Guidance Contacts

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Guidance Contacts

• This booklet lists (A-Z) organisations which can
  provide information or activities to support
  staff and volunteers working with adult learners.
• This edition was checked in August 2007 and there
  have been changes to several pages, in particular
  information on dyslexia. New entry titles are in
  pink.

• If you download this document from
• www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/acci/web/files/AdultEduca
  tion/guidance_contacts.pdf
• it is yours to adapt.
• There are blank pages in which you can add your
  own useful information.
• If you develop a page useful to others, or spot
  an error please send to rjones_at_aberdeencity.gov.uk
  
• to include in the next edition.

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Aberdeen City Council

• Aberdeen City Council provides a wide range of
  services which are detailed on the council
  website.
• Opposite is a short list which could help you
  make an appropriate onward referral for learners.

• Adult Learning 497150
• Family Learning 487822
• Outdoor Education 346191
• Health Literacies 497150
• citymoves dancespace 611486
• Whitespace 523640
• Confidence to Cook 346181

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Aberdeen College

• Contact details
• Gallowgate Centre
• Aberdeen AB25 1ZQ
• Tel
• Guidance - 01224 612330
• Community Lifelong Learning
• 0800 0270405
• Booking 01224 612225
• www.abcol.ac.uk
• enquiry_at_abcol.ac.uk

• Course prospectus available.
• Numerous courses from departments in
• Arts, Communication Social Science
• Technology, Science, Sport Leisure
• Engineering, Computing Business Studies
• Care Service Industries

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Aberdeen College - English as a Foreign Language

• Contact details
• Tel [phone]
• International Student Adviser
• Eileen Forbes 612635

• Course Information Guide available
• English as a Foreign Language
• English for Business
• Academic English
• Life and Work in Britain
• English for Tourism

Aberdeen College - Information Technology IT
Centre
Contact details Tel [phone] email
itc_at_abcol.ac.uk www.abcol.ac.uk/itcentre
Access to PCs and Apple Macs with printing
facilities, Internet access, scanning facilities,
colour copying, colour printing
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Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations

• Contact details
• 44 Castle Street
• Aberdeen AB11 5BB
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.acvo.org.uk

• ACVO exists to represent, support and develop
  the voluntary sector and to foster, and promote
  the sectors role in the development of caring
  communities where individuals are enabled to
  achieve their full potential. ACVO will achieve
  this by assisting organisations and bodies in
  coming together for common purposes and, through
  effective partnerships, facilitating the
  development of creative responses to need.

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Aberdeen Cyrenians

• Contact details
• Simon House
• 106 Crown Street
• Aberdeen
• AB11 6HJ
• Tel [phone]
• www.aberdeen-cyrenians.org

• Aberdeen Cyrenians has provided a range of
  services for homeless people since 1968. Services
  are provided to around 3000 people annually, and
  the organisation has been described as "one of
  Scotland's major homeless charities." Aberdeen
  Cyrenians is a progressive local charity with a
  track record of achieving successful outcomes for
  homeless people.

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Aberdeen Disability Consortium

• Contact details
• 38 Castle Street
• Aberdeen AB11 5YU
• Tel [phone]
• ext 279 and 280
• Fax [phone]

• Aims
• Collect and share information
• Provide a discussion forum for key issues
• Co-ordinate opinions to influence joint planning
  by identifying gaps and unmet needs and to
  promote active consultation
• Establish, promote and maintain good practice
• Develop opportunities to raise awareness and
  increase understanding of the needs of people
  with a disability

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Aberdeen Foyer

• Contact details
• Marywell Centre
• Marywell Street
• Aberdeen
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.aberdeenfoyer.com

• A local charitable organisation working to
  prevent and alleviate youth homelessness and
  unemployment. They provide supported
  accommodation, access to a range of education,
  training, employment opportunities and community
  health services for young people (aged 16 - 25)
  and their community

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APEX Scotland

• Contact details
• 1st Floor
• 48a Union Street
• Aberdeen AB10 6BB
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• grampian_at_apexscotland.org.uk

• By addressing the employability needs of
  offenders, ex-offenders and young people at risk,
  Apex Scotland will improve employment prospects
  of clients, therefore reducing offending and
  contributing to safer communities

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Banff and Buchan College

• Contact details
• Open Learning
• The Flexible Learning Centre Henderson Road
  Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire AB34 9GA
• Tel [phone] extn 2214
• Fax [phone]
• www.banff-buchan.com
• hzacha_at_banff-buchan.ac.uk

• Course Prospectus available
• Open Learning - Numerous Courses
• Business/Administration
• Accounting
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Electronic
  Engineering
• Marine Engineering
• SQA modules include Communication, Core Maths,
  Word Processing, ITOA, Statistics.

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Campaign for Learning

• Contact details
• 19 Buckingham Street
• London WC2N 6EF
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.campaignforlearning.org.uk

• Our Vision
• We are working for an inclusive society in which
  learning is understood and accessible to everyone
  as of right.
• Our Focus
• Family and Community Learning
• Learning at Work
• Learning in Schools
• Key areas of work include national promotion
  campaigns, project partnerships, publications,
  events, research and award schemes.

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Careers Scotland

• Contact details
• 377 Union Street Aberdeen AB11 6BT
• Tel [phone]
• Team structure for each area. Contact information
  from
• Tel [phone]
• www.careers-scotland.org.uk

• Key services
• CV Builder
• Resource Centre
• Career Planning
• CareersMatch
• Applying for work and training

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ContinYou

• Contact details
• 17 Old Ford Road
• London E2 9PJ
• Tel [phone]
• www.continyou.org.uk
• info_at_continyou.org.uk

• ContinYou - Building learning communities
• A merging of CEDC and Education Extra.
• Areas of work include
• Lifelong Learning
• Children, young people and families
• Health improvement
• Economic and community regeneration

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Drugs Action

• Contact details
• 7 Hadden Street
• Aberdeen AB11 6NU
• Tel Helpline 01224 594700
• Fax [phone]
• www.drugsaction.co.uk
• info_at_drugsaction.co.uk

• The overall aim of Drugs Action is to reduce the
  harms associated with drug use to the individual,
  the family and the community. Interventions range
  from advice and information regarding 'safer'
  drug use through to intensive work with dependent
  drug users to support positive changes in their
  drug use and related areas. A range of services
  is also available to family members from
  information and advice through to intensive one
  to one counselling. In view of Drugs Action's
  strategic role in making contact with hard to
  reach groups, confidentiality is of central
  importance in all aspects of the agency's work.

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Dyslexia Scotland

• Contact details
• Tel [phone]
• www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk
• info_at_dyslexiascotland.org.uk

• Combination of Scottish Dyslexia Trust, Dyslexia
  in Scotland and the Dyslexia Institute.
• To enable and encourage dyslexic people,
  regardless of their age and abilities, to reach
  their potential in education, employment and
  life
• Aims
• Early recognition and intervention
• Equality in education
• Equality in employment

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GREC Grampian Racial Equality Council

• Contact details
• 168 Market StreetAberdeen AB11 5PP
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email info_at_grec.co.uk

• Aims
• 1. Working towards eliminating racism in the
  Grampian area
• 2. Working towards equal opportunities for all
• 3. Working to promote good relations between
  people in a multi-racial society

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Grampian CareData

• Contact details
• Tel [phone]
• www.grampiancaredata.gov.uk
• caredata_at_aberdeenshire.gov.uk

• This is a local community, care and health
  information service. They gather and regularly
  update information from a variety of sources and
  organise it in one place making it easier for you
  to access, anytime, any place, anywhere.

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ILA Scotland

• Contact details
• Alhambra House
• 45 Waterloo Street
• Glasgow G2 6HS
• Tel
• 0808 100 1090
• 0141 285 6000
• Fax [phone]
• www.ilascotland.org.uk

• ILA Scotland is a Scottish Executive scheme
  which helps you pay for learning that you can do
  at a time, place, pace and in a way to suit you.
  If you earn 15,000 or less, you could get up to
  200 per year towards the cost of learning. If
  you earn more than 15,000 a year, you could get
  up to 100 a year.

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Inspire

• Contact details
• Old Stoneywood Church
• Bankhead Road
• Bucksburn
• Aberdeen AB21 9HQ
• Tel [phone]
• www.inspireonline.org.uk
• info_at_inspiremail.org.uk

• New name for Partnership
• We aim to offer opportunities for an excellent
  quality of life to people with learning
  disabilities in North East Scotland.

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International Centre

• Contact details
• First Floor, 41 Union Street Aberdeen AB11 5BN
• Tel [phone]
• www.intercentre.org.uk

• The ICs mission is to remove barriers between
  and amongst communities and to promote an
  inclusive and just society in Aberdeen and
  Aberdeenshire.
• It seeks to enhance the self-confidence,
  knowledge and skills of minority communities,
  thus making it easier for these communities to
  exercise their rights as citizens and to gain
  access to services which take into consideration
  their language, culture and tradition.

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Jobcentre Plus

• Contact details
• Tel
• 01224 618000
• 0845 6060 234
• North East Scotland Local Labour Initiative 01224
  804577
• www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk

• The work you want, the help you need - Guide to
  benefits and services available.
• Need help finding a job?
• Helping you back to work - support for customers
  with a disability or health condition 01224
  804555
• NHS Job Jump Start
• New Deal 50 Plus
• Build and train - New Deal participants and
  Grampian Construction Industry with Aberdeen
  Foyer 01224 212924

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Lead Scotland

• Contact details
• Lynda Wilde
• North Aberdeenshire Organiser
• Lead Scotland
• Brownhill Croft
• Nether Kinmundy
• Peterhead AB42 4YH
• Tel [phone]

• Lead Scotland provides guidance to physically
  disabled adults enabling access to education,
  training and lifelong learning opportunities

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learndirect Scotland

• Contact details
• Tel [phone]
• www.learndirectscotland.com

• Database with thousands of learning opportunities
  in Scotland
• learning costs information
• childcare
• qualifications
• job hunting

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Learning Connections

• Contact details
• Johnstone HouseFloor 2 Suite A50-54 Rose
  StreetAberdeenAB10 1UD
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]

• Learning Connections is part of the Community
  Regeneration division of the Scottish Executive.
  It is made up of three teams
• Adult Literacies supports providers implementing
  the recommendations in the Adult Literacy and
  Numeracy in Scotland Report 2001.
• Community Learning and Development(CLD) provides
  advice to ministers on the Scottish Executives
  CLD policy and supports this policy by working
  with local partnerships and national agencies
• Community Engagement works with communities to
  help them take decisions and develop solutions
  for the regeneration of their local areas.

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Learning Houses - Opportunity Gateway Partnership

• Contact details
• Middlefield Learning House 28b Manor Avenue,
  Aberdeen
• AB16 7TJ Tel [phone]Sandilands Learning
  House20b Sandilands Drive, Aberdeen
• AB24 2QA Tel [phone] Torry Learning
  House12a Balnagask Road, Aberdeen
• AB11 8HX
• Tel[phone]

• The Learning Houses offer access to a range of
  supported opportunities, ICT and guidance
  services free of charge. They also provide study
  or meeting space and information on further
  education and training.
• The Learning Houses support the Family Learning
  Project which aims to support individuals to
  overcome barriers to enter further training or
  education and employment. Staff work with
  families in their homes to set up family learning
  plans, encourage families to learn together and
  provide IT equipment in homes.

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Learning Link Scotland

• Contact details
• Suite 6, 2 Commercial Street, Leith, Edinburgh
  EH6 6JA
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.learninglinkscotland.org.uk
• info_at_learninglinkscotland.org.uk

• Learning Link Scotland is the national
  intermediary for voluntary adult learning
  organisations in Scotland. We can help you
• Build and sustain your organisation through
  training and consultancy
• Develop your staff to deliver services
• Keep informed of the latest developments in
  lifelong learning
• Shape, make sense of and influence policy
• Build networks and partnerships
• Run events locally, nationally and
  internationally
• Carry out research, investigations and
  evaluations.

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NAEGA

• Contact details
• Administrative Office
• PO Box 36 Offley, Hitchin,
• Herts SG5 3BB
• Tel/Fax [phone]
• www.naega.org.uk
• admin_at_neaga.org.uk

• Promoting Adult Guidance on Learning and Work
• NAEGA is the major association for adult guidance
  practitioners, including information, advice and
  guidance providers, further and higher education
  provision, careers services, voluntary
  organisations, employer bodies and telephone
  advice lines.
• NAEGA also provides opportunities for developing
  good practice for practitioners by informing and
  supporting policy development.

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National Extension College

• Contact details
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.nec_at_ac.uk

• The National Extension College (NEC) was set up
  over 40 years ago as a charity to help people of
  all ages fit learning into their lives. We
  believe there should be more than one way to get
  a good education.
• Course catalogue includes
• Getting Started courses (English Reading and
  Writing, Maths and Numeracy, Study Skills)
• Childcare and Early Years
• Counselling and Health
• Creative Arts
• Management and Professional

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Newbattle Abbey

• Contact details
• Newbattle Abbey College Newbattle Road
• Dalkeith EH22 3LL
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk
• office_at_newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk

• "We provide courses which support the adult
  learner who is looking to further their education
  or for a second chance to learn"

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North Forum

• Contact details
• Discover-your-routes
• North Forum CENSA
• Aberdeen AB10 1GG
• Tel [phone]
• www.discover-your-routes.org.uk

• A partnership of all education providers in the
  North of Scotland. Set up to increase the number
  of people from under represented groups
  participating in education at all levels.

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Pathways

• Contact details
• 26b Manor Avenue Middlefield Aberdeen AB16 7TJ
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Malcolm Pritchard at malcolm_at_pathways-online.org

• A community based organisation which works in
  disadvantaged areas to support people into
  employment, encourage participation in lifelong
  learning and assist their personal development.
  Services offered include
• Community Education
• Jobseach Support
• Counselling Service
• Middlefield Breakfast Club
• Gardening Service
• IT Services

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Scottish Adult Learning Partnership

• Contact details
• 22 Hill Street
• Edinburgh EH2 3JZ
• Tel[phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.salp.co.uk

• The Scottish Adult Learning Partnership has been
  created specifically to support and encourage
  adults who do not traditionally participate
  within our education system. Fundamental to our
  work is the promotion of lifelong learning,
  equality of opportunity, active citizenship,
  social inclusion and improved participatory
  democracy.

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Scottish Agricultural College - Aberdeen

• Contact details
• Tel
• 01224 711000
• 0800 269453
• www.sac.ac.uk/learning

• Course Prospectus available
• Course leaflets
• Garden Design
• Organic Farming
• Careers in the Countryside
• Careers in the Leisure Industry
• Careers working with the Environment.

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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations SCVO

• Contact details
• 2nd Floor
• 15 Union Street
• Aberdeen AB11 5BU
• Tel
• 0800 1690022
• 01224 589338
• Fax [phone]
• www.scvo.org.uk

• The national body representing the voluntary
  sector working to the following mission SCVO
  seeks to advance the values and shared interests
  of the voluntary sector by fostering
  co-operation, promoting best practice and
  delivering sustainable services.

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SCQF Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework

• Contact details
• Room H037 William Harley BuildingGlasgow
  Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road Glasgow
  G4 0BA
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.scqf.org.uk
• info_at_scqf.org.uk

• The SCQF is a way of comparing and understanding
  Scottish qualifications. It does this by giving
  qualifications a level (based on how difficult
  the learning is) and a credit value (based on how
  long it takes people to achieve the
  qualification).

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Scottish Qualification Authority

• Contact details
• The Optima Building
• 58 Robertson Street Glasgow G2 8DQ
• or
• Ironmills Road Dalkeith Midlothian EH22 1LE
• TelSQA Customer Contact Centre 0845 279 1000
• www.sqa.org.uk

• SQA is an executive non-departmental public body
  (NDPB) sponsored by the Scottish Executive
  Education Department. It is the national body in
  Scotland responsible for the development,
  accreditation, assessment and certification of
  qualifications other than degrees.

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The Robert Gordon University

• Contact details
• Schoolhill
• Aberdeen AB10 1FR
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.rgu.ac.uk
• access_at_rgu.ac.uk

• Course prospectus available
• Numerous undergraduate courses within departments
• Aberdeen Business School
• Faculty of Health and Social Care
• Faculty of Design and Technology
• Access and preparatory programmes in biology
  /chemistry /computing /engineering
  science/maths/study skills

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RGU Grays School Of Art

• Contact details
• Garthdee Road Aberdeen
• Tel[phone]
• www.rgu.ac.uk/shortcourses

• Short Courses in Art and Design
• ceramics
• creative computing
• design for the web
• drawing painting
• jewellery
• photography
• printmaking
• studio glass
• textiles

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RGU - REAcH - Centre for student access

• Contact details
• Centre for Student Access
• The Robert Gordon University
• Faculty of Health and Social Care
• Garthdee AB10 7QG
• Tel [phone]
• access_at_rgu.ac.uk

• REAcH is a project that aims to support people
  in NE Scotland, to gain access to a chosen course
  or qualification by providing a suite of
  preparatory and access course options. It is
  aimed at those who have been out of formal
  education for some time, or who have no formal
  entry qualification. For anyone who would like to
  further their career prospects by taking part in
  more formal learning but is not sure where or how
  to start.

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University of Aberdeen

• Contact details
• Access Programmes
• Tel [phone]
• access_at_abdn.ac.uk

• Prospectus available
• Access to Degree Studies includes English, Maths,
  Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Philosophy and many
  others

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University of AberdeenThe Language Centre

• Contact details
• Regent Walk
• Aberdeen AB24 3FX
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.abdn.ac.uk/langcentre
• langcen_at_abdn.ac.uk

• French
• German
• Spanish
• Russian
• Portuguese
• Japanese
• Italian
• Chinese

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Peacock Visual Arts

• Contact details
• 21 Castle Street
• Aberdeen AB11 5BQ
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.peacockvisualarts.co.uk
• info_at_peacockvisualarts.co.uk

• An educational charity supported by Aberdeen City
  Council and Scottish Arts Council.
• Courses include photography, bookbinding, life
  drawing, printmaking and many more. They respond
  to demand and run courses when they have enough
  learners.

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Scottish Culture and Traditions

• Contact details
• Skene House
• 96 Rosemount Viaduct Aberdeen AB25 1NX
• Tel
• 07754 758677
• 01224 622335
• www.scat2000.co.uk
• email office_at_scat2000.co.uk

• Its never to late to learn, and these adult
  education classes are an ideal opportunity for
  anyone who has an interest in traditional culture
  to pursue that interest.
• clarsach
• song
• fiddle
• whistle
• mixed instruments
• ceilidh dance
• gaelic
• and more

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Volunteer Conservation Projects

• Contact details
• Aberdeen Countryside Project Doig Scott Building
  Craibstone Estate Bucksburn
• Aberdeen AB21 9YA
• Tel[phone]
• Fax [phone]

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WEA

• Contact details
• 163 King Street
• Aberdeen AB24 3AE
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.weascotland.org.uk
• aberdeen_at_weascotland.org.uk

• Provides adults with access to organised learning
  which develops intellectual understanding and
  social or collective responsibility.
• Locally provides a wide range of courses which
  include Confidence Tricks, Family Matters, Health
  Issues, Drugs Awareness for Parents.

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• Contact details