sense of Direction

Coleg Gwent’s Learn-IT Centre in Cwmbran is reminding old and new customers that it now has a new telephone number. The centre – which was relaunched earlier this year following a £150,000 refurbishment – offers a range of IT-based and non-IT-based courses to adult learners of all ages, all taught flexibly to fit in around busy lifestyles.

PDF file: New phone number for Cwmbran Learn IT Centre

The College @ Aber Valley was opened on 23 May 2006 by Jeff Cuthbert Am and Sarah Jones, Chief Executive of UFI.

PDF file: Aber Valley Opening May 2006