From Adult Safeguarded Learning to Informal Adult Learning and beyond

2. From Adult Safeguarded Learning to Informal Adult Learning and beyond

3. Adult Learning Policy Context The ambition: • To deliver economic prosperity, social justice and stronger communities The commitment: • To sustain a wide range of activities which meet the needs of all learners, enabling them to progress and gain work The premise: • Learning contributes to stronger communities and social justice, and addresses wider concerns like health, child poverty and crime prevention

4. The funding settlement for adult learning from 2008-09 to 2010-11 will: • Target public funding on increasing social inclusion and economic success • Maintain SfL ESOL funding at 2007/08 levels in real terms • Support substantial growth in full Level 2 and full Level 3 achievements • Maintain the safeguarded funding for adult learning at 2007/08 levels • Provide flexibilities to meet economic downturn

5. Adult Safeguarded Learning • Comprises: • Personal and Community Development Learning • Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy • Wider Family Learning • Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities

6. Adult Safeguarded Learning – CSR viewRevised Funding and Learner number projections

7. Funding the Safeguard

8. Adult Safeguarded Learning National Policy Developments • Informal Adult Learning as a route to progression • Clear fee expectations for PCDL and an improved sense of what constitutes value for money • Extending the reach and influence of PCDL Partnerships • Not subject to demand-led funding in 2009/10 • Reviews of informal Adult Learning and strategic role of Adult Learning providers

9. Adult Safeguarded Learning London Priorities • Establish borough based PCDL Partnerships • Develop more inclusive planning process • Map local provision • Produce a local planning prospectus

10. PCDL in London • Increase the focus on hard to reach groups • Contribute to local strategies • Provide opportunities to progress • Record learning aims for all provision • Keep data on all learners • Develop income generation strategy • Monitor funding spent on administration

11. Neighbourhood and Family Learning • NLDC • Link to Skills for Jobs & JC Plus Agenda • Focus on deprived communities & minority groups • FLN • Improve strategic planning • Broaden the reach • Focus on literacy and numeracy

12. Informal Adult Learning Review • Major consultation launched by John Denham • Recognising structured and unstructured adult learning for personal fulfilment, intellectual and creative stimulation • How best to support an inclusive culture of engagement in all forms of adult learning • How to organise learning so that it is most useful and accessible to people

13. The Learning Revolution • “Learning for its own intrinsic value makes an enormous contribution to creating the kind of society we can be proud of” • John Denham • Secretary of State for Innovation and Skills • March 2009

14. The Learning Revolution • Clearer identity for informal learning • Raise profile, visibility and connectivity of informal learning across central Government and stakeholder organisations • Engage all those organisations and groups who deliver or facilitate learning so that they know they are part of the informal adult learning movement

15. Building a Cultureof Learning • Learning Pledge • Festival of Learning • Open Space Movement • Transformation Fund • Learning Champions

16. Increasing Access to Learning • Widen informal learning opportunities for older people • Reach out to people who are disadvantaged • Develop a package of support for community learning champions • Increase the availability of informal learning in the workplace • Supported by the transformation fund

17. Transforming the way people learn Help adults develop skills, confidence and access to technology Harness the power of technology to create more, and different, learning opportunities Stimulate new partnerships Maintain momentum so informal learning is at the forefront of emerging new technologies

18. Use of technologyand broadcasting Independent review of ICT Skills for Adults Ask UK on-line to champion informal learning and support digital inclusion Establish a network of Digital Mentors Create on-line directory of informal learning activities and directory of spaces for informal learning Establish a broadcasting forum to make the most of broadcasting for informal adult learning, including making more content free to access and open to share

19. Next steps – national level • Establish high level advisory forum to advise on future development of the strategy • Publish prospectus for £20m transformation fund • Greater alignment of all public funds for adult informal learning • Working group to review partnership arrangements

20. Next steps – national level • Consider new National Indicator for informal adult learning in future spending rounds • Ofsted to develop and pilot a new approach to inspection of informal learning • LSC to publish guidance on use of DIUS funds for adult informal learning, and review the targets and outcomes it requires local areas to meet in return for public funding • More skills development for teachers and other staff

21. Next steps – Regional/local level • Local authority led partnerships • Adult informal learning offer to be based on: • Innovation • Universal access • Targeted support • Collaboration • Promotion • Joining up of local authority services with those of other stakeholders/partners • Joining up of local authority services internally

22. Further Information • The Learning Revolution White Paper • http://www.dius.gov.uk/skills/engaging_learners/infomal_adult_learning/white_paper • http://www.dius.gov.uk/skills/engaging_learners/informal_adult_learning/~/media/publications/L/learningrev_prospectus http:// 12