Family and Intergenerational Learning
The Family and Intergenerational Learning Networks bring together a range of organisations that are: promoting and supporting intergenerational learning, involving adults in children's learning and in enabling adults to address and develop their own learning skills.
The Family and Intergenerational Learning Network holds meetings bi-annually in North and South Wales. Click here to receive regular email information about events and the FIL Newsletter .
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NIACE Dysgu Cymru Inspire Awards 2008
Intergenerational and Family Learning Award Winners
MMADD - Adult learning inspires the next generation
Realising they had shared a difficult upbringing and school education, Angelika Paetel and Louise Crabtree from Pillgwenlly, Newport, made a decision to provide opportunities for their children that they hadn’t had themselves.
Determined to improve their own skills, they completed a Family Links Nurture Parenting course and a Language and Play course, run by Newport Surestart, and have since achieved a City & Guilds Level 2 in IT, Graphic Design, and Computer Competences and an OCN Youth and Community Work award.
With a remarkable boost of confidence, the group has established Mums Making a Difference (MMAD) who provide music, art, drama and dance activities for children and young people in their community, reaching out to the most challenging and hard to reach.
Louise says: “I’ve always believed I wasn’t very clever. Now I’ve found I’m really quite intelligent and I’m more assertive and happy. I love learning and feel so much more empowered now.”
MMAD were nominated for an award by Ceri Jones. Ceri says: “Angelika and Louise have both undertaken a number of parenting programmes and I was very impressed with the way they took the new skills they had learnt to make a difference in their communities.”
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