The BEGIN Partnership

BEGIN is governed by a Partnership Agreement and Steering Group that normally meets 3 times a year. Steering Group members are from Nottingham College, the local authorities, voluntary & community sector organisations and other relevant services. In addition, the team is employed by Nottingham College, its major funder. Like other teams in the College it receives support, advice & direction on a day-to-day basis from relevant college managers. Our thanks to all the organisations we work with to help local people with learning:

Steering Group

Full Members

• Nottingham College

• Nottingham City Council Employment & Skills

• Nottinghamshire County Council Adult and Community Learning Service

• Futures Advice, Skills & Employment Ltd

• BELONG

• Notts Refugee Forum

Other Partners

We work with many staff and volunteers at many organisations to help people attend ESOL, Functional Skills English & Maths, including:

Learning providers who offer a huge variety of courses & other types of learning:

• Nottingham College

• Catch-22 for young people

• Community organisations who run formal courses at local venues

• INSPIRE

• 26 Informal Language & Conversation Groups - at churches, libraries, community centres & other venues

• Private language schools, who sometimes give learners the chance to improve English with their trainee teachers

• Read Easy volunteers who help people 1:1 with reading practice

Referring organisations who tell us about people who want ESOL, Maths or English & help us to track their changing needs - far too many to list here - but including:

• Nottingham College advice & support teams

• Nottingham & Notts Refugee Forum

• Futures Advice, Skills & Employment Ltd

• Local Authority teams

• Housing providers

• Schools

• Health workers

• Children's Centres

• Churches ...

New Partners very welcome!

We want to work with as many organisations as we can to help local people attend ESOL, or Functional Skills Maths & English. If you'd like to work with us - please just contact us:

0115 978 0942 / fiona@begin.org.uk / angella@begin.org.uk . .