“PM Gordon Brown has pledged to ensure every young person has done 50 hours of community work by the time they are 19 years old.” (BBC)

The scheme will be introduced in September and will be woven into plans for raising the participation age and the plans for a compulsory citizenship studies in the 14-16 curriculum. You or a colleague may be interested in our upcoming policy event, which will consider the issue.

National Youth Service? Compulsory Learning and Compulsory Volunteering?
02 July 2009, 2pm – 4pm £99 plus VAT **Friends’ rate £89.10 plus VAT

This event will examine the issues of implementing a compulsory volunteering scheme and the impact it will have on the 14-19 phase and the raising of the participation age.

Jayne Hathway of 2QAB CIC will be joining us to discuss the implications for volunteering and Mark Corney, Policy Adviser to the Campaign, will discuss the issues for raising the participation age.

The Primary Curriculum: teaching and testing or learning?
13 July 2009, 2pm – 4pm £99 plus VAT **Friends’ rate £89.10 plus VAT

Following the publication of the Rose Review in April 2009 the government has announced plans to reform the primary curriculum. This session will look at:

· How radical is the review?

· What will it mean for what happens in (and out of) the primary classroom?

· Will we still have to teach to the test?

Chris Waterman (co-editor of Education Journal and editor of Children’s Services Weekly) will be joining us to discus the issues and to help delegates crystalise their response to the government’s consultation, which ends 5pm Friday, 24 July 2009.
For more information or to book a place at either of these events, please click on the relevant link above or alternatively visit www.campaignforlearning.org.uk and follow links for events. Alternatively contact Karla McLaren on 020 7766 0010 or kmclaren@cflearning.org.uk.