INSPIRE! ADULT LEARNING AWARD WINNERS
Meet the 2024 Inspire! Adult Learning Award Winners
The Inspire! Awards are an annual celebration honouring the transformative power of education. This year’s winners have overcome challenges, seized opportunities, and achieved remarkable milestones through adult learning.
Discover their inspiring journeys as they share how education has changed their lives, boosted their confidence, and opened doors to new opportunities.
Life Change and Progression Award Winner
Daniel Morgan
Changing careers at the age of 38 from a comfortable job-for-life in the world of retail to the uncertainty of the film industry may seem…
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Skills for Work Award Winner
Isaac Fabb
Isaac Fabb has faced some of the toughest life challenges and is now an inspirational learner who is a role model for young people starting…
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Learning for Better Health Award Winner
Eve Salter
Resilient Eve Salter believes she’s better prepared to learn as an adult than she ever was as a teenager and is now developing a career…
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Essential Skills for Life Award Winner
Stephen Reynolds
Stephen Reynolds was inspired to get support to learn to read and write after hearing a speaker at a GMB Congress talk about his own…
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Enillydd Gwobr Gorffennol Gwahanol: Rhannu Dyfodol
Inas Alali
The Syrian conflict has killed over 600,000 people with millions more displaced and still without a place to call home. Many have been forced to…
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Ageing Well Award Winner
Tony Morton
Tony Morton has graduated with a degree in history at the age of 87! The former Rolls Royce engineering apprentice, who went on to become…
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Winner of the Hywel Francis Award for Community Impact
Compass Community Hub
The growing need to provide training and support to anyone aged 16 and over across the Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council area has led to…
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Highly Commended - Learning for Better Health Award
Alan Hardie
Alan Hardie’s determination to remain positive and keep his brain active after suffering a stroke two years ago at the age of 56 is inspiring…
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Workplace Change Makers Award Winner
Innovate Trust / UNISON Cymru Wales Learning Partnership
A suggestion from a staff member attending a course has led to a ground-breaking new partnership that is equipping her colleagues with inclusive skills now…
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Young Adult Learner Award Winner
Sophie Dey
Sophie Dey is “ready to take on the world” and achieve her dream of becoming a nurse, having experienced a very challenging childhood. Fostered at…
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Starting Out - Welsh Beginner Award Winner
Daniel Minty
“Immerse yourself in the richness of the Welsh language – the experience will change your life.” Daniel Minty has experienced a cultural transformation since starting…
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Highly Commended - Life Change and Progression Award 2024
Lucy Willis
“In a world where challenges can often overshadow dreams, Lucy Willis’ journey stands as a testament to the power of resilience and determination.” So…
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Find out more about the awards by visiting Learning and Work Institute website.
The Inspire! Adult Learning Awards have been sponsored by The Open University in Wales, Adult Learning Wales, Agored Cymru, AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group, the National Centre for Learning Welsh, Universities Wales and Welsh Government.
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