Learner Calendar
Upcoming student events
Thu 12 Sep
Llangefni campus Fresher Fair
- Coleg Menai, Llangefni
Thursday 12 September 2024, 13:00
All learners at New Build in construction & Energy Centre
Mon 16 Sep
Owain Glyndŵr Day
Monday 16 September 2024
Mon 16 Sep
Talk Don’t Walk
Monday 16 September 2024
Tue 17 Sep
Rhyl campus Fresher Fair
- Coleg Llandrillo, Rhyl
Tuesday 17 September 2024, 12:00
FE learners at the main reception.
Thu 19 Sep
Glynllifon Fresher Fair
- Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Glynllifon
Thursday 19 September 2024, 13:30
FE learners at the main reception.
Mon 23 Sep
International Day of Peace
Monday 23 September 2024
Wed 25 Sep
International Day of Sign Language
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Wed 25 Sep
Pwllheli campus Fresher Fair
- Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Pwllheli
Wednesday 25 September 2024, 10:00
FE learners at the main reception.
Thu 26 Sep
Dolgellau campus Fresher Fair
- Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Dolgellau
Thursday 26 September 2024, 10:00
FE and HE learners. Located in the main hall.
Mon 07 Oct
Wellbeing Week - active & healthy
Monday 07 October 2024 - Friday 11 October 2024
Thu 10 Oct
World Mental Health Day
Thursday 10 October 2024
World Mental Health Day provides an opportunity to talk about mental health in general, how we need to look after it, and how important it is to talk about things and get help if you are struggling. It can also help raise awareness about mental health conditions and what support is available.
- Click here to find out how college can support your mental health and wellbeing
- Click here for a range of agencies that can support your mental health and wellbeing
- Mind A-Z of Mental Health
- myf.cymru is a new bilingual mental health and wellbeing resource aimed at Welsh Speaking higher education students studying in Wales and beyond.
- Activate your Life: this free course is designed to help you improve your mental health and wellbeing. Feeling worried or anxious can have a big impact on your health and for some people life can be particularly difficult
Tue 15 Oct
Shwmae, Su'mae Day
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Fri 18 Oct
Show Racism the Red Card Day
Friday 18 October 2024
Show Racism the Red Card Day!
Let's stand together against discrimination, racism, and inequality. It's time to kick hatred out of the game!
#ShowRacismTheRedCard #EndRacism #UnityInDiversity
Sat 19 Oct
Mon 21 Oct
Future Options Week
Monday 21 October 2024 - Friday 25 October 2024
UCAS Support
What can I do next?
Not sure that to do next? Get ideas and all the info on your options to help decide the right route for you here on the UCAS website – Website link.
Here you can book open days, find a career by exploring different pathways and seeing if university is for you.
Labour Market Information
Labour Market Information (also known as LMI) are facts about current and future job trends.
This is important to you as Learners as this will help you keep up to date with what’s happening in the labour market and is important to anyone making career related decisions.
You should be aware of:
- What job opportunities are out there for me?
- What jobs that will be in demand in the future?
- What qualifications and skills do you need?
- How to prepare for an ever-changing job market.
There are lots of LMI tools on Careers Wales website from job information to linking your subjects to your new career.
Please visit The Careers Wales Website-LMI for more information
You can also pop in and see a member of Learner Services should require anymore support.
Tue 22 Oct
Sustainability: Net Zero
Tuesday 22 October 2024
What is Net-Zero?
It means balancing the amount of greenhouse gases we produce with the amount we remove from the atmosphere
Fri 01 Nov
Movember - Men’s Health Awareness Month
Friday 01 November 2024 - Saturday 30 November 2024
Below are a range of websites in relation to Men's Health. Reach out now.
- Movember - Men's health awareness month: join the campaign! Or click on this link to access information on men's mental health, prostate and testicular cancer, and a range of other health and wellbeing information.
- iCAN North Wales - lists a range of services locally and nationally to supports men's mental health, including links to Men's Sheds.
- Men and mental health - information from the Mental Health Foundation
- Men and mental health - information in Welsh from Meddwl
- Testicular cancer self-checks - it is important to carry out regular checks.
- Prostate cancer UK - information, and a risk checker
Mon 11 Nov
Inter Faith Week
Monday 11 November 2024 - Friday 15 November 2024
Exploring Interfaith Stories and Personal Reflection - Group Tutorial Resources
Mon 11 Nov
Mon 11 Nov
Reach Out, Anti Bullying Week, (Peer on Peer Harassment)
Monday 11 November 2024 - Friday 15 November 2024
Peer on Peer Sexual Harassment - Group Tutorial Resources
Odd Socks Day - Monday 13th November.
Anti-Bullying Week: the UK theme this year is 'reach out'. Bullying and harassment affects millions of lives and can leave us feeling hopeless. But it doesn’t have to be this way. If we challenge it, we can change it. And it starts by reaching out. Whether it’s in college, at home, in the community or online, let’s reach out and show each other the support we need. Reach out to someone you trust if you need to talk. Reach out to someone you know is being bullied or harassed. Reach out and consider a new approach.
Peer-on-peer harassment is any form of physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse, and coercive control exercised between children/young people, and within their relationships (both intimate and non-intimate), friendships, and wider peer associations. Some examples of sexual harassment can include
making sexual comments, remarks, jokes either face-to face or online
lifting up skirts or taking a picture under a person’s clothing without them knowing
making nasty comments about someone’s body, gender, sexuality or looks to cause them humiliation, distress or alarm
image-based abuse, such as sharing a nude/semi-nude photo or video without the consent of the person pictured
sending unwanted sexual, explicit or pornographic photographs/videos to someone
To reach out, please contact the college Welfare Team or any of the agencies listed on the above links.
Mon 02 Dec
Learning Disability Week
Monday 02 December 2024 - Friday 06 December 2024
Learning Disability Week is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness and understanding about learning disabilities, advocating for inclusion, and promoting positive change in support of individuals facing learning challenges.
Mon 02 Dec
Money Matters
Monday 02 December 2024 - Friday 06 December 2024
Getting finance advice and help:
Citizens Advice: provide free, confidential, independent advice on lots of problems. This includes benefits, debt and money or legal issues.
Money Helper provides free and impartial money advice. It can help you plan and manage your finances and is set up by UK government.
Getting financial advice: this Dewis Cymru webpage has links to a range of financial advice and support
Student finance support at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai: click here to find out about the finance support available in college
TOTUM is the only student discount, proof of age ID and campus life card and platform recommended by the National Union of Students:
Free Childcare in Wales for 3 - 4 year olds: assistance for childcare costs in Wales
Tue 03 Dec
International day of Person’s with Disabilities
Tuesday 03 December 2024
International day of Persons with Disabilities: Inclusion and Awareness - Group Tutorial Resources
https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities
Fri 06 Dec
Welsh Language Rights Day
Friday 06 December 2024
Grŵp Llandrillo Menai will be celebrating Welsh Language Rights Day on Wednesday 7 December.
This is an opportunity for public organisations, specifically the Grŵp’s learners, to promote Welsh language services.
Cards that state the learners’ Welsh Language rights will be on the screens around the Colleges, as well as various videos by our Ambassadors. Follow Grŵp Llandrillo Menai Branch on our social media to receive more information about the day, and to learn how the Welsh language can be of an advantage to you.
Let us know how you use your Welsh everyday. #MaeGenIHawl
Send us a message on colegcymraeg@gllm.ac.uk or follow us on Twitter @SCGLlM or Instagram @cangengllm.
Mon 09 Dec
Cross Grŵp Student Union Charity Events
Monday 09 December 2024 - Friday 13 December 2024
Thu 12 Dec
Christmas Jumper Day
Thursday 12 December 2024
Mon 06 Jan
Wellbeing Week - Stay Safe
Monday 06 January 2025 - Friday 10 January 2025
Mon 20 Jan
World Religion Day
Monday 20 January 2025
Exploring World Religion Stories and Personal Reflection - Group Tutorial Resources
World Religion Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in January every year and is a reminder of the need for harmony and understanding between religions and faith systems.
Mon 20 Jan
Big Energy Saving Week
Monday 20 January 2025 - Friday 24 January 2025
https://www.citizensadvice.org...
What is Big Energy Saving Week 2024?
Big Energy Saving Week 2024 is a week-long initiative that focuses on empowering people to take control of their energy consumption and make informed decisions about energy usage. It provides guidance on how to reduce energy waste, improve home insulation, and access financial support for energy bills.
How to Get Involved in Big Energy Saving Week 2024?
- Spread the Word: Share energy-saving tips and information with friends and family to help them save money on their energy bills too.
- Access Financial Support: Check if you are eligible for government grants or financial assistance programs to help with energy bills, especially if you are on a low income.
- Switch off lights
- Keep doors closed to keep the heat in
- Unplug unused devices
- Turn off standby appliances.
Fri 24 Jan
Santes Dwynwen Day
Friday 24 January 2025
Celebrate Diwrnod Santes Dwynwen with Grŵp Llandrillo Menai
- Romantic' biscuits – Coleg Llandrillo / Friars / Dolgellau
- Hair and Beauty Sessions - Friars / Dolgellau
- Love songs playlist
- Love for Wales - ILS Dolgellau / Glynllifon
- Videos on Instagram / Twitter by our Ambassadors.
Sat 25 Jan
"Brit Challenge"
Saturday 25 January 2025 - Tuesday 25 March 2025
Mon 27 Jan
Holocaust Memorial Day
Monday 27 January 2025
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place on 27 January each year and is a time to remember the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Fri 31 Jan
6 Nations Championship - Rugby
Friday 31 January 2025, 00:01 - Saturday 15 March 2025
Sat 01 Feb
LGBTQ+ History Month
Saturday 01 February 2025 - Saturday 01 March 2025
The overall aim of LGBT+ History month is to promote equality and diversity for the benefit of the public.
This is done by:
- Increasing the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT+”) people, their history, lives and their experiences in the curriculum and culture of educational and other institutions, and the wider community;
- Raising awareness and advancing education on matters affecting the LGBT+ community;
- Working to make educational and other institutions safe spaces for all LGBT+ communities; and
- Promoting the welfare of LGBT+ people, by ensuring that the education system recognises and enables LGBT+ people to achieve their full potential, so they contribute fully to society and lead fulfilled lives, thus benefiting society as a whole.
Sat 01 Feb
Time to Talk
Saturday 01 February 2025
On Time to Talk Day we ask everyone in Wales to have a conversation about mental health. The day is all about creating supportive communities by having conversations with family, friends, or colleagues about mental health. We all have mental health, by talking about it we can support ourselves and others.
Please visit the following links for support.
https://www.timetochangewales....
Mon 03 Feb
Wellbeing week- Time to talk
Monday 03 February 2025 - Friday 07 February 2025
Coleg Llandrillo Pottery Painting
Coleg Meirion Dwyfor Pottery Painting
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Mon 03 Feb
World Hijab Day
Monday 03 February 2025
World Hijab Day is an annual event that encourages women of all backgrounds to experience and understand the hijab, fostering awareness and promoting religious tolerance.
World Hijab Day - Group Tutorial Resources
https://worldhijabday.com/
Tue 11 Feb
Women and Girls in Science Day
Tuesday 11 February 2025
Women and Girls in Science Day - Group Tutorial Resources
https://www.un.org/en/observances/women-and-girls-in-science-day/
Tue 11 Feb
Safer Internet Day
Tuesday 11 February 2025
The aim of Safer Internet Day is to inspire a UK wide conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.
Please see below some resources that you might find useful:
- Book holidays and travel online safely.
- Using mobile devices and apps safely
For more information please visit https://hwb.gov.wales/zones/keeping-safe-online
Fri 14 Feb
Welsh Language Music Day
Friday 14 February 2025
Welsh Language Music Day celebrates all forms of Welsh Language music. Whether you’re into indie, rock, punk, funk, folk, electronica, hip hop or anything else, there’s incredible music being made in the Welsh language for you to discover.
Share your favourite Welsh song.
Sat 01 Mar
Dydd Gwyl Dewi - St. David's Day
Saturday 01 March 2025
There will be celebrations across all sites to celebrate St David's Day.
- There will be a live performance by Tesni Hughes at 1 o'clock in the canteen at Llangefni site.
- Wear red, white and green to celebrate the day!
Here are some additional resources to support with the celebration:
Mon 03 Mar
Zero Discrimination Day
Monday 03 March 2025
Understanding the importance of Zero Discrimination Day - Group Tutorial Resources
Thu 06 Mar
World Book Day
Thursday 06 March 2025
A day to celebrate books and reading!
- Looking for ideas on how to celebrate World Book Day? Here’s a leaflet with 80 ideas!
- Activity! How many Welsh children’s book characters can you find in this poster? Put your answers in this Google Form, the winner will be announced on Friday the 3rd of March.
Fri 07 Mar
International Women's Day
Friday 07 March 2025
International Women's Day is a global day that celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It also serves as a reminder of the ongoing need for gender equality. Observed annually on March 8th, International Women's Day is a time to recognize and honor the contributions of women throughout history and in contemporary society.
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/
International Women's Day Banner
Mon 17 Mar
Mon 17 Mar
Future options, Employability & Progressions
Monday 17 March 2025 - Friday 21 March 2025