Current News & Events

Here you will find details of MESH organised events and initiatives in 2025.  

MESH also gathers information on news and events of interest to ESOL learners and the ESOL sector - for details, visit our LEYH and LE+ websites.

For details of past MESH events, please visit our archive pages, 2023 & 2024.  

MESH Regional Network event 25th April 2025
ESOL strategies local and national: where are we now?

In this Regional Networking event we will explore developments towards the creation of ESOL strategies and frameworks in England and more locally, and ask how things stand now.  One year into a Labour government, how have things changed in terms of the promise of a national strategy in England?  In the region, how have developments at local authority and combined authority level progressed and what difference have they made?  Stepping outwards from this review of progress on the ground, we would also like to ask what the development of ESOL strategies might mean for ESOL practitioners, and what differences you would like to see implemented through coherent strategy, whether at local, regional or national level.  Register HERE

MESH AGM, 25th March 2025

All are welcome to join us for our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 25 March 2025, 10:45 to 11.30 Please come and support us as we review our work and our financial position. Your attendance and support is greatly appreciated.  This event will take place online. Please register and find further details HERE.


ESOL Lunchtime Showcase, 11 March 2025

ESOL & Literacy Reflection and open forum

At our ESOL Lunchtime Showcase on 3rd February 2025 we focused on the issue of ESOL and literacy. In this follow-up event, we will discuss questions raised at the Showcase, and hear more about how practitioners across our region address issues related to ESOL and literacy in the classroom.  Please do join us to discuss ESOL & Literacy by registering HERE.  

ESOL Lunchtime Showcase, 3rd Feb 2025

ESOL and Literacy

Pre-Entry classes are complex learning environments, presenting particular challenges to the ESOL teacher. One feature of this scenario is the frequent inclusion of learners with limited or no literacy in their home language. If learners are unable to read or write in their home language, developing reading and writing skills in English emerges as a huge challenge. In this session we explore these issues in more depth, and the strategies developed by colleagues in Yorkshire and Humber to address them. 

East Midlands ESOL 

ESOL Networking in the East Midlands

Between January and March 2025, MESH is holding a series of networking meetings in differnt areas of the East Midlands, in collaboration with East Midlands Councils.  In these events, we explore possibilities for strengthening networking between providers and other stakeholders interested in the delivery of ESOL across the East Midlands.  These meetings follow our work mapping and evaluating ESOL in the East Midlands.  To find out more, visit the EMC website HERE