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A mobile film studio for disadvantaged young adults, football skills for the homeless and university lectures for older people are among the 18 projects which have won Government funding, kicking off a 20m scheme that will see creative learning flourish across the country.

The projects are the first ‘Early Bird’ bids to receive funding under the Government’s 20m Transformation Fund to support informal adult learning – learning for pleasure, self-development and community development.

Each project has been allocated a share of 1m by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The projects will introduce a range of innovative adult learning initiatives and activities for the benefit of a diverse range of communities and individuals.

The Transformation Fund was set up to encourage new partnerships between public, private and community organisations and create informal learning activities which:

• encourage more and different people into informal learning, particularly people from disadvantaged groups;
• open up access to learning in new places, in new ways and at more flexible times;
• support people to set up self-organised groups and learning clubs;
• widen choice, by developing and sharing innovative content;
• build partnerships and strengthen the capacity of informal adult learning organisations;
• improve connections and progression between different kinds of learning; and
• make better use of broadcasting and technology to stimulate and support learning.

More at: http://www.bis.gov.uk/creative-projects-share-1million-as-summer-of-learning-gets-under-way