Presentation about the South East Wales Partnership (SEWP) given at the CLIC@10 Celebrating collaboration event held on 9th February 2016 by Anthony Skates

1. Reviewing the achievements of “Libraries Inspires” in
SE Wales

2. SEWP
 Funded by CYMAL/MALD
 Hosted by the UWCN/USW
 Led by Sector based Steering Group

3. Underpinned by “Libraries
Inspires” – 2012-16
 Sustainable Models of Delivery
 Resources for All
 Space for All
 Skills for Life
 Investing in People
 Attracting the Audience
 Delivering a Quality Service

4. Area Covered
 Monmouthshire
 Newport
 Blaenau Gwent
 Merthyr
 Cardiff
 RCT
 Bridgend
 The Vale of Glamorgan
 Torfaen
 Caerphilly

5. Other Members/Links
 UWCN/USW
 Ystrad Mynach College/Coleg Morgannwg
 WEST
 Public Health Wales Libraries
 Gwent College
 Health Libraries
 St Michael’s College
 National Museum

6. Steering Group
 Caerphilly (Chair)
 Torfaen
 Cardiff
 Blaenau Gwent
 Vale of Glamorgan
 Coleg Morgannwg
 Public Health Wales Library
 USW
 National Museum

7. Delivery Team
 Development Manager (0.5 until 2013 then full-time)
 0.5 Project Co-Ordinator

8. Project Closure
 The partnership comes to an end in its current form on
March 31st

9. Achievement
 Projects:
 Books4U (now Transferred to Bridgend)
 Incomplete Guide to Health & Wellbeing
 Health & Wellbeing Conference (2013)
 CLOCH Project Development (Heritage Lottery)
 Support for Macmillan Cancer Support projects
 2 Regional Conferences (with SWAMP)
 (2015 theme Leadership & Management)
 Support for the Learning in Libraries Group
 Support for SET (South East Training Group)

10. Current Work
 Supporting Big Lottery Bid (Torfaen, Newport,
Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire)
 Mapping engagement with Communities First Hubs
 Review of front-line staff skills needs

11. Training
 Since 2013 Co-ordinated by Christina Nevines:
 Best Practice in Health & Wellbeing (network event)
 Best Practice in Reader Group Development
 Partnership working with JobCentre Plus
 Working with Dementia training (x2)
 Working with Dementia Best Practice Workshop
 Mental health awareness (With MIND)
 Sight impairment (RNIB)
 Webinar Facilitator Training

12. Training Continued
 Introduction to Open learn (With OU)
 5 Ways to Wellbeing (Public Health Wales)
 Hyper Local News (Cardiff School of Journalism)
 Books 4 U (systems training)
 Introduction to webinars (JISC)
 Online health Resources (Public Health Wales
Library)
 Webinar Facilitator Training

13. Innovation Day 5th February
The Force Awakens! Rachael Johnson, Digital Resources Librarian at University of South Wales shares her
experiences of working with their new digitisation service (Talis Aspire Digital Content)
Information literacy and its critical edge: Helping students move from description to evaluation in
academic work.
This session will discuss some of the approaches used by the Library & Information Services Division
at Cardiff Met to enhance the information literacy of its students through contextualised teaching sessions on
academic writing, which are embedded within curricula.
Catalyst Cymru – Heritage Fundraising : Whether you're new to fundraising or just need some new ideas to
freshen up your organisation's approach then WCVA's Catalyst Cymru-Heritage Fundraising project can
offer you free help and support to develop your fundraising skills
Coding Workshop 10 -12 for Frontline Staff - Bring your own laptop! Craig Thomas from Codeclub will run a
practical workshop on how to set up and develop a Codeclub, with an introduction to scratch programming.
13.15 - 16.30: Social Media - Marketing, Communication and Engagement
Social Media guru, Phil Bradley, will talk about how libraries can use social media tools for best effect to engage
with the communities they serve. This session is going to cover all you need to know about social media - where it
is placed in today's internet, what it is and isn't, examples of different types of tool and activities. Phil will also
give examples of how other library and information services are using social media resources. You will find this
session useful if you want to search and retrieve data from social media resources, if you are looking for new ways
to market and promote your services, or if you want to do more with less; the emphasis is always on tools that are
free to use and quick to learn.

14. The Careers Adviser Bit:
 You have options
 You have choices to make
 Where are you now?
 Where do you want to be?
 How are you going to get there?

15. Thanks
 Gareth Evans
 Chris Nevines
 Chris Clark