Our new Community Partnership Fund agreement has been signed and we’ve started classes at Wanganui East School. There are 13 families participating and they will be graduating on 17 December, making it a great Christmas for them :-)
We have nearly finished our first year with the new Stepping UP programme. The Whanganui Learning Centre has done a great job delivering Wanganui’s first pilot. Over 275 learners have completed over 810 modules. We expect around 165 will receive their completion certificates.
It is neat to be nearing the end of year and to have project funding in place until 2011. We have got off to a good start for Wanganui’s Phase 2 for another 150 families and I am really looking forward to making a big ‘dent’ in this next year!
This morning I am off to the 18th meeting of the National CIH Coordinating Group. We have been meeting since the beginning of 2006. I'm proud to have been to all of them and it is very pleasing to see the growth of the group. We have met all around NZ where CiH is run and have got to know each other very well. This time we will be in New Plymouth. We have a busy couple of days coming up with a Stepping UP workshop today, then operational briefings tomorrow.
