Live Argyll Update
Argyll and Bute Council · 11 February 2025
Back to Helensburgh and Lomond Area Community Planning Group — 11 February 2025 and its agenda
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Classification: OFFICIAL Community Learning Services update January 2025 Adult Learning Provision Helensburgh Managing Your Money – Brand new budgeting short course. New sessions will run regularly throughout the year in various locations. Please contact Caroline Whitson if you would like a course run in your own premises. Safe and Sound Online – Brand new short course focussing on how to stay safe online, how to spot a scam, creating a secure password and much more. Sessions will run throughout the year in Helensburgh Library. Please contact Caroline Whitson with any enquiries. Adult Literacy and Numeracy support – A range of support for adults requiring help with reading, writing or numbers, including the innovative Citizen Literacy website. Referrals to Karen.fyfe@liveargyll.co.uk National Databank – Vodafone and O2 sim cards available with call, texts and data for up to 6 months. Available by arrangement with Caroline Whitson. Digital Device Lending Service – Now available - Laptops and tablet devices are available, with or without mobile data, for adults aged 18 and over who have been referred by a partner agency. Lending period will be between 3 and 6 months. Regular attendance at The Learning Café (Helensburgh Library) is required as part of the lending agreement, as is registering with Learn My Way online learning. Referrals can be made directly to Caroline Whitson. Room For You – Partnership programme with Jean’s Bothy, Helensburgh Community Hub and A & B Community Development. Quiet reading and reflection spaces in Helensburgh Library, Jean’s Bothy and the Community Hub. Learning Café – Learning and employability drop in service every Wednesday afternoon in Helensburgh Library, 1 -2.30. Tea/coffee/rolls/soup/biscuits. Conversation Café – General conversation with tea/coffee/biscuits in Helensburgh Library every Thursday morning 10:15 – 11:15. Get IT Started – Basic IT course. Tuesday afternoons in Helensburgh Library for 6 weeks. New sessions starting Easter 2025 Jean’s Bothy – Digital Drop in Service – for existing and new Bothy members. Every second Tuesday in Jean’s Bothy 11 – 1. Digital Boost – Advanced IT Support group for learners who have previously attended Get IT Started. Every Wednesday in Helensburgh Library 10 – 12. Health Issues in the Community (HIIC) – New cohort with Jean’s Bothy has commenced and will run until summer 2025. HIIC Please contact Caroline Whitson with any enquiries. Contact: Caroline Whitson Caroline.Whitson@liveargyll.co.uk tel: 01436658707 Eileen Kay Eileen.Kay@liveargyll.co.uk tel: 01436658743
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Classification: OFFICIAL Helensburgh and Lomond Youth work/Services Update Helensburgh and Lomond Youth Action – recruiting for new members from across Helensburgh and Lomond, meetings will be held online to allow young people from more rural parts of the area to attend. If you know any young person interested in attending please contact the Lead Youth Worker Thomas Guy-Conroy. Please keep a look out for new publicity concerning this. Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) We have a new MSYP, Iona Scott-Elliot. Here is an update direct from Iona. “As MSYP for Helensburgh and Lomond, I was able to take part in the 82nd sitting of the Scottish Youth Parliament, which was held at the Scottish Parliament. During this sitting one thing I was able to take part in was subject committee workshops. I am part of the Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs (TERA) committee, which I believe will be very useful due to many people living in villages surrounding Helensburgh needing to rely on public transport to get to places like school and work. Prior to this sitting, I, alongside other Argyll & Bute MSYPs carried out a consultation with young people in Argyll & Bute to gain an idea of what young people’s top priorities are, which had 112 responses - 30 of them from Helensburgh and Lomond. Some of the top priorities included mental health support, drug and alcohol misuse and not enough for young people to do. This consultation was also used to inform the way we voted on the motions debated at the sitting. We asked young people to rate how important they considered each motion, and we then used this information to decide how we should vote on each motion. Some of these motions included incorporating mental health education into the school curriculum and improving the accessibility of public transport. To gain a better understanding of the specific concerns young people in Helensburgh and Lomond have, I have started working on a consultation for young people in this area.” Contact Details: If Contacting Iona, please cc Thomas in the message, thank you. Thomas Guy-Conroy – Thomas.guy-conroy@liveargyll.co.uk Iona Scott-Elliot - iona.scott-elliot.msyp@sypmail.org.uk
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Classification: OFFICIAL Independent Review of Community Learning and Development (CLD) - programme of Engagement and consultation. There has been an Independent Review carried out on Community Learning and Development (CLD) across all Authorities in Scotland. The Minister for Higher Education, Further Education and Skills, appointed an Independent Reviewer Kate Still to conduct and carry out a programme of Engagement and consultations. In addition to a series of bilateral and group meetings with a wide-range of stakeholders including SOLACE, ADES and CoSLA. Learners, potential learners and interested stakeholders responded to a Call for Evidence through online learner questionnaire published on CitizenSpace. The consultation ran from 22 January to 3 March. The questions included in the consultations had been developed with the intention of seeing things from the perspective of the learner and/or potential learner and this approach was followed for the review as a whole. The findings have now been published and can be accessed via the link below. Learning: For All. For Life. A report from the Independent Review of Community Learning and Development (CLD) - gov.scot