Who are we?
Vision, mission and strategic aims
Vision
To support and promote the economic, social and educational prosperity of London through learning in the community..
Mission
To develop a representative strategic learning consortium that is rooted in London 's communities and which provides quality-learning opportunities through Voluntary and Community provider partnership.
Strategic aims
- To develop a provider consortium for Voluntary and Community learners in London that is both appropriate and responsive.
- To develop a sustainable infrastructure for accessing funding for voluntary and community providers and their constituencies across London .
- To generate a strong strategic voice for community learners, partners and providers alike.
- To support capacity building within voluntary and community organisations to enable them to meet the requirements and responsibilities of being a training provider and assist them to develop the management and quality systems required to deliver training.
- To work for the ultimate benefit of learners rather than any one agency.
- To develop an accountable and representative provider base.
- Research provision within the London voluntary and community sector to identify and evidence synergies with Local, regional and National strategies.
Business Aims
- To manage accredited learning and employment programme opportunities to employed and unemployed learners.
- To support and develop our learning providers to meet the needs of their learners and their workforce and to support the local economy.
- To raise & promote standards, quality and performance.
- To Work collaboratively to support the transition of hard to reach learners into mainstream provision (achievement and retention)
- To enable a higher percentage of funding to go directly to the benefit of the learner.
- Act as a collaborative intermediary which values and develops effective and equal partnerships with others.
- To promote the effectiveness of learning to reflect diverse communities.
To read more about the Learning Consortium download a copy of the Consortium information flyer click here ...
To download the most recent development plan click here
The consortium team are based at Sutton CVS and consist of 3 members of staff.
Steve Jeffery is the Consortium Development Manager. Steve Jeffery has been in post as the Consortium Development Manager since October 2005. Prior to this he has worked as both a strategic and operational manager within the Education & Training sector for over fourteen years for such organisations as NACRO, RNIB and Social Firms South East.
Sara Thomas is the Consortium Administrator. Sara is the first point of contact for our members, Sara also organises the consortium's events and workshops. Sara has worked at Sutton CVS since November 2003 and was the Administrator for the Underpinning Community Learning project.
Hazel Roberts is our Performance & Contracts Manager. Hazel has had over 20 years experience within the learning and skills sector. Initially Hazel was an Account Manager at Sussex Training & Enterprise Council where she gained a sound understanding of quality systems and procedures, as well as contract management.
 : 020 8643 3277
 : C/o Sutton CVS, Unilink House,
21Lewis Road,Sutton,
Surrey, SM1 4BR.
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