"Soup and Blankets Are Not Enough"

Autor/in	Stanistreet, Paul
Titel	"Soup and Blankets Are Not Enough"
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 18 (2007) 9, S.18-21 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Human Services; Employment; Homeless People; Educational Opportunities; Adult Learning; Access to Education; Community Programs; Basic Skills; Adult Basic Education; Job Skills; Vocational Education; Social Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humanitäre Hilfe; Dienstverhältnis; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Adult; Adults; Adult education; Produktive Fertigkeit; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	This article features Crisis Skylight, a learning and activity centre, which opened in Spitalfields, East London, in 2002. Crisis Skylight was developed by Crisis, a national charity for single homeless people. It gives homeless people a chance to learn alongside other, non-homeless, members of their communities. Skylight's remit was extended--with the creation of the centre's Learning Zone--to include more formal educational opportunities, in particular, basic skills provision, aimed at giving learners "the basic building blocks that people need for employment." In 2006, the Learning Zone engaged with 342 learners, and learners gained 312 qualifications. And since the opening, 18 months ago, of the Skylight Cafe--which provides work placements in catering and hospitality--30 homeless people from the centre have been helped into employment. Other vocational courses, in subjects such as plumbing, carpentry and bicycle repair--all of them free to learners--have followed. Treating the homeless people with respect--as full "members" of the centre--is crucial in helping them turn their lives around. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/Publications/Periodicals/Default.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10