ACL Campaigns
Campaigns
Ongoing Campaigns
Parent Ambassador
Training and volunteering programme to support local parents, children and schools
Digital Champions
Training and volunteering programme to support local residents’ essential skills
Your Future Matters
Supporting the residents of Harlow/Tendring with IAG – Apprenticeships, quals and skills, employment, wellbeing, volunteering
Flexible Learning
Promotion of the range of free level 2 courses we offer, including digital skills, early years, health medical and care etc
Sustainability course – Do more, waste less
Supporting residents and businesses to gain knowledge of sustainable development, climate change and global warming. These courses could lead to skills progression routes and exciting career opportunities
Digital courses
Supporting residents to improve work and technical skills, reduce digital isolations and supporting those who require it to gain essential skills
General course and apprenticeships campaigns
Continued promotion of each of our 7 curriculum areas throughout the year across all channels
Spring Campaigns
Pottery exhibition Chelmsford Library: May
With the support of Chelmsford Library we hosted a month long pottery exhibition to celebrate our talented learners.
Mental Health and Wellbeing week: May
Activity dedicated to supporting residents with wellbeing needs. Emphasis on how wellbeing is embedded in everything we do across our curriculum.
Supporting families from Ukraine: 1st June
Event for Ukrainian families and sponsors across 4 locations. Our mission is to ensure that each family has access to learning opportunities and support going forward. Over 100 enrolments as a result of event activities.
New courses launch for 22/23: 6th June
Launch of over 1500 courses on offer across our centres 2022/23.
Your Future Matters Career Fair: 9th June
We welcomed residents to our centre in Clacton. Our teams were joined by a range of local organisations and companies who spoke to individuals about their career aspirations. The event was funded by the UKCRF.
Summer/Autumn Campaigns
Course guides and supporting materials launch: Mid-June
Publication of materials to support the promotion of our services, especially for those without the digital skills to access our online resources
You Can relaunch: Mid June
IAG courses to showcase the variety of career opportunities in the public sector and progression pathways
Retrofit Academy course launch: Mid June
Partnership with Retrofit Academy to deliver courses in Tendring and Harlow.
Discover Magazine Summer: Mid/end-June
Showcase of courses and case studies to inspire people to pursue their lifelong learning goals.
Be Inspired Tasters and Information Events: 4-8th July
A week of free taster workshops to showcase our offer and whilst giving people the opportunity to ‘Find out for free’.
Harlow Library and ACL Centre launch event: 1st – 2nd July
Celebrating the launch of Harlow centre partnering with Library services hosting activities throughout the day of the event.
ACL Awards
Celebrating the achievements of our learners, staff and partners. Nominations are now closed and the ceremony will take place on 6th July.
ACL Website launch: July – August
To improve the online customer experience we have invested in developing a new intuitive and interactive online solution. Improvements to searchability of our courses, ease of navigation, SEO and design are being implemented to provide a seamless experience for prospective learners.
Be Inspired Career and Skills event: September
Inviting residents to find out more information about our courses whilst exploring pathways to employment. Event to represent the focus on IAG post-course and support we offer to access career opportunities.
Autumn/Winter Campaigns
Digital Hub Colchester: Autumn/Winter
Investment in the redevelopment of ACL Colchester gym to provide essential facilities to improve the digital skills support for residents
National Days
May (2022)
National Day | Start Date | End Date |
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Time for a cuppa | 1st | 8th |
Make May purple/Action on stroke month | 1st | 31st |
National walking month | 1st | 31st |
National Share-a-Story Month | 1st | 31st |
Big Asthma Bake Sale | 1st | 31st |
Local and Community History month | 1st | 31st |
National Gardening Week | 2nd | 8th |
Sun Awareness Week | 2nd | 8th |
Deaf Awareness Week | 2nd | 8th |
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week | 2nd | 8th |
Anaphylaxis Awareness Week | 2nd | 8th |
Dying Matters Week | 2nd | 6th |
Firefighters’ Memorial Day | 4th | 4th |
National Doughnut Week | 7th | 15th |
National Mills Weekend | 8th | 8th |
World Donkey Day | 8th | 8th |
Food Allergies Food Allergy Awareness Week | 9th | 14th |
Coeliac UK’s Awareness Week | 10th | 15th |
Mental Health Awareness Week | 10th | 15th |
Foster Care Fortnight | 10th | 22nd |
ME Awareness Week | 11th | 16th |
Somerset Day | 11th | 11th |
National Limerick Day | 12th | 12th |
World Topiary Day | 12th | 12th |
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day | 14th | 14th |
National Stationery Week | 16th | 22nd |
National Vegetarian Week | 16th | 22nd |
National Children’s Day UK | 16th | 16th |
Dementia Action Week | 17th | 22nd |
Walk to School Week | 17th | 20th |
National Smile Month | 17th | June 16th |
Action for Brain Injury Awareness Week | 17th | 22nd |
Learning at Work Week | 17th | 22nd |
Water Saving Week | 17th | 20th |
Hats for Headway | 21st | 21st |
English Tourism Week | 22nd | 30th |
Go Paddling Week | 23rd | 30th |
British Tomato Fortnight | 23rd | June 5th |
National Conversation Week | 23rd | 29th |
National Epilepsy Week | 24th | 30th |
Great British Spring Clean | 28th | June 12th |
National Children’s Gardening Week | 28th | June 5th |
Oak Apple Day | 29th | 29th |
Bike Week | 30th | June 4th |
National Patient Participation Week | 31st | June 5th |
Melanoma BRAF Awareness Day | 31st | 31st |
June (2022)
National Day | Start Date | End Date |
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Step up For 30 for Bowel Cancer | 1st | 30th |
SANDS Awareness Month | 1st | 29th |
Volunteers Week | 1st | 6th |
National Candy Month | 1st | 29th |
Global Day of Parents | 1st | 1st |
MyMarathon | 1st | 29th |
The Big Jubilee Lunch | 2nd | 5th |
Massage at Work Week | 3rd | 8th |
National Fish and Chip Day | 4th | 4th |
Garden Wildlife Week | 6th | 12th |
National Neuro-Disabilities Day | 6th | 6th |
Growing for Wellbeing Week | 7th | 12th |
Child Safety Week | 7th | 12th |
World Heart Rhythm Week | 7th | 12th |
Carers Week | 7th | 12th |
UK Coaching Week | 7th | 12th |
National Intensive Care Week | 7th | 12th |
UK Clothing Poverty Awareness Day | 9th | 9th |
Employer Branding Awareness Week | 10th | 15th |
Brake’s Kids Walk | 10th | 10th |
National School Business Leaders’ Day | 10th | 10th |
Drowning Prevention Week | 12th | 18th |
Walk Together for Bowel Cancer | 12th | 12th |
National Sewing Machine Day | 13th | 13th |
Cupcake Day (Raise Money Dementia) | 13th | 13th |
Loneliness Awareness Week | 13th | 17th |
Diabetes Awareness Week | 14th | 19th |
BNF Healthy Eating Week | 14th | 17th |
Learning Disability Week | 14th | 19th |
Cervical Screening Awareness Week | 15th | 20th |
National Beer Day | 15th | 15th |
National Bug Busting Day | 15th | 15th |
March for Men (prostate cancer) | 16th | 23rd |
National Clean Air Day | 16th | 16th |
Neighbours Week | 17th | 22nd |
Plastic Free Beauty Day | 22nd | 30th |
English Wine Week | 18th | 26th |
National School Sport Week | 19th | 24th |
Wallace & Gromit Wrong Trousers Day | 19th | 19th |
Father’s Day | 19th | 19th |
Children’s Hospice Week | 20th | 26th |
#GladToCare Awareness Week | 20th | 24th |
Rose Awareness | 20th | 20th |
Love Your Lungs Week | 21st | 26th |
Public Service Day | 23rd | 23rd |
National Writing Day | 23rd | 23rd |
Reserves Day | 24th | 24th |
National Bingo Day | 27th | 27th |
Deafblind Awareness Week | 27th | July 2nd |
Children’s Art Week | 28th | July 17th |
July (2022)
National Day | Start Date | End Date |
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Wallace & Gromit’s Wrong Trousers Day | 1st | 1st |
National Picnic Month | 1st | 31st |
Talk To Us (Samaritans) | 1st | 31st |
Plastic Free July | 1st | 31st |
Good Care Month | 1st | 31st |
National Bereaved Parents Day | 3rd | 3rd |
Thank You Day (NHS) | 4th | 4th |
National BBQ Week | 5th | 17th |
Byte Night | 9th | 9th |
National Simplicity Day | 12th | 12th |
Festival of Archaeology | 17th | 31st |
#AskAnArchaeologist Day | 21st | 21st |
Love Parks Week | 23rd | 31st |
24/7 Samaritans Awareness Day | 24th | 24th |
National Marine Week | 24th | August 7th |
National Schizophrenia Awareness Day | 25th | 25th |
National Preserving Week | 25th | August 1st |
Walk the Night (Breast and Prostate Cancer) | 27th | 27th |
August (2022)
National Day | Start Date | End Date |
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Yorkshire Day | 1st | 1st |
National Road Victim Month | 1st | 30th |
Playday | 4th | 4th |
Cycle to Work Day | 5th | 5th |
National Dash Cam Day | 5th | 5th |
National Allotment Week | 9th | 14th |
Afternoon Tea Week | 9th | 14th |
Cavernoma Awareness Day | 15th | 15th |
Northern Christmas Week | 16th | 21st |
National Plum Day | 24th | 24th |
September (2022)
National Day | Start Date | End Date |
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Oddfellows Friendship Month | 1st | 29th |
Urology Awareness Month | 1st | 29th |
World Alzheimer’s Month | 1st | 29th |
Organic September | 1st | 29th |
Blood Cancer Awareness Month | 1st | 29th |
Vascular Disease Awareness Month | 1st | 29th |
Festival of Learning (Have a Go Month) | 1st | 29th |
National Doodle Day | 3rd | 3rd |
EveryWoman Day | 3rd | 3rd |
Migraine Awareness Week | 5th | 10th |
Know Your Numbers Week (Blood Pressure) | 6th | 11th |
National Payroll Week | 6th | 9th |
Heritage Open Days | 10th | 18th |
Balance Awareness Week | 12th | 17th |
Orchid’s Male Cancer Awareness Week | 13th | 18th |
Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week | 13th | 18th |
Sexual Health Week | 13th | 18th |
Roald Dahl Story Day | 13th | 13th |
National Coding Week | 13th | 18th |
National Eczema Week | 13th | 18th |
Jeans for Genes | 13th | 18th |
Pension Awareness Day | 15th | 15th |
National Teaching Assistants’ Day | 16th | 16th |
Great British Beach Clean | 17th | 25th |
Youth Mental Health Day | 19th | 19th |
Fire Door Safety Week | 20th | 25th |
National Eye Health Week | 20th | 25th |
Organ Donation Awareness Week | 20th | 25th |
Recycle Week | 20th | 25th |
Raspberry Cavernoma Awareness | 20th | 20th |
Seed Gathering Season | 23rd | October 22nd |
FSC Friday | 24th | 24th |
Wool Week | 25th | October 2nd |
European Day of Languages | 26th | 26th |
Bike to School Week | 27th | 30th |
Thank You #HiddenHeroes | 29th | 29th |
National Sporting Heritage Day | 30th | 30th |