Live Argyll Community Learning Services Update
Argyll and Bute Council · 7 May 2024
Back to Helensburgh and Lomond Area Community Planning Group — 7 May 2024 and its agenda
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Community Learning LiveArgyll Update Adult Learning Provision Helensburgh Learning Café – Learning and employability drop in service every Wednesday afternoon in Helensburgh Library, 1 -2.30. Tea/coffee/rolls/soup/biscuits. Get IT Started – Basic IT course. Every Tuesday afternoon in Helensburgh Library for 6 weeks. New session starting June. 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. Conversation Café – General conversation with tea/coffee/biscuits in Helensburgh Library every Thursday morning 10 – 11.30. National Databank – Vodafone and O2 sim cards available with call, texts and data for up to 6 months. Available by arrangement with Caroline Whitson. New Device Lending Service – due to commence June 24. Laptops and tablet devices will be 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. Health Issues in the Community (HIIC) - Pilot due to finish July 24. New provision will be available from June 24. Next cohort in partnership with Jean’s Bothy. A further group can be run from October 24. Contact: Caroline Whitson Caroline.Whitson@liveargyll.co.uk tel: 01436658707 Eileen Kay Eileen.Kay@liveargyll.co.uk tel: 01436658743 Adult Literacy and Numeracy: We are rolling out Adult Literacy and Numeracy Support across the Argyll and Bute sessions being offered alongside side events throughout the year (until March 2025). Please contact Hugh O’Hagan for further details Hugh can be contacted on telephone 01700801086 Email: Hugh.OHagan@liveargyll.co.uk.
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Community Learning LiveArgyll Update cont.: Helensburgh and Lomond Youth work/Services Update: Summer GIVE – planning started this week - Jacqueline Willis from Grab Trust going to deliver a volunteer session around environmental issues (possible Beach Clean) Still looking for other potential volunteering opportunities for the young people to get involved in. We will also be looking for possible training opportunities for the young people to take part in as well. Date – summer 2024. Friday Night Sports will take place during the School Summer Holidays – we are changing this from football only to a possible multi-sport/ taster session of sports for the young people that attend. Meeting for partners (MOD, Police Scotland) being scheduled but if any other partner wishes to be involved then more than welcome to attend. Date – summer 2024. Hermitage Academy – School inputs coming to a conclusion with accredited courses. Pupils at the academy will have gained various SQA qualifications, Dynamic Youth Awards and Saltire Awards. 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. MSYP – Sophie Bennie-Twist is the new Member of Scottish Youth Parliament for Helensburgh and Lomond. She is currently in exams so will take a while to reply to any emails during this time. If you are contacting Sophie can you please include her Support worker in the email? Contact Details: Thomas Guy-Conroy – Thomas.guy-conroy@liveargyll.co.uk Sophie Bennie-Twist – Sophie.bennie.syp@sypmail.org.uk Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) We have welcomed the New Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament for Argyll and Bute: Alasdair Paisley, Mariska Silkowski & Sophie Bennie-Twist and they have been embarking on a period of training and development and have embraced their new positions from February 24. See: MSYP profiles to learn more about Alasdair, Mariska, and Sophie. Youth Services will provide ongoing support to our three MSYPs over the next two years as they serve their election term and a thanks also goes out to John McLuckie Partnerships Lead (Community Planning) for meeting with the MSYPs and providing an induction about the CPP and the Management Committee.
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Alasdair, Mariska and Sophie have already started engaging and are looking forward to supporting and promoting the voice and addressing issues of Young People across Argyll and Bute Locally and Nationally. Community Learning LiveArgyll Update cont.: HMI Community Learning and Development (CLD) Progress Visit of Argyll and Bute Council January 2024. Published report is now available and can be viewed via the link Council Details | Find an inspection report | Find an inspection report | Inspection and review | Education Scotland Current CLD Strategic Partnership Plan 2021 -2024 and HMI Published Report on CLD. Current Plan is coming to and August 2024 CLD Strategic Partnership Plan 2021-2024-Digital-1.pdf and a new CLD Strategic Partnership Plan 2024-2027 will be in place as of September 20204. This will include a review of the membership to ensure it reflects all aspects CLD and the wide range of partners who contribute to CLD outcomes in Argyll and Bute, continued Development of shared vision, values and aims and a consultation process including engagement with CPP, ACPG’s, Youth Forums and 3rd sector partners. The recent HMI Community Learning and Development (CLD) Progress Visit of Argyll and Bute Council January 2024. Published report is now available and can be viewed via the link: Details | Find an inspection report | Find an inspection report | Inspection and review | Education Scotland 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. Findings will be published in September 2024.
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