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Empowering employee voice at YMCA
Rebecca Dawson, Head of Learning & Development at Central YMCA, is a shining example of why we should stop jumping into solutions. Gathering employee voice enables learning and development (L&D) to know what learners know, and don’t know. This means that learning can be relevant and required but will also add real value.
Charity Learning Conference & Awards 2024: 15 action points from the keynotes
The conference keynotes were packed with insights and pragmatic advice. Here we have distilled three take-aways from each keynote to help drive learning success in 2025.
Charity Learning Award Winners
The award winners of 2024 are here! The Charity Learning Consortium has had the privilege of witnessing an extraordinary display of commitment, innovation and dedication within the third sector.
Part 2: World of Learning exhibition: A two-day roundup
Last week, Jen attended the World of Learning exhibition in Birmingham, and here’s a roundup of her two days there.
Part 1: Key takeaways from World of Learning 2024
The World of Learning Conference & Exhibition is a two-day event that brings together leading experts, brands and professionals from the L&D community under one roof. Little Man Project’s Gill Chester shares her key takeaways.
Reinvigorating learning platform engagement at The Children’s Society
Following a restructure, learning has been revitalised at The Children’s Society. Natasha Welbourne and Katrina Brandt focused on creating a consistent approach to learning, whilst aligning with the organisation’s wider strategy and goals.
Driving Inclusion and Belonging at Warwick Student’s Union
Charity Learning Award winner Natasha Patel shares how she has woven EDI into learning and development (L&D) at Warwick Student’s Union (WSU).
Elearning Unlocked launches!
Elearning Unlocked is a 12-month programme designed specifically for people designing elearning within charities. Gill and her team are committed to building elearning that connects with its learners and engages them in a way that creates change, and they want to share this expertise with others through the Elearning Unlocked programme.
Charity Learning Award Winners
The award winners of 2023 are here! The Charity Learning Consortium has had the privilege of witnessing an extraordinary display of commitment, innovation and dedication within the third sector.
More for less with an LMS
Eleanor MacKenzie, from The Church of Scotland, has found that streamlining administration using a learning management system (LMS) frees her up to focus on business and learner needs.
Five tips to nurture courageous leaders
Five top tips for learning and development (L&D) practitioners to nurture bold leadership through development and coaching programmes.
Starting from scratch: a minimalist approach supports eLearning success at Yorkshire Cancer Research
How do you approach training volunteers if you have no knowledge or experience of learning and development? That’s the situation that Michael Dickinson, Retail Development Manager, found himself in at Yorkshire Cancer Research.

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