Adult Learners' Week is the UK's largest and longest running learning campaign. Held each May, it encourages thousands of adults, whatever their age and background, to give learning a go.

Greeniversity student John Garton has won the Transformation fund regional award.

John was one of the Greeniversity's earliest supporters and has become a wonderful ambassador for the project. Since joining the Greeniversity in January he has got an email address and started to use the internet at his local library of which he is now a member. John has attended Greeniversity classes such as our popular Bee Keeping class where he learnt how to become a bee keeper; he is currently planning where to put his bee hive at the Green Backyard.

In its capacity as a Greeniversity venue The Green Backyard hosted John’s extremely successful Wild Food course and it was where I met John on Tuesday to set off for the East of England Regional Award ceremony which was held at the wonderful and new Air Space Conference Centre at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.

John's nerves were soothed as soon as we arrived in the conference centre’s car park when a spitfire flew over head showing off with impressive loop the loops and a victory roll. John holds a keen interest in Second World War history and as an ex-forces man he immediately felt at home and like all boys with toys he was off to look at the planes.

Once John had been recovered from the museum we went off to collect his award and John, who never fails to impress, gave a wonderful acceptance speech after he received his certificate from TV news presenter Susie Fowler Watt.



Well done John we are all very proud of you and all of you’re achievements.

You can read more about John's story here at the Adult Learners web site.

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