An article about the M&S Energy Fund Competition is in the Sheffield Star and Sheffield Telegraph:
Read it online here: Learn for Life article
You can vote and/or pledge on the M&S website by clicking here.
Learn for Life in The Star and Sheffield Telegraph
Friday, September 2nd, 2016 at
5:33 pm
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Vote for Learn for Life – shortlisted in national competition!
Thursday, September 1st, 2016 at
9:34 am
Exciting news!
Learn for Life Enterprise has been shortlisted for a national renewable community energy project competition run by M&S Energy. The competition is now open to the public vote. We need your support to help spread the word about the competition.
We have applied to have Solar PV panels installed on our roof and are crowdfunding to renovate parts of our building.
We would be grateful if you could share this news and link with your family, friends and colleagues
To vote and to watch our brand new video showing the work we do at Learn for Life Enterprise please go to: https://www.mandsenergyfund.com/projects/learn-for-life-enterprise
Thank you for supporting Learn for Life!
Save Sheffield Family from Deportation
Saturday, August 20th, 2016 at
2:43 pm
We would be grateful if you could sign and share this petition to save the Al-Dallal family from deportation on 1st September:
https://www.change.
Mohammed Riadh is a volunteer teacher at Learn for Life (for nearly 3 years) and his wife also attends our Functional Skills classes.
The Al-Dallal family, who are originally from Iraq, lived in Poland when Mr Al-Dallal was cultural attache to the Iraqi embassy in Warsaw. When his contract ended he claimed asylum in Britain because it was not safe for them to return to Iraq, where he had suffered bullet wounds during factional fighting.
Immigration rules dictate that the family should claim asylum in Poland because it is deemed to be safe there. The family say they were persecuted when they lived there, and are concerned about their safety, and particularly for the impact on their daughter Mariam. They have also been alarmed by recent press reports about refugees being attacked, and the Polish government saying they won’t accept any more refugees.
Mariam is a pupil at Hinde House school, where her teachers say she is a good student with a large group of friends. Staff at the school have written to the Home Office in support of the family’s request to be allowed to stay in Sheffield on humanitarian grounds, as has their MP, Gill Furniss, as well as various organisations in Sheffield where the family volunteer.
We would like the Home Office to reconsider their decision to deport the family to Poland and allow them to stay in Sheffield on humanitarian grounds. It is wrong to take a young child away from the only life she’s known and the potential impact could be devastating. The father has various health problems and the stress of the decision is exacerbating these. They should be allowed to stay in Sheffield where they are safe and have the support network they need.
The family’s story was featured on ITV Calendar and BBC Look North this week where they came to Learn for Life to interview the family and film Mohammed Riadh volunteering. You can see / read the coverage here:
Thank you for your help and assistance!
Nick Hedges Exhibition at the Winter Gardens Trip
Thursday, August 4th, 2016 at
8:14 pm
This week Carol took her Entry 1 group to visit the Nick Hedges exhibition at the Winter Gardens. Everyone had a lovely afternoon which you can see from the photos below. More are available on our Facebook page here.
Colouring Thursdays
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 at
9:02 pm
Every Thursday Abi is running a colouring group. Come along and express yourself!
Parliamentary Reception at the House of Lords
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 at
8:55 pm
On Monday 18th July, Hayley and Gill were invited to the Tinder Foundation’s Parliamentary Reception on Digital Health at the House of Lords. It was an exciting day with an afternoon reception hosted by the Lord Knight of Weymouth, in the Cholmondeley Room and Terrace overlooking the River Thames. Thank you to the Tinder Foundation for inviting us! Here are a few of the photos we took.
Parliament Square
Gill and Big Ben
Palace of Westminster
View from the Cholmondeley Terrace
Inside the Cholmondeley Room
Lord Knight of Weymouth
Hayley in the House of Lords with the Queen
£350 raised for Learn for Life
Friday, July 15th, 2016 at
7:31 pm
Thank you to everyone who came, performed, took part and organised our Ceilidh fundraiser on 9th July. We had a great time dancing, laughing, eating and talking. We raised awareness and £350 for Learn for Life which is fantastic. Below are some photographs from the evening, more are available on our facebook page here.
Thank you Sort Of…Films
Thursday, June 30th, 2016 at
12:43 pm
Thank you to Sort Of… Films for supporting Learn for Life Enterprise to provide access to socially positive, culturally diverse moving image storytelling.
Ceilidh Fundraiser on 9th July
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 at
5:29 pm
On Saturday 9th July one of our lovely volunteers has organised a fundraiser for Learn for Life. It is being held at St Andrew’s Hall in Netheredge and starts at 7:30. There will be a live ceilidh band and food available. Do come along, eat, drink, be merry and join in some ceilidh dancing, should you wish.
Tickets are priced £10, and there will be a raffle on the night too. You can find out more on the Facebook event page by clicking here.
Door to Doc – Doc Fest 2016
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 at
5:13 pm
On Friday 10th June students from Learn for Life were invited to visit the opening of Doc Fest in Sheffield as part of the “Door to Doc” project. We were picked up by coach and taken to the Showroom cinema where we were given complimentary gift bags and saw the documentary, “Kedi”. The documentary explored the journeys of street cats and the people in Istanbul. After the documentary we were given a tour around the Alternative Realities Exhibition at the Millennium Galleries and the Virtual Reality Arcade at the Site Gallery which were very futuristic and hands-on. We got to speak to a holocaust survivor and got to walk around Mars. There are more photos available on our Facebook page.
