News

Tom Meek Awards

19th July 2010

This year the Tom Meek Award is celebrating its tenth birthday.  Each year the awards night is a celebration of learning and achievement and there was certainly plenty to cram in to this year’s event.
 
Kenneth MacAlpine has become our latest winner of the Tom Meek Award.  Kenneth has had overcome a number of barriers to make progress with his learning.  His experiences have encouraged him to put something back into his community including design… read more

Launching our Spotter and Referrer Factfile

18th May 2010

Over the last year, 353 new students have accessed the Adult Basic Education Service.   How did they find out about us?  For 82% of students it was the result of our Spotter and Referrer network. 
 
The network consists of a range of agencies, organisations and key workers, who work with potential learners.  They are able to spot literacy & numeracy issues and, importantly, have the knowledge to refer those individuals to us.
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FABE AGM Coming Up

17th May 2010

Friends of Adult Basic Education (FABE) is a voluntary organisation who support the work of ABE and help the students' voice to be heard.
Their Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 26th May 7 - 9pm in The Adult Learning Centre at Bathgate. 
If you want to get involved then come along. There will be coffee, tea, biscuits  and the chance to join in a fun quiz and you might win a £5 voucher.
Everyone is welcome.

Spotlight on ... George

10th May 2010

Our spotlight for May is on George who goes to the Craigsfarm group on a Wednesday evening. He tells us a bit about what he has been learning and how it helps him in his everyday life.
"I come from Blackburn.  I work in the cleansing department; I'm the Weighbrig Operator on my shift. I found out about ABE through one of the boys at work.  He was telling me all about the class so I asked the Union Rep. if he could try to get me into one of the classes.… read more

Spotlight on... Tony

1st April 2010

Tony from the Adult Learning Centre, Wednesday morning group has become our 'Mr April'.  He tells us a bit about his learning experience - from working in the chippy to Cooking by Numbers.
" Hi, my name is Tony and the reason I came to ABE is to improve my reading and vocabulary.  Since coming here I've improved greatly but still get a little confused with punctuation marks and knowing when and where to use them.  In time and with practice… read more