Our Aim

To work in partnership to inspire and support the citizens of Swindon to achieve their full potential and in so doing advance the health and well-being of their communities

Definition of Adult Community and Family Learning

Adult Community and Family Learning is concerned with the promotion and delivery of

• Personal and Community Development Learning (PCDL)
• Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities (NLDC)
• Wider Family Learning (WFL)
• Family Language, Literacy and Numeracy (FLLN)

This is achieved through management of the funding provided by the Wiltshire and Swindon Learning and Skills Council.

We do this by working with a range of internal and external partners, drawing on the expertise, experience and knowledge of these partners to deliver our Adult Community and Family Larning provision - aimed at meeting the needs of adults and families in Swindon.

Learning Opportunities Offered

The type of learning we deliver is best summed up by the LSC’s definition of the funding streams:

• Personal and Community Development Learning (PCDL) is learning for personal development, cultural enrichment, intellectual or creative stimulation, and enjoyment. It is also learning developed with local residents and others to build the skills, knowledge and understanding for social and community action.
• Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities (NLDC) is focussed on increasing the take-up of learning of disadvantaged and excluded groups in Swindon
• Wider Family Learning (WFL) is intentional learning which is intergenerational, can be both informal or formal and provides an enjoyable learning experience that can be a foundation for a greater sense of citizenship, that promotes lifelong learning, may involve the development of a wide range of skill and promotes health and well-being.
• Family Language, Literacy and Numeracy programmes (FLLN) offer learning opportunities to those parents and their children who are in most need so that they can improve their literacy, language and numeracy skills.

Get Involved

Learners

Your views as a learner can be represented through the four local and one town-wide learning groups.

Learning Groups

Learning groups involve representation from all learning providers in Swindon:

• The voluntary sector
• SBC Learning Ambassadors
• Children’s Centres and Schools
• Faith organisations

They meet to identify learning needs, avoid duplication of provision and share best practice.

Learning Ambassadors

Swindon Borough Council's learning ambassadors play a vital role in helping to identify need, engage and support learners.

The success of our widening participation programme has been largely due to the learning ambassadors and local learning groups, providing year-on-year improvements in participation.

Further Information/Contact

Please contact the Community Learning and Engagement Team.