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What
are you doing on 22 May?
From circus skills to financial training;
relaxation to sessions on presentations; or dancing to time keeping
- Learning at Work Day is a great opportunity to engage your colleagues.
Last year an estimated 6,300 organisations tried these ideas and
more. This year, why don't you try something new? With just over
a month to go there is still time to get your organisation involved.
You can use our 60
minute planning guide
or take a bit longer with our complete
guide online.
We also have activites you can download in our A-Z
section
and learning
providers' page that
you can use to organise your Day - it couldn't be easier.
If you have already planned your Learning at Work Day we can still
help you. Downloadable
posters
are now available, so you can make sure your colleagues know what's
happening and when. Our PR
team
is also on hand to advise you on the best way to get yourself noticed
- go to our media centre online for more information. You can also
help us by registering
your event
and get yourself on our google learning map which is due to be launched
in May.
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Learning at Work Special Offer
Train
your staff for only £30 per person …
…
and in just 2 hours, give them lifelong learning skills!
This
time-limited special offer to just 10 lucky organisations is provided
by Simply Learning / Brain in Business, in support of Learning at
Work activities.
Brain
friendly methods will be used to deliver bite size sessions which
are enjoyable, memorable, practical, thought-provoking, results-focused,
and which will sustain learning skills for life!
To
read the details, and support your staff to become tomorrow's lifelong
learners, visit www.simplylearning.net/cfl-offer/cfl-offer.pdf,
as soon as you can, today!
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Want your workforce to brush up on their essential skills?
Learning at Work Day is an ideal opportunity to encourage colleagues
to brush up on their skills and gain a qualification. The Move
On Up
team have produced a new set of activities and ideas for Learning
at Work Day. This is resource is designed to support your work in
encouraging and helping others to improve their English and maths
skills, as well as activities that
you can run on Learning at Work Day for learners and potential learners.
To find out more about the iRoute challenge click here for part
1
and part
2.
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Are
your resuscitation skills a bit rusty?
One of the leading first aid training providers, the British
Red Cross,
is encouraging businesses to use Learning at Work Day to provide
more employees with life saving skills.
To
mark the day, a series of free training sessions are being offered.
They will provide the opportunity to learn essential skills such
as CPR and treatment of an unconscious casualty, which could be
used to save a life in the workplace or the wider community.
Courses
will be held in Birmingham, London Euston, Newcastle, Altrincham,
Warrington and Sheffield on 22 May. To book, or for more information,
including terms and conditions, please contact 0844 871 8000
and quote Campaign for Learning.
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great resources ... |
Tolstoy
or Rowling...
Whatever you like, RaW Swaps is a fantastic way for adults get reading.
RaW is offering a FREE Swap kits to workplaces to encourage employees
to set up a book swapping area. A kit contains:
* Quick Read books
* Bookplates
* Bookends
* A poster
* A comedy DVD
* And a selection of top tips to make reading and swapping more fun.
To order a FREE Swaps Kit visit bbc.co.uk/raw
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Want
to increase the level of discretionary effort in your organisation?
On average less than 20% of your workforce is fully engaged. A
fully engaged workforce can increase your bottom line by up to 26%.
Wilson Given Leadership can help by running their flagship 2-day BE
YOUR FUTURETM workshop.
For
Learning at Work Day, Wilson Given Leadership are offering a free
2-day workshop to one organisation with at least 500 employees.
The lucky organisation will be drawn from a ballot. The winning
organisation will need to provide the training room and facilities.
Call
Kwai Yu on 07837 169224 or email kwai.yu@wilsongiven.com
to
enter your organisation.
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Feeling
tense? Shoulders aching? Head hurting?
Why
not get a free trial of an on-site massage with energiseYou. Following
your free trial you can then book energiseYou and include On-Site
Chair Massage into your Learning at Work Day.
On-Site Chair Massage is a fully clothed massage while seated in
a chair. The massage practitioner focuses on the head, neck, shoulders,
back, arms and hands. The massage can be adapted for 10, 15, 20
or 30 minute sessions and leaves the client feeling energised.
To arrange your trial please contact Lucy Pernicano at energiseYou
on 0870 167 7771 or lucy.pernicano@energiseyou.com
Please note that terms and conditions apply to the energiseYou complimentary
trial.
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