The International Civil Defence Organisation is an intergovernmental organisation with the objective to contribute to the development of structures safeguarding populations, property and the environment from natural or man-made disasters.
Endowed Charities are charities which exist to carry out the terms of bequests, usually within parishes, and hold some assets and investments in order to do this. Schemes are legal documents by which the Charity Commission may amend, replace or amplify a charity's governing document.
Approved by the Board of Charity Commissioners on 12 August 1892.
The Afro-Caribbean Language & Literacy Project (ACLLP) began in 1984 with Section 11 funding. It worked through classroom-based staff development along with other resources and succeeded in changing attitudes to Creole and Caribbean languages, enabling people to value their own linguistic heritage and in many cases see their languages written down for the first time.
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) was a core part of the Unit's activities from the start. As well as providing ESOL training the unit was the lead partner in the National ESOL Training and Development project from 2001 and produced an ESOL core curriculum and core curriculum training.
Focus was a newsletter primarily published for London East Learning+Skills Council training providers and included reports and news related to basic skills training and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages).