Community Learning2012-2013

Purpose of Community Learning

• Maximise access to learning, whatever people’s circumstances.

• Promote social renewal by bringing local communities together.

• Impact on the social and economic well-being of individuals, families and communities.

Objectives

• Focus on people most disadvantaged and least likely to participate.

• Ensure those that can pay do pay and use this to fund more learning for those that can’t.

• Widen participation

• Support progression relevant to personal circumstances.

• Develop stronger communities

Strands

Personal and Community

Development Learning

(PCDL)

Family English, Maths and Language

(FEML)

Wider Family Learning

(WFL)

Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived

Communities

(NLDC)

NCN/SNC

(City)

Notts CC

(County)

Nottm CC

(City)

Notts CC

(County)

Nottm CC

(City)

Notts CC

(County)

Enable

(City & County)

PCDL

• Personal Development• Community Development• Cultural enrichment• Intellectual or creative stimulation• Non accredited• No requirement re. progression• Must charge those that can pay

NLDC• Support existing and new VCS

providers to build capacity to

deliver learning.

• Learners within disadvantaged

neighbourhoods

FEML• S4L/ ICT for mothers & fathers• Help them help their children• Not for ESOL• Learners below level 2

WFL• Family learning together• Develop skills/knowledge of all

family.• Enable mothers/fathers to better

support child’s learning.

NLDC

• Widen participation

• Ensure progression, particularly to level 2

• Broaden and improve quality of provider base

• Learning to promote social renewal and active citizenship

• Enable progression to employment

NLDC Data 2010-2011

Gender

54%

46%

Female

Male

0%

20%

40%

60%

Age

Series1 27% 59% 14%

19-24 25-49 50+

Ethnicity

69%

9%

12%

1%

4%

2%

3%

White

Asian

Black

Chinese

Mixed

Any other

Unknown

LDD

63%

34%

3%

Non LDD

LDD

Unknown

NLDC Data 2010-2011

NLDC Data 2010-2011

Destination

37%

19%

11%

9%

7%

5%

5%

4%

1%

1%

1%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Unemployed

Entered FE

Other

Unknown

Part Time Emp

Economically Inactive

Full Time Emp

Found voluntary work

Entered HE

FT education/training

Self employed

Time for a break

Your contribution!

2012 – 2013 NLDC provision!

Now that you have had an overview of NLDC and other funding strands, we want

your thoughts on what the 2012 – 2013 Enable NLDC provision could look like!

Questions to consider!Q1.

How can we widen participation and who are

the priority?

Q2.

What progression support is needed?

Q3.

What capacity building support is needed?

Q4.

What can programmes do to support social renewal and or citizenship?

Q5.

How can we improve learners progression into employment?

Q6.

How can we improve the funding model?

Community Learning Trusts

• A community led and owned trust.• What provided is decided very locally.• Widening participation / engaging disadvantaged • Broadening provider base• Involving all agencies e.g. health, family etc.• Notts contract holders creating a shared identity• Reducing duplication and addressing gaps.• Governance?• Accountable to the community