November 2008 - Issue 12 |
Message of the Month
I start this newsletter with some sad news from our Colleagues in Leeds.
Kevin Simpson.
“Many members of the team will have come into contact with Kevin Simpson, site assistant at the Leeds United and Hunslet Hawks Learning Centres. Sadly Kevin passed away on Sunday October 26 after a battle with cancer. Kevin had worked for study support for 8 years and his colleagues always found him to be cheerful and extremely helpful, always willing to go the extra mile. He had a knack of seeing a job and just doing it without being asked. As site assistant his role was in keeping facilities fit for purpose but he was always looking at ways to extend his role and at the time of his illness was undertaking teacher assistant training. He was a great favourite with children and young people and had a wonderfully calming manner, particularly with learners with challenging behaviour which made him an excellent mentor. Kevin was always positive and even when diagnosed with terminal cancer 8 months ago remained cheerful and positive. The last time one of his colleagues visited him he was obviously gravely ill but still mentioned he would love to come back to work. He was an extremely valued colleague, but also a dear friend. He will be sadly missed."
Other matters
Evaluation will be a priority for PfS over the next 18 months. We are offering training later this month for centres who are embarking on evaluating their work and for those who already evaluate but want to look at what other people are doing. Details from Tracey at the admin base tracey@rexhallassociates.com.
We hope to circulate soon a formal application process for centres who wish to become Associate centres in partnership with PfS. It will not be onerous.
PfS Nederlands has received confirmation of their application and they will receive € 750,000 till December 2009 from their Department of Education. They also told us that they have made reservations of funding for 2010 and 2011 at €250,S000 per year. Another delegation from Holland will be coming in December for 3 days. It is hoped the first centres will be open at Eindhoven and Zwolle in the New Year.
(This news from Irene de Kort - Senioradviseur KPC Groep 's-Hertogenbosch)
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