Live Argyll - Community Learning Services Update
Argyll and Bute Council · 8 November 2022
Back to Helensburgh and Lomond Area Community Planning Group — 8 November 2022 and its agenda
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Community Learning Services LiveArgyll Update Adult Learning Helensburgh continue to provide support within the Priority themes laid out in the CLD Partnership Plan. Below laid out are some new projects underway for Adult Learners and in response to the recent Adult Learning and Partner consultation and request for Digital ICT support. Weekly Drop In Learning Hub in Partnership with other local Organisations. The Learning Hub drop in session be held every Wednesday from 2pm-3.30 in the Bethesda Church hall Colquhoun Square Helensburgh. Partners are DWP. SDS & Argyll & Bute Council Employability Team, Christians against Poverty will also be in attendance to provide information on benefits, training etc. as well as supporting the Learners with Employability related tasks. Learners have access to Laptops and Internet and can work on a variety of different including Employability and Life skills including Study and Education access to online learning and Employability Platforms. Numbers will vary weekly depending on the needs of the learners Digital Drop In support: at Drumfork Community Centre a digital drop in service will be provided on a monthly basis initially using LA laptops and learners own devices. The CL worker will attend for 2 hours and provide assistance. Learners will come primarily from the adult MOD community, although it will be open to anyone to attend. Learners will be directed to appropriate further learning. This may be through the new Get IT stared programme or Learn My Way, Global Community Foundation and iDea online training resources, with CL worker support. Digital Boost: (Closed Group) Learners are previous attendees of the Get IT Started programme as well as others who have been identified as requiring digital upskilling. This need has been identified through consultation with LiveArgyll library staff and the consultation that was carried out in early 2022. Weekly drop in service for all clients to access. We can take a maximum of 6 learners at any given time. Primarily using supported online learning via Learn my Way and Global Community Foundation. Learners will increase skills, employability and wellbeing. The project will commence in late September 2022. Initially the project will run for 3 months until December 2022, when it will be reviewed. Get I.T Started: Need identified through consultation with partners in local community. Digital skills requested from all partners in Helensburgh and Lomond area. Community Survey highlighted digital need for learners. CLD Plan highlighted gaps in this area also. It will run as 4 x 2 hour sessions covering basics of computers, internet and email. Using library PCs. Maximum 6 learners per course. Learners will come from pool of pre identified list from existing partners and from advertising. Learners will predominantly come from an older age group without computing skills, and younger learners lacking skills for life and job seeking. Jean’s Bothy Digital Drop in Fortnightly drop in service for all clients to access. Maximum of 6 learners at any given time. Primarily using supported online learning via Learn my Way and Global
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Community Foundation. Initially the project will run for 4 months until November 2022, when it will be reviewed. Online Safety SDS Post school leaver’s who have been identified through Skills Development Scotland. Need has been identified by SDS workers, through consultation with learners. Short 90/120 minute IT session covering online privacy/security/safety as well as core skills for job seeking, using Word and email - templates/uploads/attachments, online form filling skills. Possible progression to Prep for Employment. Ad hoc one off course to run throughout the year as need dictates. Welcome in Digital Drop in Learners are café friends of Welcome In, a local addictions Fortnightly drop in service for all clients to access. Maximum of 6 learners at any given time. Primarily using supported online learning via Learn my Way and Global Community Foundation. Youth Services Helensburgh: H&L Youth Action Group – Group working together on becoming a constituted group and are working toward creating a consultation in the near future. Newbies residential – 15 x S1 pupils attended a residential at Ardroy Outdoor Centre to work with other young people from across A&B that need support with the transition into S1 from P7. Hermitage Academy – School Provision has recently just started with five groups taken place for a full day on Wednesdays. We have a new pilot running out of the Academy called Escape2Learn. This group will consist of 6-8 young people who will take part in a Personal Development programme through Outdoor Education. The young people will be taking part in outdoor activities but also we are looking for partners to take deliver some sessions like water safety and first aid courses that the young people can take part in. Please contact Thomas if you are interested in participating. Thank you. MSYP – Chloe our MSYP recently took part in a sitting in Edinburgh which was a huge success. The next sitting will be online in the New Year.