February 2020 Newsletter

Lead to Cyber Resilience

As part of Cyber Scotland Week, we've been giving public workshops on online safety across Scotland. In North Lanarkshire, Perth and Aberdeenshire, we've been discussing how to create strong passwords, how to identify online scams and what to do in the event of a cyber attack. Missed our events? No problem, check out our blogs covering the same information.

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Have your say at Scottish Government Regional Events

The next phase in the development of the Adult Learning Strategy for Scotland is a series of Scottish Government Regional Roadshow events which will bring together regional adult learning leaders, practitioners and adult learners to have conversations about the emerging strategy.

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Volunteers needed for Fife Young Carers Befriending Project

Our new Befriending Service enables young people with a caring role at home in Fife to experience the same opportunities and activities as their peers. Volunteers can support this by sharing their time and patience with a young carer. Volunteers can expect training and out of pocket expenses. For further information on this exciting and fulfilling opportunity please contact:
Emma Pauley, Fife Befriending Coordinator by phone 07775844885 or email epauley@lead.org.uk.

Review of Support for Disabled Students in Further and Higher Education

The Scottish Government are carrying out a review into the current system of support for disabled students at college and university. Click below for more information and to access the surveys, which are open to current and past students, staff, parents, carers and student representatives.
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We're crowdfunding £20,000 - can you help?

We have launched our first crowdfunding campaign to provide match funding for our employability projects in Highland and Moray. We’re hoping to raise £20,000 through the crowdfunding platform Neighbourly.

See why we're crowdfunding here

Congratulations to Lead learner Naomi Tayler!

Here's a photo of Naomi Tayler with her Scotland Learning Partnership, Adult Learners Week 2019, Individual Award Nomination Certificate. Naomi successfully achieved the Adult Achievement Award Level 4 and was nominated by Gayle Kaufmann.

Learners enjoy work experience at Speysound Radio

In partnership with Speysound Radio - 107.1fm and streaming worldwide at speysound.com, Lead Scotland were presented with a fabulous opportunity to work alongside the community radio station and three wonderful young men with varied addition support needs.

They all wished to increase their knowledge of digital skills, expressed an interest in the creative arts, wanted to raise their conﬁdence and self esteem so that they could apply for college or volunteer in their community.

All three worked well and are in the process of receiving their SQA qualiﬁcation certiﬁcates. One client has applied for and been accepted in college. Another is volunteering in a variety of roles locally and the third is in the process of applying for college. All stated that their conﬁdence and training received from LEAD has helped them in this journey.

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