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Community

Filton College continues to work with key partners in the community to deliver accessible education and training in areas of significant deprivation. This is the key element in our overall strategy for widening participation. The majority of this work occurs in Southmead, the inner-city areas of St. Pauls and Easton, and in the Patchway area of South Gloucestershire. We are currently reviewing our strategy for the Thornbury and Yate areas and, through partnership, aim to develop local learning centres that will combine IT training with Basic Skills delivery.

Our continued success and growth will depend greatly on our ability to engage in effective and efficient collaborations and partnerships at the local, regional and national level. It is a key theme throughout this plan and is critical to the achievement of our key objectives and targets. To this end, we aim to be active in initiating, supporting and developing strategies that will underpin complementarity in the planning and delivery of learning opportunities in
this area.

Our community learning centres include:

Outreach Centres

Through work with clients using the College Outreach Centres, at:

Clients will be screened and assessed (incorporating Learn Direct where appropriate) to identify Basic Skills needs.

Local Delivery Centres

Through initial engagement activity, with priority groups, that lead to more formal and accredited Basic Skills activity when it is right for the learner. Key partners include: -

The College, with its partners, has been recognised for its good practice in innovative community delivery in the NIACE publication "Opening Up a New World" (2002).


We also work with a number of local community organisations including: