Our Organisation
• A constitution, which gives us charitable status.
• A database of members, voluntary organisations, colleges, community education, community centres.
• Applied for funding to various organisations.
• Received lottery funding for a new computer and to help fund our 2001 conference.
• Elected a management committee at our first AGM.

ALFiE has a voluntary Management Committee and is run by volunteers with support from a few Adult Learning workers employed by various organisations. It has about 120 members from a wide range of mainly community based adult learning groups and projects. It is a Scottish Charity, No. 030473.

Representation
• A Bill of Rights for Adult Learners. 10,000 printed for members, etc.
• ALFiE participated in Community Education Review of Adult Education in Edinburgh.
• ALFiE has been represented at other seminars and meetings.
• ALFiE is represented on other groups (e.g. WEA, Learning Links Scotland, Community Learning Plans)
• We are part of the group Learning Links Edinburgh (A group of voluntary organisations)
• We were invited to speak about Learners Forum to providers in London at a NIACE conference.
• We were asked to another NIACE conference in London.
• We were invited to talk about Adult Learners' Forums at the Stirling Area Local Learning Partnership.
• Attended a seminar about IT.
• We have now been asked to Newcastle and North Lanarkshire to talk about Forums

Information
• 5000 leaflets for joining ALFiE were sent out to all Edinburgh organisations who provide adult education.
• Newsletters were sent to all members and adult learners organisations.
• Researched into the barriers that adults face going back to higher education.
• Research done on Adult Literacy and Numeracy.
• A written report of research called "Access and Power: Adults Returning to Higher and Further Education."

Networking
• Supported the establishment of local Adult Learners Forum (e.g. Craigmillar)
• A seminar to discuss and produce a response to the Community Education Review.
• A successful conference in May 2001 with Learners, Providers and MSPs and another in 2002 about Adult Literacies.
• Some committee members attended a project to learn about the Scottish Parliament.
• We ran a workshop in Dundee about Adult Learners Forums.

Funding
ALFiE has no secure funding. The City of Edinburgh Council's Community Education Department has provided financial support (£1000 for the past few years) for stationery, publicity, accessibility aids, etc. A small grant was received from the lottery for a conference in 2001 and a computer. Support from organisations is mainly in kind.

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