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Links
Please note on 1st October 2006 the Community Access Programme became the REAP: Researching Equity, Access and Participation Group. This is an archive site. Please click link to go to the REAP Website.
Community Access
Programme
African Caribbean
and Asian
Widening
Participation & AimHigher
Family
Related Learning & FAHED
Widening
Participation-Disability
We have assembled a number of links with sites that are of relevance to
various projects in which the Community Access Programme is engaged.
Links to Community Access Programme
Lists sites covering multiple themes or relevance to the Community Access Programme including exclusion, disadvantage, and further and higher education.
The
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Learning
and Teaching Support Network (LTSN)
The
Journal of Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning
European
Access Network
The European Access Network encourages wider access to higher education
for those who are currently under-represented, whether for reasons of
gender, ethnic origin, nationality, age, disability, family background,
vocational training, geographic location, or earlier educational disadvantage.
NIACE
National Organisation for Adult Learning
NIACE's formal aim is: "to promote the study and general advancement
of adult continuing education" This web site contains a host of information
about adult learning including conferences, publications and reports.
Joseph
Rowntree Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is the UK's largest independent social
policy research and development charity. It supports a wide programme
of research and development projects in housing, social care and social
policy
The
National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
It is the umbrella body for the voluntary sector in England
Equal
Opportunities Commission
The Equal Opportunities Commission is the leading agency working to eliminate
sex discrimination in 21st Century Britain
National
Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS)
The national association of CVS (Councils for Voluntary Service). Over
280 CVS are currently members, with the network spanning both urban and
rural areas of England. We help to promote effective local voluntary and
community action through our member CVS, by providing them with a range
of support services
Directory
of Social Change
DSC is an independent voice for social change, set up in 1975 to help
voluntary and community organisations become more effective.
The
Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
CESI formed in 2001 by the merger of Unemployment Unit and Youthaid and
Centre for Social Inclusion
The
Northwest Development Agency
The Northwest Development Agency (NWDA)
is the regional development agency (RDA) for the North West of England.
Its remit is to co-ordinate the economic development and regeneration
of the region; to promote relocation, inward investment and competitiveness;
enhance training and skills; and contribute to sustainable development
Links to African Caribbean and Asian
The
Commission for Racial Equality
CRE is a publicly funded, non-governmental body set up under the Race
Relations Act 1976 to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial
equality.
Community
& Race, Race Equality & Diversity - the Home Office
It is responsible for race relations policy and legislation and helps
promote equal opportunities to other Home Office policy areas and in outside
agencies.
Runnymede
Trust
Founded in 1968, Runnymede is the foremost UK-based independent think
tank on ethnicity and cultural diversity. Our core mandate since inception
has been to challenge racial discrimination, to influence anti-racist
legislation and to promote a successful multi-ethnic Britain.
Joseph
Rowntree Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is the UK's largest independent social
policy research and development charity. It supports a wide programme
of research and development projects in housing, social care and social
policy.
Links to Widening Participation & AimHigher
AimHigher
Cumbria
Aimhigher Cumbria's widening Participation Website has sections for young
people, parents/carers, professionals and employers. The site provides
background information on Aimhigher objectives, guidance for obtaining
promotional material and activities. They also provide a video link outlining
the experiences of young people attending their summer school.
Action
on Access
Action on Access was established by the Higher Education Funding Council
for England (HEFCE) and the Department of Higher and Further Education,
Training and Employment (DHFETE) with a remit to provide national support
and co-ordination for the funding bodies' widening participation strategy.
The
National Organisation for Adult Learning
Uni4me.com
Uni4me is a website produced by the Manchester Widening Participation
project. It will answer many of the questions you have about what it is
like to be a university student. It will help you to work out your options
and make decisions. University can be an option whatever your age or circumstances.
Cowork
(Coventry, Warwick, Worcester)
Links to Family Related Learning & FAHED
Blackpool
and the Fylde College
University
of Central Lancashire
The
Department of Continuing Education, Lancaster University
Lancashire
Connexions - Careers 13-19
Uni4me.com
Uni4me is a website produced by the Manchester Widening Participation
project. It will answer many of the questions you have about what it is
like to be a university student. It will help you to work out your options
and make decisions. University can be an option whatever your age or circumstances.
Connexions
One stop shop for all Connexions services - access to confidential advice
and support for young people, including rewards and discounts for those
who stay in learning; local Connexions Partnerships and information for
Connexions Partnerships and Practitioners.
Children
and Young People's Unit (CYPU)
Children and Young People's Unit Website The Children and Young People's
Unit has the important task of supporting Ministers, as they develop,
refine and communicate the Government's overarching strategy for children
and young people.
Barnardo's
It helps children, young people and their families over the long term
to overcome the most severe disadvantages - problems like abuse, homelessness
and poverty - and to tackle the challenges of disability.
Parent
Centre
UK Government information for parents who want to help their children
learn. Offers information and advice about your child's learning and the
English education system.
Parenting
education and support forum
The national umbrella body bringing together those who work to provide
parenting education and support for parents and families
Parent
line, plus
For parents and professionals involved in research and learning within
a family context
Sure Start
Sure Start is a cornerstone of the Government's drive to tackle child
poverty and social exclusion.
Centre
for Longitudinal Studies (CLS)
It contains information about the CLS and the activities of research into
families
Child Poverty
Action
CPAG provides information to help people campaign against poverty
Links to Widening Participation-Disability
Centre
for Studies on Inclusive Education
A British independent educational charity, that gives information and
advice about inclusive education and related issues.Inclusion means all.
This commitment is based on human rights principles.
Technology
for Disabilities Information Service
TechDis is a JISC service aimed at enhancing access for those with learning
difficulties and/or disabilities, to learning and teaching, research and
administration across higher and further education through the use of
information and communication technologies.
W3C
(World Wide Web Consortium) WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative)
The W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative, in co-ordination with organisations
around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary
areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach,
and research and development.
The
National Disability Team
It works towards: provision of advice, support and practical guidance
to project and other institutional staff; transfer to the whole higher
education sector of experience, programmes and models of effective practice
emerging from this and three previous disability initiatives; integration
of disability issues into the core business of every higher education
institution.
The
British Dyslexia Association
The BDA is the voice of dyslexic people. We offer advice, information
and help to families, professionals and dyslexic individuals. We are working
to raise awareness and understanding of dyslexia, and to effect change.
SKILL:
National Bureau for Students with Disabilities
Skill promotes opportunities for young people and adults with any kind
of disability in post-16 education, training and employment across the
UK. See their site for a list of information services to disabled people.
Disability
Rights Commission
The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is an independent body set up by
the Government to help secure civil rights for disabled people.
Connexions
One stop shop for all Connexions services - access to confidential advice
and support for young people, including rewards and discounts for those
who stay in learning; local Connexions Partnerships and information for
Connexions Partnerships and Practitioners.
The
British Council of Disabled People (BCODP)
BCODP is the only national umbrella organisation to be democratically
set up by disabled people themselves to represent their interests at the
national level.