London Skills and Development Network

GREAT NEWS! LSDN tender for Jobs and Skills for London has been successful!

In January 2022, the Mayor published his Skills Roadmap for London. The Roadmap sets out how the Mayor planned to ensure London’s skills offer better services to London’s communities and economies. This builds on the success of City Hall’s local leadership since the delegation of the Adult Education Budget to the Mayor in 2019.

In December 2022, the Mayor of London launched a new competitive grant award process – Jobs and Skills for Londoners. All skills providers who deliver adult education and training services to Londoners and located in London and the ‘London Fringe’ were eligible to apply. We are happy to announce that LSDN’s proposal was successful and we will be able to continue to deliver high-quality education and skills for Londoners in the 2023/24 academic year and beyond!

LSDN’s project has a key focus on supporting the most vulnerable groups of Londoners to access learning. These include Londoners with no or lower-level qualifications; Londoners in low-paid work; older Londoners (aged 50+) and young Londoners (aged 19-24); Londoners from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities; Londoners with disabilities and long-term health conditions; Londoners with English-language needs; people seeking asylum; adults with experience of the criminal justice system; and survivors of violence against women and girls. Our project will deliver courses in the digital; health and social care; hospitality; green; and education and training sectors, along with basic skills provision for learners with English & Maths skill needs. Our project aims to achieve the following economic and social outcomes: progression to employment; progression to further learning; in-work progression; volunteering; and improvements to learner health & wellbeing; social integration; and self-efficacy.

LSDN is proud to support Londoners with continued access to learning and progression to employment opportunities or further education. We look forward to being part of the The Jobs and Skills for Londoners group of providers and continue to provide educational learning support and help the Londoners gain skills and move into needed important sectors to bring growth to London’s economy.

Congratulations to the LSDN Team!

GREAT NEWS! LSDN tender for Jobs and Skills for London has been successful! In January 2022, the Mayor published his Skills Roadmap for London. The Roadmap sets out how the Mayor planned to ensure London’s skills offer better services to London’s communities and economies. This builds on the success of City Hall’s local leadership since the delegation of the Adult Education Budget to the Mayor in 2019. In December 2022, the Mayor of London launched a new competitive grant award process – Jobs and Skills for Londoners. All skills providers who deliver adult education and training services to Londoners and located in London and the ‘London Fringe’ were eligible to apply. We are happy to announce that LSDN’s proposal was successful and we will be able to continue to deliver high-quality education and skills for Londoners in the 2023/24 academic year and beyond! LSDN’s project has a key focus on supporting the most vulnerable groups of Londoners to access learning. These include Londoners with no or lower-level qualifications; Londoners in low-paid work; older Londoners (aged 50+) and young Londoners (aged 19-24); Londoners from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities; Londoners with disabilities and long-term health conditions; Londoners with English-language needs; people seeking asylum; adults with experience of the criminal justice system; and survivors of violence against women and girls. Our project will deliver courses in the digital; health and social care; hospitality; green; and education and training sectors, along with basic skills provision for learners with English & Maths skill needs. Our project aims to achieve the following economic and social outcomes: progression to employment; progression to further learning; in-work progression; volunteering; and improvements to learner health & wellbeing; social integration; and self-efficacy. LSDN is proud to support Londoners with continued access to learning and progression to employment opportunities or further education. We look forward to being part of the The Jobs and Skills for Londoners group of providers and continue to provide educational learning support and help the Londoners.

LSDN wants to say thank you to our teachers who support our learners everyday! Your efforts and hard work is noticed and appreciated!

LSDN runs a number of programmes and services. These include; Railway Training Network an education and training project for future rail engineers and transport workers, Public Safety Academy an education and training project for spectator safety and door supervisor workers (SIA), Institute of Health & Social Professions an education and training project for childcare, health & social care and teaching assistant, 16-19 Youth Programme, and Skills for Construction (CSCS).

For Further Details:

London Skills & Development Network (LSDN)

2nd Floor, Suffolk House,
East Entrance,
George Street,
Croydon – CR0 0YN

Email: [email protected]
📞 020 3784 1294
🌎 www.lsdn.org.uk

LSDN wants to say thank you to our teachers who support our learners everyday! Your efforts and hard work is noticed and appreciated! #nationalthankateacherday

It’s the and from 10 June – 18 June and LSDN is participating!

This June, people will come together for a nationwide celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. Events and local Green Weeks in towns across the country will celebrate local action and show Government and local decision makers that we want them to urgently tackle the climate, nature and cost of living crises - to protect people and the planet now and for future generations.

Check out the events going on in your area if you are interested in attending.

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For more information: https://greatbiggreenweek.com/



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It’s the #GreatBigGreenWeek @TheCCoalition and @theclimatecoalition from 10 June – 18 June and LSDN is participating! This June, people will come together for a nationwide celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. Events and local Green Weeks in towns across the country will celebrate local action and show Government and local decision makers that we want them to urgently tackle the climate, nature and cost of living crises - to protect people and the planet now and for future generations. Check out the events going on in your area if you are interested in attending. Visit: ow.ly/vWzi50OGumr For more information: https://greatbiggreenweek.com/ #greatbiggreenweek #LSDN

We are so pleased to announce that we have been working very hard to welcome back all our learners at LSDN. So get your pens and papers and get ready to succeed at your chosen career path here at LSDN on the 7th of September 2020. Feel free to drop us an email at [email protected] or call us on 020 3784 1294 for further detailed enquiries.

Dream until it’s a reality.

Here’s a little pick-me-up from us to you.

It goes without saying but,we are going to say it anyway....keep water handy during these very high temperature days. It’s essential to keep your body functioning properly.

LATEST LSDN UPDATE – FRIDAY 24/07/2020 LSDN SUMMER UPDATE LSDN SUMMER OFFICE CLOSURE Today's bulletin will be our last update for a few weeks as our offices partially close for a welcome summer break. Our offices will be staffed on a reduced basis from Monday to Wednesday and will be closed on Thursdays and Fridays from Monday 27 July to Friday 7th August. However, we remain on hand to answer any queries and to support students via phone and email. Please call our main office number or send us an email if you have any queries or require information or support: 020 3784 1294 / [email protected].
Students facing any welfare or personal difficulties or anyone concerned about an LSDN student or staff member can also contact us on our confidential safeguarding number or email: 0782 3492 658 / [email protected]


SEPTEMBER RE-OPENING LSDN centres will re-open in full on Monday 7th September 2020. We are busy preparing our premises to ensure a safe environment for our students, staff and members of the public visiting our centres. Our classrooms are being re-designed with safety and social distancing measures in mind and to facilitate a more flexible learning environment. We are also expanding our premises and making space for workshops to reduce the need for our students to travel to external premises for the technical and practical elements of their courses. NEW COURSES From September, we will offer our courses and programmes through a wider range of delivery methods, these include one-to-one coaching, online learning, classroom learning, and blended learning (mix of classroom and distance learning). Students can enrol at LSDN immediately for courses and programmes in the following sector subject areas: Railway engineering Building and construction Health and Social Care Childcare and Education Public Services Leadership and Management English and Maths Digital Skills and Employability RE-ENROLMENT/STUDENT RETURNERS If you were unable to finish your course or learning programme with LSDN either this year or last year, please contact us for information on how you can re-enrol at LSDN or return to your studies with us. We look forward to welcoming you back.

LATEST LSDN UPDATE – FRIDAY 24/07/2020 LSDN SUMMER UPDATE LSDN SUMMER OFFICE CLOSURE Today's bulletin will be our last update for a few weeks as our offices partially close for a welcome summer break. Our offices will be staffed on a reduced basis from Monday to Wednesday and will be closed on Thursdays and Fridays from Monday 27 July to Friday 7th August. However, we remain on hand to answer any queries and to support students via phone and email. Please call our main office number or send us an email if you have any queries or require information or support: 020 3784 1294 / [email protected]. Students facing any welfare or personal difficulties or anyone concerned about an LSDN student or staff member can also contact us on our confidential safeguarding number or email: 0782 3492 658 / [email protected]. SEPTEMBER RE-OPENING LSDN centres will re-open in full on Monday 7th September 2020. We are busy preparing our premises to ensure a safe environment for our students, staff and members of the public visiting our centres. Our classrooms are being re-designed with safety and social distancing measures in mind and to facilitate a more flexible learning environment. We are also expanding our premises and making space for workshops to reduce the need for our students to travel to external premises for the technical and practical elements of their courses. NEW COURSES From September, we will offer our courses and programmes through a wider range of delivery methods, these include one-to-one coaching, online learning, classroom learning, and blended learning (mix of classroom and distance learning). Students can enrol at LSDN immediately for courses and programmes in the following sector subject areas: Railway engineering Building and construction Health and Social Care Childcare and Education Public Services Leadership and Management English and Maths Digital Skills and Employability RE-ENROLMENT/STUDENT RETURNERS If you were unable to finish your course or learning programme with LSDN either this year or last year, please contact us for information on how you can re-enrol at LSDN or return to your studies with us. We look forward to welcoming you back.

COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) LATEST LSDN UPDATE – FRIDAY 19/06/2020 (10.30am)

Below is a short update on our centre re-opening plans and information on current and upcoming courses available at LSDN.

LSDN CENTRE RE-OPENING PROGRESS UPDATE

LSDN is on track to re-open to the public on Monday 29 June on a strictly limited basis. Students and visitors should note that meetings and visits will be by PRIOR APPOINTMENT ONLY. We are not resuming classroom sessions at present and our primary method of teaching will continue to be online for the foreseeable future. However, we will start to plan support sessions for our students on a 1:1 or small group basis from around the last week in June. Please do not attend our centre without a prior confirmed appointment. Our staff will be working on a rota basis and will not be in the office every day, if you need to see a teacher or member of staff, please ensure that you contact them and agree a meeting day and time in advance. Look out for further updates in our upcoming weekly bulletins.

SPOTLIGHT: NEW LSDN COURSES AND LEARNING PROGRAMMES

LSDN is offering a whole suite of new courses and learning programmes. These courses are all available ONLINE and through DISTANCE LEARNING with full teacher support and assistance, including live online classes and individual tutorials.

The following courses are AVAILABLE FOR ENROLMENT TODAY: Childcare, Health and Social Care, Pathways to Nursing, Railway Engineering , Spectator Safety , Teaching Assistant, Construction, English, Maths

Contact us now for further information or to enrol: [email protected] / 020 3784 1294 / 0782 3494 687

Sign up for one of our LSDN courses today! Go to www.lsdn.org.uk/open_days

Sign up for one of our LSDN courses today! Go to www.lsdn.org.uk/open_days @ London, United Kingdom

Sign up for one of our LSDN courses today! Go to www.lsdn.org.uk/open_days @ London, United Kingdom

Sign up for one of our LSDN courses today! Go to www.lsdn.org.uk/open_days

Sign up for one of our LSDN courses today! Go to www.lsdn.org.uk/open_days @ London, United Kingdom

Sign up for our LSDN courses today! Go to www.lsdn.org.uk/open_days

RACIAL EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
The Prime Minister has made a statement on racial equality and social justice. Education Organisations have been asked to share this message with their staff and students.
Prime Minister message on Black Lives Matter

The death of George Floyd took place thousands of miles away – in another country, under another jurisdiction – and yet we simply cannot ignore the depth of emotion that has been triggered by that spectacle, of a black man losing his life at the hands of the police.
In this country and around the world his dying words – I can’t breathe – have awakened an anger and a widespread and incontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice, a feeling that people from black and minority ethnic groups do face discrimination: in education, in employment, in the application of the criminal law. And we who lead and who govern simply can’t ignore those feelings because in too many cases, I am afraid, they will be founded on a cold reality.
Yes, I am proud to lead the most ethnically diverse government in the history of this country, with two of the four great offices of state held by a man and a woman of Indian origin; and yes, I am proud of the work I began to lead more than ten years ago to recruit and promote more young black people, in the police and other walks of life.
This country has made huge strides. I remember the 1970s, and the horror of the National Front. I truly believe that we are a much, much less racist society than we were, in many ways far happier and better.
But we must also frankly acknowledge that there is so much more to do – in eradicating prejudice, and creating opportunity, and the government I lead is committed to that effort.
And so I say yes, you are right, we are all right, to say Black Lives Matter; and to all those who have chosen to protest peacefully and who have insisted on social distancing – I say, yes of course I hear you, and I understand.
But I must also say that we are in a time of national trial, when for months this whole country has come together to fight a deadly plague.
After such sacrifice, we cannot now let it get out of control.
It is BAME communities who have been at the forefront of the struggle against coronavirus – whether in health care or transport or social care or any of the other essential services that have kept our country going.
And it is BAME communities, tragically, that have paid a disproportionate price.

You can read the full Prime Minister's statement here: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-minister-message-on-black-lives-matter

Prime Minister message on Black Lives Matter Prime Minister Boris Johnson's message on Black Lives Matter.

SPOTLIGHT: NEW LSDN COURSES AND LEARNING PROGRAMMES

From June 2020, LSDN is offering a whole suite of new courses and learning programmes. These are all available ONLINE and through DISTANCE LEARNING.

For more information, please visit www.lsdn.org.uk/open_days/

COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) LATEST LSDN UPDATE – FRIDAY 12/06/2020 (10.30am)

LSDN CENTRE RE-OPENING PROGRESS UPDATE
We have now completed our centre re-opening readiness plan and will be completing and publishing our risk assessment within the next 10-12 days. We are currently on track to re-open to the public on Monday 29 June as planned. Please note that all meetings and visits will be by appointment only in the first instance, this is to minimise risk to all involved and to make sure that social distancing requirements are met.

As communicated last week, our primary method of course delivery will continue to be online for the foreseeable future, however, we do hope to start welcoming students on a 1:1 or very small group basis from around the last week in June. Look out for further updates in our upcoming weekly bulletins.

For more information, please go to www.lsdn.org.uk

During this time, LSDN's primary method of course delivery will continue to be online for some time to come. We are supporting current learners to continue their courses online and achieve their career and personal goals. We are also registering new learners for our courses through LSDN Virtual Open Days. For more information, please reach us at [email protected] or visit our website at www.lsdn.org.uk

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE SITUATION IN AMERICA
Those of you who have engaged with LSDN will know that as an organisation we are passionate about equality, social justice and the unequivocal respect of human rights for all. We reject all forms of discrimination, racism, injustice and abuse of power. We stand in solidarity with all those who feel marginalised, oppressed and have faced or experienced discrimination of any form.

Equality is a conscious choice, as with justice and anything else of importance, worth or value in our lives, it is something that we must all work hard to achieve and requires constant and conscious investment to maintain. We all have a choice and a role to play in advancing equality and social justice.

As an organisation that is dedicated to the principles of education and sharing knowledge, we encourage everyone to educate themselves on the subjects of racial equality, discrimination and unconscious bias. Let's make a commitment to use this time as an opportunity for both personal and societal growth and to work together for positive lasting change. As Martin Luther King said 'injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere'.

Finally, for anyone who may be intending to join any of the demonstrations or group gatherings planned to take place in London or across the UK, please take care to maintain social distancing and to take appropriate steps to protect yourself. Ethnic minority communities have been shown to be at greater risk of Coronavirus and although the infection rate has lowered, it has not gone away, continued caution is essential.

If you are affected by any of the above issues or would like to talk to someone in confidence, please call our confidential safeguarding line on 07823492658.

COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) LATEST LSDN UPDATE – THURSDAY 04/06/2020 (3.30pm)

Following on from last week's update introducing our plans for a phased re-opening of our offices and centres, in this week's bulletin, we provide a short update on our progress thus far and reflect on some of the wider issues affecting society at this time.

LSDN CENTRE RE-OPENING PROGRESS UPDATE
Following last week's news that we aimed to start cautious preparations towards a phased re-opening of our centres, we have made some excellent progress this week. We have completed a full site audit to identify the changes needed to our premises in line with government guidance and we have identified the resources and equipment required to enable safe working practices. Throughout the week, we have also consulted our staff in regards to their needs, preferences and priorities related to our re-opening plans.

Our primary method of course delivery will continue to be online for some time to come, however, we do hope to start welcoming students on a 1:1 or very small group basis from around the last week in June, this will probably only be for a few hours at a time initially, rather than a full day, due to the restrictions we will face across the premises and to limit risks to all involved. Look out for further updates in our upcoming weekly bulletins.

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