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eLearning company raises £663 for local LGBT+ charities

Digital learning specialists, Learning Technologies Group, raise over £650 for two Brighton LGBT+ charities during Pride Month.

LEARNING Technologies Group, a global provider of digital learning and talent management solutions, has a long history of charitable fundraising and donations, having previously supported charities such as Mind Out, Cancer Research, Crisis UK, Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, the Alzheimer’s Society and Cat’s Protection.

To celebrate Pride, some of the Brighton staff decided to organise fundraising events to raise money for two local LGBTQ+ charities: a bake sale, with funds going to the Brighton Rainbow Fund and a raffle, with funds benefiting the Brighton and Hove LGBT+ Switchboard.

Staff donated their baking skills as well as several prizes, including board games and artwork, to raise just over £331, which was then generously doubled by LTG for the final total of £663, split between the two LGBT+ charities.

Learning Technologies Group, which also has offices in London, Sheffield, several US cities, Hong Kong, Canada, Germany and Brazil, is a local employer in the fast-growing digital learning sector.

The organisation employs around 150 people in its Brighton office, including employees from several of LTG’s award-winning eLearning brands, including LEO Learning, gomo, Instilled LXP, Watershed and PeopleFluent.

Nick Bowyer, LTG’s Director of Operations, said: “Learning Technologies Group is one of the biggest employers in Brighton’s thriving digital learning sector. As an equal opportunity employer, we’re delighted to have many members of the LGBTQ+ community in this office, as well as other offices globally, and are equally delighted to support this great fundraising initiative.” 

School mental health services receive £350k boost

Mental health services for schools in Brighton & Hove to receive extra investment of more than £350,000.

THE funding will pay for a new mental health support team to provide more and hopefully better services on top of all the work already happening in schools in Brighton and Hove.

Seven new staff are being recruited into the city’s inclusion support service.

The team will launch its service during the autumn term, focusing on schools in areas of deprivation with funding secured jointly by the council and the local NHS.

Cllr Nick Childs
Cllr Nick Childs

Chair of the council’s children, young people and skills committee, Councillor Nick Childs, said: “Our inclusion support service and public health team are already doing excellent work in schools to address mental health issues.

“This new team will mean even more children will benefit.

“I believe our schools are at the forefront nationally in terms of using a ‘whole-school approach’ to address mental health problems.

“It’s not just about 1-1 work with children, and making sure teachers get the training they need to support children who are having a difficult time.

“Our schools are also looking at how exercise, the arts and good diet can improve children’s mental health.

“We believe the new team’s work will help more children to fulfil their potential, reduce exclusions and improve attendance.”

To find an update report to the council’s children, young people and skills committee on mental health services for children and young people, including the new mental health support team, click here:

 

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