Education and training services

Tender description

The main purpose of the Community Learning (CL) fund is to reach disadvantaged communities and individuals, to enable them to develop new skills, participate in learning and to progress towards further learning and/or sustainable employment. Community Learning supports wider government policies on localism, social justice, stronger families, digital inclusion and social mobility. It is recognised that the community and voluntary sector can provide some of the most innovative ways of providing learning opportunities to groups that have traditionally been hard to engage. The CL funding comes from the Educations and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and is subcontracted by Kirklees Council. Proposals were invited by the Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the “Council”) from shortlisted Capable Delivery Partners currently on Category 2 – Training for Volunteers of the Council’s Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of education, training, employment and lifelong learning (REF:KMCIRS-064). The main purpose of the Community Learning (CL) fund is to reach disadvantaged communities and individuals, to enable them to develop new skills, participate in learning and to progress towards further learning and/or sustainable employment. Community Learning supports wider government policies on localism, social justice, stronger families, digital inclusion and social mobility. It is recognised that the community and voluntary sector can provide some of the most innovative ways of providing learning opportunities to groups that have traditionally been hard to engage. The CL funding comes from the Educations and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and is subcontracted by Kirklees Council and Kirklees College. We are seeking to support projects and ways of working that can increase and diversify the number and type of adult learners in Kirklees, identifying and engaging underrepresented groups and providing them with their “first step” into learning. Community-based learning will take place in non-pressurised learning contexts where people understand learners’ needs and treat learners equally, thereby increasing their confidence and self-esteem. Activity will not duplicate other provision, however it should be well positioned in the wider learning and employment landscape to ensure learner demand is met and robust and meaningful progression routes can be clearly identified and facilitated for learners. Adult and Community Learning Activity will transform learner’s opportunities and help them to: — gain new skills to progress in employment, — improve their confidence to engage or re-engage with learning, — improve their health and social well-being, — develop their social responsibility, — better support themselves and their families, — improve literacy – communication, digital, financial, — identify their personal goals and take actions to reach them. Adult and Community Learning will provide learning opportunities under the following themes under this call: — volunteering.