Resources, Useful Websites and Case Studies - Partnerships

Resources

Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship

Comprehensive toolkit addressing the areas of ‘Commitment and Leadership, ‘Organisational Management’, “Teaching and Learning’ and ‘Community and Partnership’, including case studies.

Assessing the Impact of Volunteering

Community Engagement and Sustainable Development Tool

Developed by CAG and WWF.

Community Training Services - Sheffield Partnership Tackles Crime and Training

This case study provides a very useful example of how working in a local partnership can achieve a great deal for young people, and for the community as a whole.

EAUC BITC Benchmarking Report

This report is on an HE project using the BITC Corporate Social Responsibility index to measure success in the sector.

Future Leaders Survey

The Universities & Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and Forum for the Future produced this survey of young people entering Higher Education in 2007.

HM Treasury review of subnational economic development and regeneration

A government review to consider how to strengthen economic performance in regions, cities and localities throughout the country.

Project SIGMA: Stakeholder engagement

Project SIGMA aims to provide clear, practical advice to organisations to help them make a meaningful contribution to sustainable development. This is their Stakeholder Engagement Toolkit.

Public Sector Sustainable Procurement Assessment Tool

This comes from Forum for the Future and the Welsh Assembly Government's Procurement Initiative.

Renewal.net

How to carry out a Community Audit.

The Egan Review

Download the Review that looked at the skills and training required by professionals, planning authorities and developers.

Useful Websites - Community and Business

 

Case Studies

Workers' Education Association Links to Active Citizenship

Engaging the Community Reaps Rewards at Bedford

Bedford College created opportunities to enhance learner experience

Sharing for Sustainability in the South West

Colleges across the South West have benefitted from sharing their experience and expertise on sustainability by forming a dedicated group.

Reaching Out to the Community at Highbury College

The whole range of sustainability factors has been considered - from environmental to social to economic – and barriers to learning have been removed at every stage.

Building Capacity in Construction in the East Midlands

Resourcing Sustainability at Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College

This case study provides an excellent example of how organisations such as StudentForce can provide institutions with much needed support to deliver their sustainability commitments.

Bishop Burton

Bishop Burton FE College is an agriculture CoVE, where partnerships with local businesses farmers, growers, food processors are central to the operation of the FE provider curriculum.

Community Training Services - Sheffield Partnership Tackles Crime and Training

A very useful example of how working in a local partnership can achieve a great deal for young people, and for the community as a whole.

Community-Campus - Learner Involvement at Wiltshire College

Wiltshire College’s 'Community-Campus' provides a clear and effective way to ensure student engagement in sustainability, whilst ensuring compliance with Government initiatives.

Greenwich

Greenwich Community College has been working in partnership with the Greenwich Foundation for the past three years. Together they developed a training centre (“the Schoolroom”) within the Old Royal Naval College where GCC deliver tour guiding

Increasing Student Volunteering at Bridgwater

An illustration of how a college can, through partnerships with other organisations, take an existing idea and develop it into a beacon and provide inspiration for others.

The Memento Project

European Grundtvig Learning Partnership project ‘Memento’ is a community based art project for community groups, artists and adult education providers.

Pershore

Winning entry in the 06/07 Green Gown Awards. The Pershore Group of colleges has established a strong commitment to sustainable development.

The Yard Project

This case study provides an excellent example of how training projects can deliver sustainability and community engagement.

10 Short Workbased Learning Case Studies

Comprehensive case studies of sustainable development in ‘Work Based Learning’ can be found in Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship.