RAF Odiham's Open Day

RAF Odiham's Learning Centre held their annual information and advice day on Thu 10 May 2011, offering Information and Advise to personnel with the best possible learning opportunities, and promote Life Long Learning. It proved to be a huge success with over 200 personnel passing through the door throughout the day. Read the full story and see the gallery of images.

RAF Station Courses

Find out what educational courses are being held at your local RAF Station Learning Centre in 2010 by browsing the RAF Station list in the left-hand margin. Or why not see what other RAF Stations are holding and possibly participate in one of their courses.

RAF Sport Coaching Courses

Why not download the most current RAF Sports Official and Coach Course programme for 2011/2012 (AL1)

Specific Learning Difficulties booklets available now

Why not download the following booklets for guidance:

A simple guide to Specific Learning Difficulties in the RAF

Guidance on Dyslexia for Line Managers in the Workplace

For further information please look at our Specific Learning Difficulties web pages

BDA Launches New Course for Employees in assisting Dyslexia

The British Dyslexia Association has developed a new course for employees. The course is designed to provide delegates with a range of strategies, techniques and approaches to increase personal effectiveness and efficiency across the core skills areas in the workplace.

This course is a reasonable adjustment for dyslexic employees and is funded by Access to Work, the Government Agency that deals with reasonable adjustments for all disabilities including, dyslexia.

There are no restrictions on how many individuals can receive the funding. As this course has only just been launched, it is only planned one course so far which is in London. However, BDA can come to you and will be planning a lot more courses in locations around the UK from January.

To apply for the funding, the individual doesn't have to have a diagnostic assessment to take up this or other opportunities that Access to Work will provide for, simply that they have difficulties or challenges in their work that would be typical of the difficulties dyslexia throws up.

The route way to get the course funded is to claim for support through Access to Work and to apply to go on the BDA course (see attached booking form).

At the same time, the individual needs to contact the Access to Work team for their location (area) and ask to speak to their Dyslexia Champion and explain that they want to go on the course. BDA will also notify Access to Work that they want to do it and it should then all come together. The individual will need to tell their line manager that they are looking at this support as Access to Work will refund them for the course.

To find your Access to Work office you will need to go to the following link: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/Employmentsupport/WorkSchemesAndProgrammes/DG_173083

For further information please contact Frankie Bowbrick ULO on 95751 6888 (01400 266888)

Frankie Bowbrick
TP ULO
22trgGp-TP ULO
ulo@cranwell.raf.mod.uk
95751 6888
01400 266888

For further information download the Employee Training Course Flier

2 Learning Forces members participate in 'Race for Life' for Cancer Research

Flt Lt Emma Wolstenholme and FS Sue Fisher joined 16 ladies from Air Command to participate in the 'Race for Life' 5km run at High Wycombe on Sunday 13th June, to raise money for Cancer Research. Read full story