ALFA wins a National Adult Learning Group Award during #ALWS24
Last week, during Adult Learners' Week in Scotland 2024 #ALWS24, the Adult Learners' Forum for Aberdeenshire, known as ALFA, won a national adult learning group award for their work around learners' voice.
ALFA exists to represent the views of adult learners in Aberdeenshire. The forum aims to give learners the opportunity to have a voice, discuss issues, engage with decision-makers, and contribute to improving and developing learning opportunities and services for adults.
Since their establishment, they have:
- co-designed a celebration of learning event
- created a webpage
- responded to local and national consultations
- carried out research
- shared their personal adult learning journeys
- shared the wishes of Adult Learners in Aberdeenshire with MSPs in Edinburgh
- facilitated the Big Number Natter session on National Numeracy Day
Currently they are working with CLD staff to establish 6 area adult learning forums to increase learner participation and widen adult learner representation from all parts of the local authority area.
At the event, ALFA member Charles Wood said, “We are proud and overjoyed to accept this award on behalf of adult learners and community educators across the whole of Aberdeenshire. I have no idea where we would be today without CLD and ALFA’s continued dedication to ensuring that everyone can get access to life-changing education.”
ALFA member Natalie Naylor said, “I don’t think adult educators and tutors realise the impact of what they do with us. They deserve to be recognised. I hope they realise that this award is for them as well as us.”
ALFA member Lee Gall said, “Adult Learning is so important, it changes lives and needs greater investment. We need more adult educators and more learning opportunities in our communities. We need to #SayYesToAdultLearning".
Have a look at the film of the group shown at the Award ceremony: Link to film
