Theresa B’s WBLog

The Centre for Excellence in Leadership has developed 3 toolkits, one of which is for WBL leaders. The aim of the toolkits is “to encourage the use of e-learning and technology and to assist leaders to use technology effectively to enhance and support their business operations” A notebook facility allows the use of the toolkits for noting of CPD requirements.

To get access to the toolkits you have to subscribe for 12 months and apparently they are updated on a quarterly basis.

Each subscription provides 10 individual users and costs £518+VAT per organisation.

WBL & ACL providers are entitled to a 50% subsidy and ISC providers 25% subsidy.

According to CEL this toolkit is tailored specifically to the needs of WBL providers. I haven’t seen the toolkit so I can’t give any personal views on its effectiveness.  However, I am told that it has 9 interactive topics covering the core business areas crucial to improving organisational effectiveness.

Launches of the toolkit are on the following dates:

30th April – Manchester
13th May – London

For further information go to TOOLKIT@CENTREFOREXCELLENCE.ORG.UK or phone 0870 060 3278

Providers have now been informed as to whether their LIG3 bids have been successful. The list of successful bids has not yet been officially released but I have asked around and am extremely pleased that some Y&H Providers have received a positive response. I’ll post more when it’s official.

LSC funded providers will be eligible to claim £2,500 of capital funding to purchase ILT equipment when a delegate from their organisation completes one of the eligible CEL programmes listed below:

ConnecT, eQuiP, Realise, FE eXplorer, WBL eXplorer or Leading Change for Digital Dividends.

LSC funded providers will be eligible to claim £2,500 of capital funding when a delegate from their organisation completes an eligible CEL programme. However, in the interests of fairness across providers, each provider will only be able to claim a maximum of £7,500 from CEL (so attendance of up to 3 delegates across eligible programmes), irrespective of how many delegates they send on the eligible CEL programmes. This funding is available up to a maximum of 275 delegates attending on CEL elearning programmes listed above running between 1 November 2007 and 31 August 2008.

How long is the capital grant available for & how can we claim it?

Available up to September 2008

In order to claim the grant, each provider/attendee will need to attend the full programme and submit an action plan describing the capital equipment they are proposing to buy and how this purchase will support them to embed the learning from the programme that they have attended.

For further information please telephone 0870 060 3278 or email:

Lydia for ConnecT, Realise or WBL eXplorer queries:
Lydia.mcdowall@centreforexcellence.org.uk

Lisa for eQuiP, FE eXplorer or Leading Change for Digital Dividends queries:
Lisa.noronha@centreforexcellence.org.uk

E Guides – NIACE

Grants will also be allocated to individuals who complete the NIACE E-Guides training programme and will amount to £2,500 per person up to a maximum of three participants per organisation. To be eligible to receive a grant, an individual must complete the three days training and submit an action plan showing how the funds will benefit their organisation.

Places are limited on the E Guides courses so you are advised to book as soon as possible.

For further information about the E-Guides training programme including dates and a booking form go to
http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/TrainingCourses/eguides.htm