GC_Workskills_SFL

Volunteering and Work related activities prepare students for volunteering and employment. We would like to share experiences with you. Any ideas welcome.

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@InclusionGlos thanks to Ed and the team at the friends meeting house, Greyfriars. The Community Engament group enjoyed the warm welcome and the rousing game of boccia.

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@Cavernglos @TSGiftShop

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Thanks to Nathaniel and the team at @KFTSeekers for showing us around and explaining about all the fabulous things they offer to the community. Our learners on the Community Engagement course were very interested and some were very keen to access these wonderful provisions.

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A big thank you today to PCSO Jon Glover, who came to talk to the Community Engagement students about how to be safe online. @Glos_Police #onlinesafety

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A busy week so far for the Community Engagement students! We had a visit from Christine and Caroline from @walsinghamuk and Joe came to take more pictures to document our nature research for our Gimson project with @TheWilsonChelt

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For more info on PACE https://t.co/s8qyW4eX3J and PACELD Support on Facebook.

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The Community Engagement students had a very busy day with lots of visitors. Janet and Louise from @InclusionGlos came to talk about the activities that go on at their user led hubs. This afternoon Denise and Donna from PACE also came to chat to us! Lots of activities for all!

[Freedom Leisure FOD @FreedomFOD]

Great group discussion with resources from @AllForActivity 👍🏼 #NationalFitnessDay #ActiveCommunities Looking forward to continue working with the students throughout their module! 📚

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Rachel and Steph from Freedom Leisure came to talk about keeping active to the Community Engagement students. They even had us doing some exercises in the classroom! @FreedomFOD #active #activecommunities #fitandhealthy

[The Wilson @TheWilsonChelt]

We're really excited to be working @GC_vol_projects on our #Gimson100 project - today we introduced the students to Ernest and they started experimenting with designing from nature! Can't wait to see the final results!

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Kirsty, Kim and Sophie gave the Community Engagement students an introduction to Earnest Gimson and his nature inspired designs. Each learner made their own pictures using tea leaves! @GC_vol_projects @Gloscol @TheWilsonChelt #earnestgimson #tealeafart

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Our Volunteering group at the cinderford campus raised an amazing £178 for @Legs4Africa
#fundraising #skillsforlife #teamwork #community

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Our amazing students created an 89m long penny snake and raised an impressive £75.54 towards their residential! #fundraising #stemproject #teamwork

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Our forest students have been collecting coins to make a penny snake around the campus. Thank you for donations so far! All goes to residential fundraising. #fundraising #embedding #stemproject #outdoorlearning

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Our Dragon's Den winners have made a start on their fundraising Car Wash for @Legs4Africa the money raised will enable Legs4Africa to send 13 prosthetic limbs to Africa which will make a huge difference to 13 lives. #SkillsForLife #Legs4Africa #MakeADifference

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Our Developing Independence groups joined forces for #EveryCanCounts They learnt about the importance of recycling and using magnets to show the different types of metal. Our students will be collecting as many cans as possible! #Recycle #Community #GoGreen #Reclaim

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Our 2019 "Dragon's Den" winners. Well done to all three Volunteering groups for delivering a presentation to showcase their different projects to support a charity. Also a big thank you to our judges. #volunteering #dragonsden #presentations #transferrableskills

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This week our Developing Independence groups have been learning about Chinese new year. #ChineseNewYear #yearofthepig #culture #diversity #Chinesezodiac

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Both Developing Independence groups from the Cinderford campus went to visit @The_Gateway2018. They are very accessible and keen to support a wide variety of visitors. Thank you to Rebecca and her team for being very accommodating! #communityinclusion #independentliving

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Our volunteering students have been busy donating their time at @AbbeyTewkesbury and @VineyHillAdvent #volunteer #workexperience #skillsforlife