Local Economic Forum Area

Population Profile: Fife LEF at June 2001

The Figure below summarises population, employment, unemployment and job related training.

Population Profile

350,400

161,000

8,677 38,000

Mid-year total population estimates People of working age in employment Claimant count unemployment Working age people receiving job related training

Source: Mid- year total population estimates: General Register Office for , 2000 Other: Office for National Statistics, Spring 2001

The percentage of people in work based training is 10.8%.

120 Number of Organisations involved in Providing Community Based Learning (Matrixes completed by Fife Council (at June 2001)

Type of Provision by Number of Providers 15 8

13 18

Core Skills Personal Development

Adult Classes Youth work

Source: Fife Council, June 2001

Fife Council: Projects Provision Type of Learning Client Group

Project Name IT Core Pers Adult Youth Older Unem Ethnic Disbld Fam skills Dev. Class Class Learn Community Learning 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Support Arts, Libraries and 3 3 3 3 3 3 Museums Sports and Leisure 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Countryside Services 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vocational Training (Fife 3 3 3 3 3 3 Council) Fife Council Social Work 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Services Scottish Enterprise Fife 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 W.E.A. 3 3 3 3 3 3 Youth First 3 3 3 3 3 3 Scout Association 3 3 3 3 Guide Association 3 3 3 3 Duke of Edinburgh 3 3 3 3 3 3 Award West Fife Enterprises 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 BRAG 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Volunteering Fife 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Health Promotion 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Disability Sport Fife 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 YM/YWCA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

There are 18 providers within the Fife Council area. 121 We surveyed all 32 local authorities and asked them to complete a matrix of all community learning provision within their area, whether or not it was provided by the local authority. From the matrices returned we produced a summary of provision which gives a picture of the amount and type of provision offered within a local authority area.

Each local authority has its own definition of provision which would fall under the description of “community learning” and as such there is a degree of variation in the provision listed.

Learning Centres

Provider name Town Council Balwearie Centre KIRKCALDY Fife Council Cosmos Centre ST ANDREWS Fife Council Cowdenbeath Opportunity Centre COWDENBEATH Fife Council Dunfermline Centre DUNFERMLINE Fife Council East Kirkcaldy Learning Centre KIRKCALDY Fife Council East Neuk Centre ANSTRUTHER Fife Council Glenrothes Community Services GLENROTHES Fife Council Glenrothes Opportunity Centre GLENROTHES Fife Council Glenwood Centre GLENROTHES Fife Council Inverkeithing Centre INVERKEITHING Fife Council Kirkcaldy High School KIRKCALDY Fife Council Kirkcaldy Opportunity Centre KIRKCALDY Fife Council Kirkland High School & METHIL Fife Council LochgellyCommunity Centre College LOGHGELLY Fife Council Madras Centre ST ANDREWS Fife Council Institute KELTY Fife Council Parkgate Centre DUNFERMLINE Fife Council Rio Centre NEWPORT Fife Council Institute NEWBURGH Fife Council Templehall Annex KIRKCALDY Fife Council Toll Centre BURNTISLAND Fife Council Tryst Centre DUNFERMLINE Fife Council Waid Centre ANSTRUTHER Fife Council

122 Colleges and Universities: Number of Full time and Part time students by College and University (at June 2001)

College and University Provision

1281 Lauder College Rosyth FE 51 430 Elmwood College FE 2,947 1,350 Fife College of HE 9,100 664 Glenrothes College FE 5,231 10,107 Lauder College Main Campus FE 1,814 5,985 University of St Andrews 391

FT students PT students

Source: i) SFEFC 2000 “Review of the Supply of and Demand for Further Education in Scotland” CD-ROM ii) Universities Scotland, Facts and Figures

The percentage of total population studying full or part time is 10.9 %.

The flexibility of FE in offering part-time provision is evident in the above. The HE sector has made strides in offering part-time courses, but there is still a significant bias in favour of full-time provision.

123 Job Centre Clients participating in New Deal Programmes: (at May 2001)

Number of Clients in each New Deal Programme

222 115 571

982

NDLP New Deal 18-24 New Deal 25+ New Deal 50+

Source: Employment Service (Research and Development), 2001

There are 9 job centres in Fife LEF area. A total of 1,890 people are participating on all New Deal programmes within the LEF area.

The percentage of people participating in New Deal 18-24 and 25+ is 0.3%.

The above figures give the combined total for participation across all four options for 18-24 year olds. Several New Deal programmes have been introduced since 1998 under the government’s welfare to work strategy. They have been developed to improve the employability of different categories of unemployed people. Whilst there is only one specific New Deal dedicated to learning – the Full Time Education and Training Option for 18 – 24 year olds - all of the New Deals relate to lifelong learning in that there is usually some element of learning or training activity, albeit in many instances informal learning, in New Deal provision i.e. in environmental improvement work, in work placement with employers, or work in a voluntary organisation. .

124 Local Enterprise Company Training Programmes: at April 2001

Local Enterprise Company Training Programmes

851 900 800 655 700 593 600 458 500 400 267 300 134 200 100 0 Training for Work Skillseekers Skillseekers (Modern (employed status, Apprentices) non-employed status, special needs)

Male Female

Source: Scottish Enterprise (Lifelong Learning & Inclusion Division), 2001

Each LEC has responsibility for managing the delivery of TfW and Skillseekers in their area.

The percentage of young women (13%) undertaking a Modern Apprenticeship is significantly lower than that for young men.

New Futures Fund

There are 6 New Futures Fund Projects in Fife LEF area.

This Fund is run centrally by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and is targeted on assisting those most excluded in society to progress towards social and economic inclusion. For many clients this involves guidance and support towards both informal and formal learning opportunities as a way back into employment.

Source: Scottish Enterprise, 2001

125 Social Inclusion Partnerships

SIPs within Fife LEF and funding allocated

SIP Funding

FRAE Fife £2,160,000

Fife SIP £650,443

Source: Scottish Executive, 2001

There are two SIPs within the Fife LEF are which received total funding of £891,500 for 2001 – 2002.

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