LLL BVR Desired Review Outcomes

CL - Children Learning (0-14) Task Group

YP - Young People Learning (14-19) Task Group

AL - Adult Learning Task Group

OP - Older People Learning Task Group

1. Ensuring seamless provision and ease of access

CL - enable better transition between phases e.g. building on best practice

- improve out of school support for children up to 14, building upon development work 10-13

- improve access for hard to reach groups

- work with partners to secure co-ordinated community provision.

YP - ensure and encourage easy routes for YP to return to learning at any time

- ensure flexible learning pathways are available to meet the needs of YP and to create maximum overlap between schools, further education, employment

- support services to re-engage YP not involved in education, training or employment.

AL - clearer progression routes for all adult learners and to support widening participation

- expand the network of extended schools as "centres of learning in the community" alongside the development of Discovery Centres.

OP - greater consistency, clarity and coherence in learning provision for older people.

2. Effective Communication and Consultation

OP - greater consultation on the needs and wants of older people

- improved clarity and consistency about fee structures and subsidies

- produce and disseminate information about learning opportunities across the County.

AL - improved signposting of provision

- improve training of front-line staff to deliver information, advice and guidance

- engage with adults in ways which value learning and lead to self empowerment

- seek continuous feedback from client groups about performance and act upon information received.

YP - promote actively the voice of young people

- engage YP in the development of HCC services and create accountability for YP in all HCC services.

CL - secure effective communication and the free flow of information

- continue to consult with and listen to the ideas of children, with a particular focus upon children and their parents 0-5

- develop a comprehensive directory of lifelong learning services for 0-13 age group

- make information more accessible, particularly to non-specialists.

3. Developing Quality and Capacity Among Service Providers

CL - emphasis on workforce development including accredited qualifications and career pathways

- in developing capacity, take account of demographic trends

- nurture and develop the existing diverse range of high quality learning provision

- develop coordinated outreach strategies to support providers

- develop an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to children and families across HCC services and in collaboration with other providers

- ensure the provision of equitable services across the County.

YP - continuously monitor provision and identify gaps to ensure improvement

- promote the Connexions Service in providing support for YP

- support the direction of 14-19 curriculum in widening vocational as well as academic learning

- support mentoring with children and YP within the framework of Healthy Schools

- review strategies to recruit and retain YP in all HCC services.

AL - develop the network of Community Schools and expand through the growth of extended schools as centres of Learning within the community

- expand the depth and quality of opportunities for community learning through the development of specialist schools and their potential role as extended schools

- continue to promote family learning and the support for parenting skills

- support the roll out of Discovery Centres as a transformation of libraries and in embracing opportunities for learning through technological developments such as `Learn Direct'.

OP - provide a focus and emphasis on providing learning opportunities for older learners.

4. Fostering cooperation between service providers

CL - need for improved partnership working within the County Council as well as between the Council and its many partners.

YP - more sustained partnership work, breaking down service barriers through the development of multi-agency teams.

AL - need to improve collaboration and partnership between providers, particularly those in the Further Education sector and with Voluntary Sector groups

- ensure links between HCC and Community Learning Fora of Local Strategic Partnerships.

5. Plugging the gaps and improving provision

OP - prioritise and focus County supported provision to meet the learning needs of the socially isolated.

AL - improve cohesion of provision, eliminate duplication and improve collaboration to make best use of scarce resources.

YP - continue to monitor provision and identify gaps.

CL - take account of demographic trends in developing services

- overcome difficulties in enabling access for hard-to-reach groups such as; ethnic minorities, travellers; physical and learning disabilities; teenage parents and those in rural isolation

- improve facilities in communities to better meet the needs of teenagers.

6. Providing leadership in terms of coordination, direction, support, enabling, strategic planning, empowering, promotion and advocacy

- provide a strategic plan on Lifelong Learning for the County Council in order to give direction, coordination and support.

CL - coordinate strategic planning across the County Council in terms of identified learning opportunities, learning networks and linkages

- a user friendly "Learner's Charter" should be considered within the strategy, accessible to and upon which children have been consulted

- the County Council, in its leadership of the Children Bill, to promote opportunities for Lifelong Learning and improved advocacy for children.

YP - provide leadership in the development of the 14-19 curriculum and evaluate its impact to ensure continuous improvement of services.

AL - encourage and develop a `culture of learning' throughout the whole organisation by engaging learners in ways which value learning and which lead to empowerment.

OP - ensure that the LLL Strategy links into the community cohesion and regeneration strategies being developed by LSPs.

YP/AL - continue to promote skills development in its direct link with economic prosperity.

7. Optimal use of all HCC resources

CL/OP - keep under review the availability of accommodation in order to identify and make available its use for LLL opportunities.

CL - make use of and seek to coordinate existing data/information to give clarity and cohesion to planned developments.

CL - maintain and where possible, improve funding for LLL initiatives which are proving to be successful

- develop performance indicators based upon `indicators of success'.

AL - maximise the development of e-learning through County Council facilities

- continue to supply, and if possible, improve County Council funding support for community learning programmes as these enable local income-generation which supports cross-subsidy in adult learning provision

- regular, careful monitoring to assess the impact of LSCs funding changes and to identify any groups, individual learners or communities who may be adversely affected

- consider the reduction of service delivery cost to limit the pressure on learners' fees

- continue support for improved physical access for learners with disabilities.

OP - provide greater clarity about fee structures and subsidies for provision supported by HCC

- encourage the development of schools as `centres of learning in the community', embracing community, extended and specialist schools

- support the transformation of libraries within `Discovery Centres'.

8. Sustainable Development

CL - targeting resources to areas of greatest need

- planned development of the workforce supported by the development of local integrated, multidisciplinary teams

- action plans required to tackle each of the improvement areas, supported by adequate resources

- greater partnership and collaborative work with other providers

- provide ongoing support for the `Healthy Schools' initiative

- continued support for childcare 0-14 within the community to support families in achieving `work life balance' and to provide support to the economy through training, education and access to work.

YP - support for the `Rights, Respect and Responsibility' programme as part of the development of citizenship in Hampshire Schools

- focus on engaging YP in key issues, such as the environment, through the support for programmes such as `Trailblazers'

- provide support for volunteering activities.

YP/AL - continuous focus upon the development of skills as a means of gaining

OP access to employment and in the development of economic prosperity.

9. e-Government

CL/AL - improvements required to Hantsweb as an essential signposting service for Lifelong Learning information and opportunities

- Hantsweb insufficiently customer/learner friendly, and not at all child friendly. Develop the idea of a children's web.

AL/DP - encourage the development of IT web-based and distance learning,

YP including the development in the use of text messaging media for work with YP.

AL - encourage the growth of services such as `Learn Direct' within libraries and community learning centres, recognising that e-learning is a preferred learning option for a growth number of adults.

OP - promote schemes such as `lap-top loans' in conjunction with other partners such as Age Concern, to benefit older learners

- continue to support the `Silver Surfer' initiative.

10. Crime & Disorder

CL - increase development of out of school childcare, particularly for the 10-13 age group

- support the development of the `Rights, Respect and Responsibility' programme across schools in Hampshire.

CL/YP - encourage the voice of YP in their contribution to local issues

- support the Youth Service in its work to maximise the inclusion of young people

- further develop the partnership with Outdoor Education, Youth Justice, Duke of Edinburgh's Award and Connexions in providing positive activities for YP

- maximise the use of schools as community learning centres and access points for recreational activities, including sport.

OP - ensure LLL strategy links with LSP strategies.

11. Equalities

CL - improve facilities for hard to reach groups to have access to services

- making libraries more attractive for children and YP to use

- to enable equitable provision for family learning and Early Years specials needs across the County.

YP - encourage the more effective meeting of needs through monitoring schemes for children and YP.

AL - family learning and parenting skills to be regarded as a priority in future developments

- future development of extended schools to be targeted initially on areas of deprivation in order to make the most impact.

OP - prioritise and focus County supported provision for older learners to meet the needs of the socially isolated.

12. Work Place Learning

CL - develop accredited qualifications and career pathways for early years childcare workers

- provide more support for staff in delivering learning programmes, such as increased training opportunities for non-education specialist staff.

YP - more cross departmental training and working in order to actively promote opportunities in all HCC departments.

AL - development of transferable skills within the workforce, such as in-house development of ICT

- support for the development work of the Hampshire Learning Centre and the Teaching and Leadership Centre.

OP - provision of retraining opportunities for older workers for the retention of expertise and in undertaking changing roles

- HCC to encourage `a culture of learning' throughout the organisation regardless of age.

13. Family Learning

AL - family learning and parenting skills to be a priority in LLL developments.

CL - network family learning opportunities across the County

- develop family learning through school improvement and extended schools agenda.

YP - increase family learning opportunities within secondary schools (skills for families).

AL - encourage collaboration with FE Colleges in the delivery of Family Learning and in developing progression into other learning programmes.

OP - encourage the use of older people in their support of Family Learning Programmes.

14. Partnership Working

CL - need to develop improved partnership working within the County Council as well as with its many partners.

YP - encourage and strengthen partnerships with other education providers as well as services which offer support to young people.

AL/OP - develop partnerships with local Community Learning Fora and with Local Strategic Partnerships to ensure joined up thinking in LLL across Hampshire.

15. Cultural Strategy

- support the development of `Creative Hampshire', using specialist school - based projects as a focus

- support for the development of `Community Learning' and `Discovery' Centres

- support for the development of a web-based advice and learning support line for school staff

- support collaborative projects between HCC departments and schools in the active development of the curriculum

- support through family learning

- support for the sustainability agenda through `Trailblazers'

- development of access for learning for the community in libraries, museums and record offices.

16. Community Strategy

- promotion and fostering of a culture of lifelong learning relevant to the community

- engage in active consultation and listen to `the voice of the learner'

- promote academic and vocational opportunities for all residents and at all stages in their lives

- develop skills in our young people and in our workforce which can contribute to economic prosperity

- harness the skills of our ageing population

- develop schools and libraries as learning centres within our communities

- promote; Sure Start, Basic Skills, Family Learning, Connexions and the Youth Service to engage them in local initiatives and encourage local participation in developing them

- use opportunities in LLL to help tackle issues of deprivation within targeted areas of Hampshire.