Development of the Kingston College Skills Centre and Social Enterprise Project

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Development of the Kingston College Skills Centre
and Social Enterprise Project
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History - Kingston College LLDD provision

• College wide courses
• The College promote inclusiveness learners who
  are able to access college provision are
  supported to do so.
• Discrete courses for LLDD
• Adults courses run at main site and in community
  venues.
• 16-19 courses mainly held at the North Kingston
  Centre (NKC).

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From September 2008

• Development of a skills based provision The
  Skills Centre - to support 19 learners.
• Pre-entry
• Full time or part time
• From September 2009 extended to 16 studying BTEC
  Skills for Working Life.

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Rational

• Provide a curriculum that will support learners
  to overcome learning barriers, develop life
  skills, enhance their quality of life and achieve
  their potential.
• Progression to further study, voluntary or paid
  employment.

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Life skills

• Learners choose modules from a variety of skills
  based courses to develop practical competence in
  those areas, while also developing life skills
  such as communication.

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Skills for work

• Development of a Social Enterprise as part of the
  Skills Centre provision.

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Why a Social Enterprise?

• Benefits to learners
• Social interaction in working with others and
  interacting with the public.
• Work experience

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Social Enterprise cont..

• Literacy and numeracy
• I.C.T.
• Business
• And.....
• Money ploughed back into project

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Courses 2008-2009

• Art and craft,
• Business Studies,
• Catering/Hospitality/cookery,
• Child Care,
• Cookery for Independent Living,
• Customer care
• Digital Photography,
• English speaking board

• Exercise/Sport,
• Health and safety
• Horticulture,
• ICT,
• Independent Travel
• Literacy,
• Numeracy,
• Stepping Stones,
• Woodwork,

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Project Funding

• Funding has provided resources to set up and
  develop areas of Social Enterprise Activities.

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Funding allowed us to

• Update our ICT equipment at the NKC and at our
  partner venue the Crescent Resource Centre.
• Redesign and develop our office at NKC to
  accommodate all learners who want experience of
  reception work.
• Market the project.

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Resources continued

• Development of a social enterprise Cafe at the
  NKC to use as a resource for students to gain
  work experience.
• Development of a hospitality training room. The
  room can be booked for meetings with our students
  providing refreshments.
• Development of an allotment for horticulture.

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Resources continued

• Update woodwork equipment in woodwork room to
  deliver courses and work as a social enterprise.
• Hire suitable community venues to develop courses
  for independent living.
• Design and development of Skills Passport to
  record learners journey.

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Social Enterprise activities

• Allotment -
• Produce donated to hospitality course
• Hanging baskets sold
• Money ploughed back in to buy equipment
• Cafe
• Open to public mostly people who use the NKC
• Digital photography
• Calendars sold

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Social Enterprise activities continued

• Hospitality
• Catering for meetings
• Products made sold in Cafe
• Christmas puddings and jars of mincemeat sold
• Woodwork
• Chicken coupe for school
• Sensory board for sensory impairment team
• Cross for a grave
• In process of making window / presentation boxes
• This year making clocks

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2009-2010 Phase two

• New development funding from LSC to further
  develop the Skills Centre Social Enterprise
  activities.
• This includes -
• Expansion of partnership work to develop
  hospitality at other venues.
• Further partnership work with Kingston Workstart
  on furniture restoration project.
• Develop social enterprise retail outlet.

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Photos

• Skills passport
• Areas of Social Enterprise activities