Education,
Skills & Learning
This area covers education and lifelong learning from nursery to retirement and beyond. A wide range of learning opportunities are already available to everyone. Further work in this theme may provide opportunities that will include encouraging our young people to become active members of our community, improve the level of adults' basic skills and encourage people's access to ICT.
Key Issues
Key issues identified during community consultation included:
- Making wider use of school facilities
- More learning opportunities outside of towns
- Raising basic skills
- Promoting new ways of learning
What we will do
- Encouraging shared learning
- Reviewing accessibility to learning
- Addressing the skills shortage
- Seeking how to better utilise assets as opportunities for learning
What is already happening
A wide range of groups and organisations are delivering work that contributes to improvements in this theme some examples include
- Our Libraries are contributing to improved literacy levels across the County through work with schools, pre-schools and Bookstart
- Libraries with partners are supporting the development of basic skills in local communities
- Working in partnership Connexions and North Wiltshire District Council are promoting personal development and new ways of learning through creative arts
- North Wiltshire District Council is working with partners to develop a programme of citizenship for young people
- Community Arts Training courses provide local groups and individuals with the skills needed to plan and manage successful community and participatory arts projects
- Support and development for sports coaches and volunteers in sport delivering training and development days linking with local sports clubs
- Wiltshire County Council is seeking to reduce the extent to which transport may be a barrier to participation in education for 16 – 19 year olds
- The availability of public transport as a means to access learning is being promoted by Wiltshire County Council
- Communities are supported to increase independence and choice over access to information by the promotion of the use of digital technology through our Libraries
- Westlea Housing Association is working with partners to provide training to empower tenants this includes IT training, tenant participation, interview techniques and community development skills