Bursary offers route to success

Article from Hampshire County Council Children's Services newsletter - Connect (Issue 7, October 2009):

A training bursary, set up to enable managers in the voluntary, community and private sectors to access personal development opportunities, is proving a success, with five students recently completing The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Award in First Line Management.

The bursary scheme is part of a wider programme of free training, targeted at the voluntary, community and private sectors. Hampshire Children and Young People’s Voluntary Sector Alliance (The Alliance) has been delivering it since 2007, with funding from the Children’s Workforce Development Council. The ILM Award in First Line Management is a Level 3 Award which provides an excellent foundation for new and aspiring managers. Students studied for Bursary offers route to success the award at Community Action Hampshire’s Centre of Excellence for Learning and Development (CELD) in Winchester, which has been established to address the changing skills needs of the voluntary sector through the provision of accredited training.

Cedric Riley, Chair of The Alliance said: “The Alliance is pleased that its bursary scheme is enabling access to this high quality management training. But all credit to the students, they have worked really hard to achieve this excellent result”.

The Alliance has offered a further five bursary places for 2009/10.

To find out more about the ILM Award in First Line Management, please visit the CELD website.