Funding – Page 2

The government has allocated another £1 billion to children, schools and families over the next three years.

While the plan does not have direct impact on the rest of the UK it is likely that it will lead to pressure for action in similar areas in Wales, Scotland and N Ireland – not least in its approach that states that the school should be the centre of the community

It is a huge package of measures, and difficult to make overall sense of. But Tony Attwood from Hamilton House has done his best.

Nothing explicitly mentions school councils, but I’ve italicized sections that I think we could have a particular input into – Asher

Well, I see it as a place where we can quickly note down our thoughts, experiences and links to news stories relating to education and participation. Primarily we are doing this for each other (and ourselves), but it may also be of interest to other people interested in school councils and School Councils UK. In fact I expect the email updates that we will be sending out to funders, members and other partners and supporters will be an edited version of this blog.

I have set up various categories that posts can be put under (they can be under more than one). We can add to and change these very easily. I think each of the category names should be self-explanatory, but if they’re not let me know.

I think if you’re going to post a link to another story or web-page it would be really good if you could include a short description of what you’re linking to. Something like, “A new government iniative to get every school child connected to broadband at home [link]” rather than just a link or, “Any thoughts? [link]”. We can link to and upload videos, mp3s, etc. in this software, so feel free to do so.

Anyway, let me know what you think and any suggestions you have by making a comment, and then write a post yourself!

Asher