The last Learning Champions Event of the Learning in the Voluntary Sector Project was held on 14th October in Letterston.

A number of Learning Champions attended and received a "Valued Learning Champion" Certificate to thank them for all their hard work over the years. Two "Star" Learning Champion Awards were also presented to those who had demonstrated extra commitment.

There are no events scheduled for the remainder of this year, however, we are still keeping in contact with everyone via the Learning Champions Online Community.

Pembrokeshire Learning Champions Network

Learning Champions are people who are active in their local community or group, enjoy learning in all its forms, understand the benefits of learning, like meeting other people and enjoy having a chat!

Learning Champions encourage people to take part in learning, point people in the right direction to find the training they need, act as a learning mentor to support learners, and hopefully have fun—and enthuse others.

The Pembrokeshire Learning Champions Network is a network of such people who come together to learn something, catch up with what's new and meet socially to share information.

Every Learning Champion who joins the network is entitled to access free training and resources through the Learning in the Voluntary Sector Training Project. Resources include information on local training, where to get help and any publications required.

Have a look at the Learning Champions Handbook here.

If this sounds like you, and you would like to join the network please contact Louise Walters at PAVS.

Some of the resources available to all Learning Champions

Learning Champions Events

7th December 2007

A number of Learning Champions attended the winter event held in the Bloomfield Centre in Narberth. A number of learners received certificates and it is hoped at the next event there will be even more to present. After a lovely festive lunch, and Christmas cake, the Personal Safety session started. The session was delivered by two of our colleagues from CAVS (in Carmarthen) and was designed specifically for people who find themselves working alone, or volunteering on their own. The session was very successful and everyone learned something new.

8th December 2006

The third and final Learning Champions event for 2006 was held on the 8th of December in Careers Wales West in Haverfordwest. A festive buffet provided by Jackie Pallit was enjoyed by all before the serious business of the afternoon began. Jean Brown from Careers Wales West gave an excellent and informative presentation on the Careers Wales website careerswales.com including the Learning Choices database of training courses available throughout Wales. A quiz on the website was then held and prizes given to the winner. All those who attended the event were able to pick up a 2007 diary for their filofax and any new training brochures that they did not already have. The afternoon was concluded with 2 festive games, starting with Cracker or Coal where participants were encouraged to say what they did or did not like about being part of the network for the results please click here. The racing reindeer game proved difficult for participants as they had to choose just one training course they were interested in and move the corresponding reindeer forward on space, in the top 3 were Introduction to Listening, Advice and Signposting, Mentoring Skills and Handling Conflict.

23rd May 2006

The second Learning Champions Evening was held during Adult Learners' Week at the Haverfordwest Cricket club. The theme of the evening was "Learning - Why Bother?" which looked into some of the benefits of learning. Some people spoke about the positive benefits that learning had made on their life. The "Yes but...No but" game proved to be fun despite a confusing start, this game looked at some of the barriers to learning and some of the ways learning champions can provide a solution - you can do a lot with a bit of knowledge.

15th March 2006

A Learning Champions Social Evening was held at the Academy Restaurant, Pembrokeshire College, the evening began with a delicious buffet prepared by Scholarest, the cake went down particularly well!

After the buffet there was a quick introduction about being a Learning Champion, and the resource packs given out earlier in the evening. The activities, which were enjoyed by all, included a Learning Derby, Web of Learning and Learning Wall. The activities were designed to get some opinions from the participants and were hopefully fun at the same time. The evening concluded with a Learning Quiz.

For more information on the next event please visit again soon!