Useful Links to Other Sites

Norfolk Voluntary Sector organisations

• Voluntary Norfolk (Formerly Norwich & Norfolk Voluntary Services)
• Voluntary Norfolk in Great Yarmouth (formerly Great Yarmouth Voluntary Sector Partnership)
• vcsTogether - North Norfolk
• West Norfolk Voluntary and Community Action
• Norfolk Rural Community Council
• Keystone Development Trust
• Norfolk Unites - Learning and Skills Consortium for Norfolk VCS

Further Education Training Providers in Norfolk

• Paston College

• City College Norwich
• College of West Anglia
• Easton College

Higher Education

• University of East Anglia

Adult Education in Norfolk

• Adult Education Department

Sector Skills Councils

• Sector Skills Development Agency

• Lifelong Learning UK
• Skills for Care
• Skills for Health

National Hubs - closed at the end of March 2008 but some resources are still available

• Performance Hub publications produced during 2005-2008
• Governance Hub publications and resources still available
• Workforce Hub is now closed

Other Useful Addresses

• Learning & Skills Council

• Department for Children, Schools and Families
• Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS)

• Volunteering England
• National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) - the national voice for infrastructure organisations in the third sector
• Federation for Community Development Learning - advancing and promoting community development learning
• Directory of Social Change
  Helping voluntary and community organisations become more effective
• National Institute of Adult Continuing Education(NIACE)
• Learning from experience - offers support in the development of learning consortia

• The SOUL Project - measuring outcomes in informal learning

• VCS Learning Links A website of infrastructure organisations offering learning or training

• Norfolk Learning Partnership
• Home Learning College - distance learning courses

• Advice on finding and appointing a trainer or consultant
• BBC RaW Campaign (Reading and Writing Campaign)
• Campaign for Learning
• National Funding Advisors Training Organisations Consortium
• SKILD Skills and Knowledge for Local Development
• Norfolk and Suffolk Care Support Ltd
• Care Norfolk Brokerage on Line- free information, advice and guidance service for the Social Care Employers in Norfolk. It also sources and distributes funding to support training.

• Health Learning and Skills Advice Line(Careers information, advice and guidance to support people who work in, or are considering a career in healthcare.)

• SAFEchild - The one-stop-shop for your child protection needs including training, child protection policies, CRB checks and up to the minute information.