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'Thank you for all the brilliant work you are doing keeping this network together'

Kate Shaw, Food for Life Partnership, East Midlands Coordinator

Thanks for the latest MELA newsletter - some useful info and links. It lead me to watch your recommendation of the Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story TED talk - great link! Thanks for that. Came across it at just the right time as we ran a course yesterday about bringing global issues into the classroom through literacy - we used part of the film and it was really well received by the teachers. Thanks!

Paul Green, Regional Project Manager, One World Network North East

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This headline from the 2011 MELA Festival of Learning may be a bit of stretch, but there is no doubt that everyone involved enjoyed a inspiring, creative and fun day.

With 11 creative workshops and engaging opening and closing plenaries the day was full and productive. We will be publishing more from the Festival across the website but share below a wordle of the 3 words that participants used to describe their day and some initial feedback from those who came.

If you missed out this year then don't worry, we will be doing it all again on 19 June 2012. To register for a place and be notified as soon as details are released contact us here and state Festival 2012.

Participant comments:

"We all need to spread the word about MELA!!!"

"The worries we had a year ago – of the demise of our work and networks – seemed far away, as I soaked in the rich atmosphere of inspirational ideas and shared educational concern for depth and meaningful learning experiences"

"Today was much more fun than I was expecting"

"an excellent choice of providers with great range of workshop topics"

"I wanted to go to all of them!"

'...what a fantastic conference. Was really great for me to see what is going on at the moment, and was hugely inspirational for our project'

"Inspired to know other people have the same issues"

"Listening, laughing, thinking"

"The variety and range of stimuli, new ideas, sharing, very positive"

"I really hope the event will continue and get bigger and bigger. Teachers need to hear about this and be inspired to get involved!"

"It was a great day - thank you so much. I've come away inspired!"

"Thank you for organising such an inspiring and wonderful event"

"many congratulations for a highly successful, dynamic and inspirational conference.  I think everyone left feeling very positive about the future (which is a real achievement in this day and age)"

"more of the same! It had such a chilled vibe yet with a real buzz of excitement - a rare thing!"

To access archived 2011 Festival pages click here