Voluntary sector meeting with the Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills

 

The Welsh Assembly Government’s Third Sector Scheme makes provision for twice yearly meetings between representatives of the third sector and each of the Cabinet Ministers. The current Minister for Children,Education, Lifelong Learning & Skills is Leighton Andrews AM.

 

Ministerial meetings on children, education, lifelong learning and skills take place in Spring and Autumn of each year. Either side can put items on the agenda provided that they fall within the ministerial brief and that they address broad third sector issues – it is not possible to discuss issues relating to single organisations in this context. There is provision for one meeting in each year to discuss issues arising from the budget planning round.

 

You can view minutes of the most recent meetings on this website or at http://www.wales.gov.uk/index.htm

 

A third sector planning group meets in advance of each ministerial meeting to review progress from the previous meeting, to agree items to be put forward for the agenda and to prepare supporting papers. Membership of the planning group is agreed by the Third Sector Partnership Council and includes those third sector networks related to the ministerial brief

 

Members of the third sector planning group for children, education, lifelong learning and skills are:

 

Advice Network Wales

Black Voluntary Sector Network Wales

Children in Wales

Chwarae Teg

CWVYS

Cyfanfyd

Governors Wales

Health and Social Care Network

Play Wales

Special Needs Advisory Project Cymru

The University of the Third Age

Voices from Care

Wales Assembly of Women

Wales Co-operative Centre

Wales Environment Link

Welsh Sports Association

Women's Voice (Wales Women's National Coalition)

Workers Educational Association

Support to the planning group and for the ministerial meeting is provided by WCVA. Alice Greenlees is the Policy officer with responsibility for education and lifelong learning. You can contact her on 029 2043 1738 or email policy@wcva.org.uk.

View Agenda: 8 June
View ESDGC Update
View Minutes: 22 February 2010
View Strategic paper current priorities
View Financial paper
View Family Support presentation slides
View Learning as a family paper