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Cass Mann and Margaret Hodge  

The Rt. Hon. Margaret Hodge MP, Minister for Lifelong Learning at the Dept. for Education and Skills, discusses the Lifelong Learning Grant managed by POSH with CEO Cass Mann, at the launch of the Richmond Business School in January 2003. The Minister praised POSH for championing HIV positive gay men whom she described as "unfairly marginalised even in 2003", and lauded POSH for being led by its service users as well as owned by them.

The event was reported in The Times Educational Supplement as well as in all the local press.

2003 represents POSH's 4th year of managing the grant in order to train, educate and skill HIV positive gay men resident in Richmond so that they may return to work or education.

     
Group sessions in 2003 (Maximum attendees 12 per session)
 
      No. of attendees
1 08 Jan Lifelong Learning session 1 10
2 15 Jan Lifelong Learning session 2 11
3 27 Jan National AIDS Manual Treatment Info Forum 12
4 05 Feb Lifelong Learning session 3 12
5 12 Feb Lifelong Learning session 4 10
6 24 Feb National AIDS Manual Treatment Info Forum 12
7 05 Mar Lifelong Learning session 5 11
8 12 Mar Lifelong Learning session 6 09
9 24 Mar National AIDS Manual Treatment Info Forum 11
10 02 Apr Lifelong Learning session 7 10
11 09 Apr Lifelong Learning session 8 10
12 28 Apr National AIDS Manual Treatment Info Forum 11
13 07 May Lifelong Learning session 9 11
14 21 May Lifelong Learning session 10 12
15 26 May National AIDS Manual Treatment Info Forum 12
16 04 Jun Lifelong Learning session 11 09
17 18 Jun Lifelong Learning session 12 10
18 30 Jun National AIDS Manual Treatment Info Forum 11
19 02 Jul Lifelong Learning session 13 12
20 16 Jul Lifelong Learning session 14 12
21 28 Jul National AIDS Manual Treatment Info Forum 10
22 06 Aug Lifelong Learning session 15 10
23 13 Aug Lifelong Learning session 16 11
24 25 Aug Lifelong Learning session 17 9
25 03 Sep Lifelong Learning session 18 10
26 17 Sep Lifelong Learning session 19 12
27 29 Sep National AIDS Manual Treatment Info Forum 8
28 01 Oct Lifelong Learning session 20 10
29 08 Oct Lifelong Learning session 21 10
30 22 Oct Lifelong Learning session 22 7
31 27 Oct National AIDS Manual Treatment Info Forum 8
32 05 Nov Lifelong Learning session 23 9
33 19 Nov Lifelong Learning session 24 12
 

Outcomes

In the academic year commencing 15 September all 12 members of the group enroled as students at Richmond Adult Community College in order to engage with further education with a view to returning to work. The courses chosen were IT, Computer Studies, Languages, Counselling Skills, Business Studies and Complementary Therapies. All the students stated that being a member of this group gave them the confidence and initiative to enrol as mature students.

 
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