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Connexions West survey results – what do young people think about the service they receive?

Published by Nicky Summerhill on Friday September 24 2010

The results of our recent survey of 175 young people, to find out how they viewed the Connexions service in the West of England, highlighted the following:

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New Connexions West website for young people now available

Published by Nicky Summerhill on Thursday September 16 2010

The new website to provide information on making choices and decisions for Young People in the West of England is now live.

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Learning Partnership West Newsletter

Published by LPW on Wednesday July 21 2010

Six months have passed already since our last newsletter and since then there have been some major changes taking place – you can see more about these changes by taking a look at our summer 2010 issue online.

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Shared Commissioning Services

Published by LPW admin on Friday July 16 2010

Commissioning 16-19 learning in partnership with local authorities: Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

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Learning Partnership West Restructuring and Budget Cuts

Published by LPW admin on Friday July 16 2010

Today (Friday 16 July) Learning Partnership West (LPW) will be announcing a restructure of its organisation and a series of cuts arising from central Government's decision to reduce the Area Based Grant given to the Local Authorities from which LPW is funded to provide the Connexions service.

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Lifepilot - helping adults go higher!

Published by LPW on Friday July 09 2010

Lifepilot - a website providing one-stop, information, tools and stories, to help adults take the first step to higher education level study, in the South West - even without formal qualifications.

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Summer Learning (cont)

Published by LPW on Friday July 09 2010

The N-GAGE summer learning programme is supported by Connexions West Personal Advisers who deliver Information, Advice and Guidance alongside each activity. The programme has a particular focus on engaging:

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New Children's Hubs (cont)

Published by LPW on Friday July 09 2010

As the Connexions West Yate team is now based closer to its five schools and most of its NEET cohort, we hope to be able to deliver our service more efficiently too.

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NEET Pilot Project (cont)

Published by LPW on Friday July 09 2010

Around 12 young people took part in the Pilot Project and have made significant steps forward as shown by a typical case study:

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Bristol’s Big Dance (cont)

Published by LPW on Friday July 09 2010

Members of the public attended the three events and watched the free short open-air urban dance performances in Millennium Square, Cabot Circus (outside House of Fraser), and St James Barton Roundabout underpass.

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