Celebrating lifelong learning at the Adult Community Learning Awards on 17th July 2024
The Royal Borough of Greenwich recognised the incredible achievements of residents and training providers at the Adult Community Learning Awards.
The special ceremony on Wednesday 17 July filled Woolwich Town Hall with cheers and applause as nominees were called up to receive their awards from the Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Councillor Jit Ranabhat.
The service, and its 10 sub-contracted learning providers, had an additional reason to celebrate this year, having recently been rated ‘Good’ across all areas following an Ofsted inspection in May.
Each of the adult learning providers was invited to nominate their Learner of the Year, recognising achievement and progression, and Tutor of the Year for leadership and excellence.
Councillor Jackie Smith, Cabinet Member for Inclusive Economy, Business, Skills and Greenwich Supports, who gave the welcome speech, said: “Huge congratulations to our Learners and Tutors of the Year, who have achieved amazing things over the last year and shown outstanding passion and drive.
“As we heard at the event, high quality adult community learning provision transforms lives. It’s crucial to supporting residents to access good jobs and to building a more inclusive economy and –equally as important- it improves people’s health, wellbeing, happiness, and sense of community and belonging. We are committed to championing the skills of residents and raising awareness of training opportunities in the borough through our Greenwich Learns platform.”
The delicious catering for the event was cooked up by Flavours of Jamrock company directors, Rosemarie and Dom, who both completed the Greenwich Learns business start-up training earlier this year with GCDA. The duo now have a regular market stall in Dial Arch square every Wednesday. Read their learner story.
View all award-winners from the evening below and head over to our gallery to view the photos from the awards ceremony.
Learner of the year
Ausra Stonkiene
Nominated by Community Systems
Darren Cook
Nominated by Flower Skills and Training
Hok-Yu Louis Li
Nominated by GCDA
Stephanie Buchanan
Nominated by Global Solution Services
Zoe Cameron
Nominated by LSEC
Finley Kube
Nominated by Queercircle
Priya Thanaratnam
Nominated by The Training Place of Excellence
Maimuna Nagawa
Nominated by UCRA
Martin Maddocks
Nominated by Unity Works
Hadija Ibrahim
Nominated by Volunteer Centre Greenwich
Tutor of the year
Tracey Cabrera
Nominated by Community Systems
Ray Cotterrell
Nominated by Flower Skills and Training
Amanda Easto
Nominated by GCDA
Sharon Farrell
Nominated by Global Solution Services
Piers Goodman
Nominated by LSEC
Shanay Neusum-James
Nominated by Queercircle
Mary Ofili
Nominated by The Training Place of Excellence
Joyce Elijah
Nominated by UCRA
Poppy Love Oldham
Nominated by Unity Works
Shan Rogbeer
Nominated by Volunteer Centre Greenwich
Congratulations to all winners!
The Council is working in partnership with the Greater London Authority, using the funding provided by the Mayor of London to provide these life-changing educational opportunities to local residents.
If this has inspired you too find out more about our Adult and Community Learning courses, then please visit Greenwich Learns. Many courses are FREE for local residents.
