and Galloway Local Economic Forum Area

Population Profile: at June 2001

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

Population Profile

145,800

150,000 65,000 100,000

11,000 50,000 3,069

0

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 7.5%.

97 Number of Organisations involved in Providing Community Based Learning

Type of Provision by Number of Providers

62 2

39

72 73

IT Core Skills Personal Development Adult Classes Youth work

Dumfries & Galloway Type of Learning Client Group

Project Name IT Core Pers Adult Youth Older Unem Ethnic Disbld Fam skills Dev. Class Class Learn Dumfries and Galloway 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 College Dumfries and Galloway 3 3 Council Dumfries and Galloway 3 3 Council on Alcohol Hope Service, Dumfries 3 3 3 and Galloway Council Lowland Development 3 3 3 Trust Luce 2000 3 3 3 3 3 North West Dumfries 3 3 Community Development

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.

98 Learning Centres

Provider name: Town code: Council Cresswell/Larchfield Community DUMFRIES Dumfries & Galloway GeorgetownCentre Community Centre DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Gillespie Memorial Hall DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Heathhall Community Centre DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Hutton Hall Community Centre DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Kingholm Quay Community Centre DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Miners Memorial Hall KIRKCONNEL DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Lincluden Community Centre DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Loreburn Hall DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway McFarlan Memorial Hall DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Noblehill Community Centre DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Oasis Youth Centre DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Community Centre SANQUHAR DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Sanquhar Town Hall SANQUHAR DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Stakefield and Summerville DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway SummerhillCommunity CommunityCentre Centre DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Thornhill Community Centre THORNHILL DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Wanlockhead Community Centre WANLOCKHEAD DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Annan Community Centre ANNAN DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Bowholm Hall DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Buccleuch Hall DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Ecclefechan Day Centre ECCLEFECHAN DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Johnstone Hall DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Langholm Community Centre LANGHOLM DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Community Portacabin LOCHMABEN DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Youth Drop in Centre LOCKERBIE DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Drop in Centre MOFFAT DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Nelson House EASTRIGGS DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Old Library, Langholm Town Hall LANGHOLM DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Richard Greenhow Centre GRETNA DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Victoria Halls ANNAN DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Castle Douglas Community Centre CASTLE DOUGLAS DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Glenkens Community Centre CASTLE DOUGLAS DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Glenlochar Community Centre CASTLE DOUGLAS DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Community GATEHOUSE OF DumfriesCouncil & Galloway KirkpatrickCentre Durham Village Hall KIRKPATRICKFLEET DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Community Centre KIRKCUDBRIGHTDURHAM DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Newton Stewart Community Centre NEWTON STEWART DumfriesCouncil & Galloway South Machars Community Centre NEWTON STEWART DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Castle Douglas Town Hall CASTLE DOUGLAS DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Dalbeattie Town Hall DALBEATTIE DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Kirkcudbright Town Hall KIRKCUDBRIGHT DumfriesCouncil & Galloway New Galloway Town Hall CASTLE DOUGLAS DumfriesCouncil & Galloway 99 Council Agnew Park Youth Café Dumfries & Galloway Dicks Hill Resource Centre STRANRAER DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Dumfries DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Upper Nithsdale KIRKCONNEL DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Ewart Library Cybercentre DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Annan Library ANNAN DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Castle Douglas Library CASTLE DOUGLAS DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Lochside Library DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Dalbeattie Library DALBEATTIE DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Georgetown Library DUMFRIES DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Lochthorn Library HEATHHALL DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Kirkcudbright Library KIRKCUDBRIGHT DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Lockerbie Library LOCKERBIE DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Langholm Library LANGHOLM DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Newton Stewart Library NEWTON STEWART DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Stranraer Library STRANRAER DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Thornhill Library THORNHILL DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Library NEWTON STEWART DumfriesCouncil & Galloway Council

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

College and University Provision

207 Barony College 805

* Crichton University Campus

Dumfries & 876 Galloway College 6,777

FT students PT students

* Student numbers are included in Paisley and University

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 6%. 100 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.

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

Number of Clients in each New Deal Programme

125 227

114

393

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

Source: Employment Service (Research and Development), 2001

There are 8 job centres in the Dumfries and Galloway LEF area. A total of 859 people are participating on all New Deal programmes within the LEF area.

The percentage of people on 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.

101 Local Enterprise Company Training Programmes: at April 2001

Local Enterprise Company Training Programmes

282 300

250 215 190 200 170

150 96 69 100

50

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 (19%) undertaking a Modern Apprenticeship is significantly lower than that for young men.

New Futures Fund

There are 6 New Futures Fund Projects in the Dumfries and Galloway 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

Social Inclusion Partnerships

There are no SIPs within the Dumfries and Galloway LEF area.

102 Prison Population (at June 2001) Average daily number of prisoners

100 99 80 60 40 20 0 0 HMP Dumfries YOI

Adult YO

Source: Scottish Prison Service Annual Report, 1999 – 2000

The information shows there is 1 prison within the Dumfries and Galloway LEF area. The average daily number of young offenders is 99 males and females.

In 2000/01 across the Prison Service as a whole some 233,000 prisoner learning hours were delivered.

Information on education and training provided in each prison is not collated centrally by SPS, nor is information on the quantity and outcomes from education and training detailed in Inspectorate Reports on individual prisons.

SPS also delivers basic skills screening and prepares individual learning plans. Vocational training is devolved to each prison and across all establishments over 1,500 SQA units were delivered in 2000/01.

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