The Charity Learning Awards honour the outstanding work of learning and development practitioners in the third sector. After the last few years of turmoil, it’s time to celebrate the amazing work in L&D that charities have been doing throughout the pandemic
The Charity Learning Consortium is sponsoring a disabled pensioner’s thrilling wing walk to raise money for dementia research
The Charity Learning Consortium has worked with Andrew Jacobs to create a new benchmark for its members. The benchmark will help members identify their aspirations, provide a starting point to track progression and help prove the worth of learning.
The Charity Learning Consortium has created a growing range of little books, filled with top tips, hints, exercises, case studies and action points to support good practice in learning and development.
EDI has become a top priority for all organisations and especially charities. A new white paper published by the Charity Learning Consortium explains how to create an effective learning programme in equity, diversity and inclusion to help drive cultural change.
Cash strapped charities achieve far more for less with their learning and development budgets when they join the Consortium. Chat to the team at the Learning Technologies exhibition, to find out why collaborating with more than 180 organisations in the Consortium family makes such great business sense.
The Charity Learning Consortium has added a wide range of new content to its existing eLearning library, to support charity staff and volunteers. A new course on career development, and new content added to popular courses such as workplace wellbeing, enhances the eLearning portfolio.
The Charity Learning Consortium has reached a milestone, bringing more than 150 third sector organisations together to save money and collaborate towards eLearning success.
The Charity Learning Consortium has announced the winners of the annual Charity Learning Awards, revealing stories of amazing dedication, innovation and collaboration on the road to eLearning success.
Martin Baker, CEO of the Charity Learning Consortium, shares his top marketing tips to engage learners.
The Charity Learning Consortium has added a wide range of new courses and modules to its eLearning library, to reflect the demands of the modern workplace.
Elearning doesn’t have to be boring! The winners of the Charity Learning Awards 2014 are proof that using technology as part of an imaginative, blended approach to L&D can save time and money - and inspire learners. Martin Baker, CEO of the Charity Learning Consortium, says it’s time to celebrate the positive benefits that learning technologies can bring.
With increased demand for charity services and L&D budgets under pressure, it’s never been more important for charities to make the most of learning and development. A seminar on 1 October with the Charity Learning Consortium will show how collaborating to embed eLearning can help third sector organisations save time and money, reaching more learners and boosting overall productivity.
CIPD has joined the Charity Learning Consortium: collaborating with charitable organisations to make learning technologies more affordable and effective.
A group of committed individuals at NDCS made a sound business case for eLearning within the organisation. Their efforts paid off, and by focusing on evaluation and clear evidence-based reporting of two pilot projects, they achieved their aim of organisation-wide implementation. Judges in the Charity Learning Awards 2013 were particularly impressed with this planned approach, which set foundations for succes and NDCS were declared worthy winners of the award for Organisational Buy-In.
Hanover housing association’s L&D team wanted bespoke eLearning, but couldn’t afford the hefty price tag – so they trained themselves in instructional design instead. A training investment of £5,000 has so far saved an impressive £80,000, and that amount grows with every eLearning course they create. This great example of ‘thinking outside of the box’ really impressed the judges of the Charity Learning Awards, who declared Hanover a worthy winner of the award for ‘Amazing Use of Resources’.
Boring eLearning gets a bad reputation – but it doesn’t have to be that way! The L&D team at Addaction created an engaging eLearning Infection Control module which had a far reaching effect within the organisation. Judges were impressed with the impact the tailor-made course had on staff, and it won the Best eLearning Programme in the Charity Learning Awards 2013.
Charity L&D professionals are often faced with an uphill task – with small teams, little or no budget for L&D, outdated technology and staff in several locations. They face these challenges with creativity, passion and a spirit of collaboration, making ‘less’ really achieve ‘more’. This evening, the Charity Learning Awards 2013 celebrated the commitment, innovation and achievements of L&D professionals working in the sector. Find out who went away with an Award.
eLearning design doesn’t have to be complicated, says Tom Kuhlmann, the world’s leading instructional designer. He’ll be inspiring delegates at an annual Masterclass in London in May, with practical ideas to create great resources.
The entire eLearning industry is being asked to get behind Global Giveback UK, by donating resources and expertise to charities to support essential skills development in the third sector. All L&D organisations and individuals can help – find out how at Learning Technologies.
Donald Kirkpatrick, the ‘Father’ of Evaluation, will be making a guest appearance at a special Evaluation webinar for charities around the world on 30 August. Evaluation experts Jim & Wendy Kirkpatrick are once again hosting the free, annual webinar - supported by The Charity Learning Consortium in the UK.
Charity L&D budgets have been hit particularly hard in the recession, but it’s more important than ever that staff are equipped to carry out their jobs well. The Charity Learning Consortium is holding a webinar at 11am on 21st June to explain how collaboration can help charities save precious resources, whilst still addressing the essential skills of their staff.
Martin Baker is toasting the success of the eLearning Global Giveback awards – a competition celebrating eLearning developed by expert volunteers for charities working in international development. Martin, a member of the judging panel, and a well known advocate for collaboration in L&D, says the scheme is a great example of what can be achieved by working together.
Tom Kuhlmann – the well known eLearning guru, inspirational instructional designer and high profile learning technologies blogger – will be sharing his knowledge and skills at a one day, interactive, rapid eLearning workshop on 22 May, London. The event is designed to help boost skills to build cost effective in-house eLearning, and help L&D professionals in their quest to achieve ‘more for less’.
Martin Baker will be leading a debate about the potential to access eLearning via Facebook – the most popular social media platform of our time – at the Learning & Skills exhibition in London on 26 January. Hare brained idea or a brilliant way to deliver cost effective learning? You decide! Come and share your views with Martin, CEO of The Charity Learning Consortium and MD of newly formed The Corporate eLearning Consortium - bringing a cost effective, collaborative approach to eLearning to the corporate sector.
Members of The Charity Learning Consortium are busy filming for a huge collaborative video learning project. All members have been offered a free flip camera to create short pieces of video learning to share with other members of the community. Martin Baker, the founder and CEO of the Consortium, said members had enthusiastically embraced the exciting video challenge.
L&D commentators and specialists review the last 12 months and make their predictions for the year ahead. Find out what the L&D highlight was for Martin Baker, Laura Overton, Clive Shepherd, Nigel Paine and others, and what they see on the learning horizon for 2012.
Martin Baker, the founder and CEO of The Charity Learning Consortium, has become an Ambassador to LINGOs – the likeminded US-based consortium which provides affordable eLearning and resources to humanitarian relief organisations working around the world. The two organisations plan to support one another, and fly the flag for global, award-winning eLearning in the charity sector.
Recommendations that staff and volunteers in the charity sector should receive 40 hours of development time a year have been largely welcomed by Martin Baker, the founder and CEO of The Charity Learning Consortium. Martin says he welcomes any move to give L&D in the charity sector the recognition that it deserves.
Martin Baker, the founder and MD of the Charity Learning Consortium (CLC) is taking an active part in the World of Learning Conference (WOLCE) on 27-28 September, along with several of our charity members. Together they'll be helping to raise the profile of the great work that is being done in learning and development in the Third Sector.
A multi award winning DVD has changed the face of training for The Royal British Legion, one of the UK’s best loved charities.
World famous Learning Styles 'guru' Dr Peter Honey certainly inspired and entertained members of the Charity Learning Consortium at its recent meeting, in a thought provoking presentation. Can you force someone to learn, when they don't want to? Should learning always be fun? And is the Learning Styles Questionnaire sufficient to help promote learning? These were just some of the conundrums that Peter Honey tackled. Read on to find out his answers...
Our members save twice as much money on L&D compared to non-members in the sector; significantly reduce time to skills competency; and are twice as likely to report both positive changes in staff behaviour and increased productivity. Hundreds of charities, housing associations and not for profits already benefit from collaborating with our unique organisation – would you like to join us? To find out more please go to www.charitylearning.org or connect with us on twitter @charitylearning We also love to chat, so do please give us a call on 08451 707 702