Golden Opportunities to Learn (GO-Learn)
What is GO-Learn
GO-Learn is the name of ‘Golden Opportunities to Learn’, a non-prescriptive toolkit designed to allow organisations to harness the interest generated by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in attracting adults and young people into learning, volunteering and work.
What is it about?
It is about helping organisations, through a collection of case-studies and easy steps, to find ways to engage adults and young people through sport, recreation or cultural activities, and about adding the element of work and employability skills to these activities. The challenge is not necessarily for organisations to deliver every aspect of a programme themselves but rather to link up and co-work with other organisations.
So, if you are part of a community organisation, group, club, Further Education College or local authority and you feel that you can offer training to adults and young people that will allow them to progress towards further learning, volunteering or paid employment, this toolkit is for you.
How can I access the toolkit?
You can follow it section by section, or you can ‘dip into’ the sections that interest you or that are relevant to your organisation.By clicking the heading below you can download individual sections of the toolkit:
- What is GO-Learn
- The London 2012 Games, the Cultural Olympiad and the Legacy
- Getting started: making it happen
- How have others done it
- Partnerships and network
- Running the project
- Promotion and marketing
- Finances and funding
- Accessing advice and support
- Action plan
- Glossary
To request a hard copy email Suzanne Aldridge at the Learning and Skills Council or call on 0118 908 2162. You can also download the GO-Learn briefing note. This provides a description of the toolkit, the case studies, how it can be used and its purpose.
If you use the toolkit and would like to submit a case study, please email it to Suzanne Aldridge . These will be collated and added to the website to build the resources available.