1. The potential of partnerships Bev Davies Embrace Project (Engaging Refugees and Asylum Seekers) Salford Heritage Services

2. Manchester Tourist Information Centre Walking distance of college and manageable risk assessment paperwork Topic: What do you like doing? Making suggestions Aim: linguistic and cultural Task: find a free destination / activity Activity Example.doc

3. Partnership Is not –a one-off visit (although this can be a necessary first step) –one way (all sides need to gain from the relationship) Is the opportunity for ESOL learners –to transfer knowledge from the classroom to new learning situations within the real world –to open up unexpected possibilities

4. Why look outside the classroom? Learner autonomy? Motivation? Citizenship? Cultural schemata? Intercultural skills? Enjoyment, inspiration and creativity?

5. Museums – Engaging Refugees and Asylum Seekers Multi-faceted offer for ESOL learners at all four partners, for example: WEA class at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens Creative writing with Leicester City Museums Service EMTAS classes at World Museum Liverpool Handling box outreach and Salford Routes project at Salford Museum and Art Gallery

6. Inspire and delight? I felt full glad because today with all my friends taked a nice time. I liked the Famine pecture because it is a real life in the world. I felt I’m nearlly sky because I can see very far.

7. Libraries – Reading for pleasure and more In Salford –Six book challenge January to May 2008 –Reading the pastFebruary to June 2008 Wider initiatives –Welcome to your library http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/ –The Vital Link http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/vitallink/index.html http://vitallinkspice.wordpress.com/

8. Police ESOL http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/resources/post_16/police_esol.cfm

9. What next? Up to you! Three questions to reflect on: What interests your learners? What issues do they face particularly? Which partners could bring you and your learners something unexpected?

10. Contacts and Links Salford Museum and Art Gallery Peel Park, The Crescent Salford M5 4WU beverley.davies@salford.gov.uk Engaging Refugees and Asylum Seekers links http://www.salford.gov.uk/esol http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/learning/projects/engaging/ http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council--services/lc/leicester-city- museums/museums/learning/outreach http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/communityoutreach/ http://www.baringfoundation.org.uk/ProfileNationalM.pdf Supported by the Baring Foundation Salford Routes project is supported through ‘Their Past Your Future 2 (TPYF2) Programme Supported by the Baring Foundation