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Renfrewshire Local Economic Forum Area Renfrewshire Local Economic Forum Area Population Profile: Renfrewshire at June 2001 The Figure below summarises population, employment, unemployment and job related training. Population Profile 351,360 157,000 6,772 26,000 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 Scotland, 2000 Other: Office for National Statistics, Spring 2001 The percentage of people in work based training is 7.4%. 171 Number of Organisations involved in Providing Community Based Learning (Matrixes completed by Inverclyde Council (at June 2001) Type of Learning by Provider: Inverclyde Council 6 10 11 11 Core Skills Personal Development Adult Classes Youth work Source: Inverclyde Council, June 2001 There are 12 providers within Inverclyde Council. Number of Organisations involved in Providing Community Based Learning (Matrixes completed by Renfrewshire Council (at June 2001) Type of Learning by Provider: Renfrewshire Council area 40 13 39 39 IT Core Skills Personal Development Adult Classes Youth work Source: Renfrewshire Council, June 2001 172 There are 52 providers within Renfrewshire Council. Type of Learning by Provider: East Renfrewshire Council 1 1 1 3 Core Skills Personal Development Adult Classes Youth work Source: East Renfrewshire Council, June 2001 There are five providers within East Renfrewshire Council. 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 : East Renfrewshire Council Provider name Town Council Neilston Learning Centre NEILSTON East Renfrewshire Mearns Learning Centre NEWTON MEARNS EastCouncil Renfrewshire Barrhead Learning Centre BARRHEAD EastCouncil Renfrewshire Thornliebank Learning Centre THORNLIEBANK EastCouncil Renfrewshire Council 173 Learning Centres: Renfrewshire Council Provider name Town Council Bargarran Community Centre BARGARRAN Renfrewshire Erskine Commuity Library ERSKINE RenfrewshireCouncil Bishopton Community Library BISHOPTON RenfrewshireCouncil Carghill BRIDGE OF WEIR RenfrewshireCouncil CASAC Unit PAISLEY RenfrewshireCouncil Learning Centre in Reid Kerr College PAISLEY RenfrewshireCouncil Gallowhill Community Library GALLOWHILL RenfrewshireCouncil Ralston Community Library RALSTON RenfrewshireCouncil Elderslie Community Library ELDERSLIE RenfrewshireCouncil Johnstone Community Library JOHNSTONE RenfrewshireCouncil Spateston Community Library SPATESTON RenfrewshireCouncil Linwood Community Education Centre LINWOOD RenfrewshireCouncil Lochwinnoch Community Library LOCHWINNOCH RenfrewshireCouncil Todholm Community Library BLACKHALL RenfrewshireCouncil Beechwood Community Centre CART CORRIDOR RenfrewshireCouncil Foxbar Community FOXBAR RenfrewshireCouncil Ferguslie Park Paisley Partnership FERGUSLIE PARK RenfrewshireCouncil Glenburn Community Library GLENBURN RenfrewshireCouncil Johnstone Castle Community Centre JOHNSTONE RenfrewshireCouncil Johnstone West Plan Unit JOHNSTONECASTLE WEST RenfrewshireCouncil Millarston MILLARSTON RenfrewshireCouncil Renfrew Community Library Moorpark MOORPARK RenfrewshireCouncil Thrushcraigs THRUSHCRAIGS RenfrewshireCouncil West End WESTEND RenfrewshireCouncil Paisley Partnership PAISLEY RenfrewshireCouncil Council Local authorities provided a list of the learning centres within their areas and these have been entered onto the database. As with the providers matrix, each local authority defines for itself a “learning centre” e.g. this could be a school, a library, a village hall where classes are run etc. 174 Colleges and Universities: Number of Full time and Part time students by College and University (at June 2001) College and University Provision 1,615 James Watt College 6,743 The Reid Kerr 1,155 College 12,282 7,090 University of Paisley 3,656 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 9.3%. 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. 175 Job Centre Clients participating in New Deal Programmes: (at May 2001 Number of Clients in each New Deal Programme 130 121 672 418 NDLP New Deal 18-24 New Deal 25+ New Deal 50+ Source: Employment Service (Research and Development), 2001 There are 7 job centres in the Renfrewshire LEF area. A total of 1,341 people are participating on all New Deal programmes within the LEF area. The percentage of people on New Deal 18-24 and 25+ is 0.2%. 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. 176 Local Enterprise Company Training Programmes: at April 2001 Local Enterprise Company Training Programmes 799 800 700 594 600 528 504 500 400 300 156 111 200 100 0 Training for Work Skillseekers (employed status, Skillseekers (Modern non-employed status, special Apprentices) 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 (12%) undertaking a Modern Apprenticeship is significantly lower than that for young men. New Futures Fund There are four New Futures Fund Projects in the Renfrewshire 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. 177 Social Inclusion Partnerships SIP Funding Paisley £2,785,154 Levern Valley £524,443 Inverclyde £2,654,000 Ferguslie Park £1,122,652 Source: Scottish Executive, 2001 There are four SIPs within the Renfrewshire LEF area which received funding of £7,086,249 for 2001 – 2002. Prison Population (at June 2001) There is 1 prison within the Renfrewshire LEF area, HMP Greenock. The average daily number of prisoners/young offenders is 194 males. There are no female prisoners within HMP Greenock. 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. Source: Scottish Prison Service Annual Report, 1999 – 2000 178.
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