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    Sustaining our Future: a Framework for embedding sustainable development in FE and skills

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    The Sustaining Our Future Framework aims to:
    A. Build common understanding of what sustainable development is about, what it means for the sector and why the sector should collectively respond to it.
    B. Alert providers to the business benefits of being a sustainable organisation, and how these benefits can be realised in an increasingly demand-led environment
    C. Establish a common set of themes for action.

    Bedford College: Creating Deaf Space

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    This resource comprises a case study and video developed by Bedford College Deaf Services, illustrating the support offered to Deaf learners. All Deaf learners who attend the college are supported by a Deaf Co-ordinator, and the aim of the Deaf Services at Bedford College is to attract more learners and help prepare them for working/living within the hearing environment, whilst offering a supportive network to enable them to develop the necessary skills. The resources included are a case study and a video.

    St Johns School and College: Raising aspirations - creating opportunities to enable more young people with LDD to effectively access Apprenticeships

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    This resource comprises the report and resources developed by the Equality and Diversity Partnership Project led by St John’s College. The project developed an advisory and support pack for use by Independent Specialist Providers (ISPs) to enable them to ensure that young people with LDD are able to access Apprenticeships where appropriate. The pack has been designed to meet the needs of apprenticeship providers and their networks of employers.

    National Union of Students UK (NUS): Student-led dialogue on LGBT and Faith

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    This resource comprises the report and resources developed by the Equality and Diversity Partnership Project led by the National Union of Students (NUS). The overall aim of the initiative was to support staff and learners to tackle real and perceived tensions between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equalities, and religion and belief equalities, in FE colleges. The project focused on dialogue as a means to increase and improve inter-personal communication between learners relating to the subject of faith and sexuality.

    Humber Learning Consortium: Improving E&D practice across a voluntary and community sector network

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    This resource comprises the report and resources developed by the Equality and Diversity Partnership Project led by the Humber Learning Consortium. The overall aim was to improve equality and diversity practice across a network of 20 voluntary community sector (VCS) learning providers in the Humber sub-region. A Quality Improvement Network was launched and questionnaire created and completed by 20 VCS delivery partners.

    Hopwood Hall College: Equality Peer Ambassadors

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    This resource comprises the report and resources developed by the Equality and Diversity Partnership Project led by Hopwood Hall College. The project aimed to train 12 learners as Peer Ambassadors and champion of equality and diversity issues that are relevant to learners and young people in the Borough of Rochdale. Fifteen learners and two members of staff were trained in specific equality specialist areas and in Philosophical Enquiry methods. The resources included are a case study and an Equality Ambassadors Project presentation.

    Friends Centre: Promoting LGBT Equality

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    This resource comprises the report and resources developed by an Equality and Diversity Partnership Project led by the Friends Centre. This project focused on how best to promote LGBT equality in line with race, gender and disability equality within an adult and community education setting in Brighton & Hove. It involved consultation with adult learners, staff, volunteers, other learning providers and the wider community on LGBT equality, identify key issues and concerns, and developing a whole organisation approach to promoting LGBT inclusion.
    The resources included are:

    East Riding of Yorkshire Council: Addressing under-representation of gypsies and travellers in learning and promoting the development and sustainability of new businesses

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    The aim was to bring together the gypsy/traveller communities and arts/craft people to enhance the development and sustainability of new businesses through a combination of virtual business solutions and community tourist/craft ventures. This involved a wide range of local and one national bodies.

    Charnwood Training Group: Equality and Diversity Awareness Raising

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    This resource comprises the report and resources developed by an Equality and Diversity Partnership Project led by Charnwood Training Group. The main aim of the project was to build a scenario based contingent navigation programme, built up from a video-rich series of modules, as part of a blended learning approach. This was supported by a network of Equality and Diversity Ambassadors created from Charnwood employees. The outputs included nine Charnwood Equality and Diversity Ambassadors undertaking a 4 day training programme and the creation of a mobile phone app for Charnwood staff.

    Boston College: Speak Up Speak Out

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    This resource comprises the report and resources developed by an Equality and Diversity Partnership Project led by Boston College. The project used a programme of workshops and visits by staff and students to the Holocaust Centre in Newark to explore the themes of intolerance and prejudice, and promote positive behaviour and attitudes towards diversity and difference both within the College environment and the wider community. Learners from across all curriculum areas were engaged (but a key focus of the project was on young white working class males).

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