PREVENTION AND SOCIAL RETURN: ADULT LEARNING AND YOUTH WORK Marie Dailly, Adult Learning Manager Alison Macauley, Senior Youth Worker

WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW OUTPUTS  1896 adults received support with literacy and numeracy  1745 people took part in Community Based Adult Learning  822 people received individual guidance to progress into learning, employment, volunteering or training  637 increased their English Language

OUTPUTS XPLORE  378 Health and Wellbeing issues  460 learning opportunities  299 offending /anti-social behaviour  248 National and Local awards  116 Further Education  21 employment

EDUCATION SCOTLAND – FEBRUARY 2012 High quality programmes that engage Learners and transform lives High levels of resilience amongst Adult Learners Young people gain a wide range of life and employability skills Young people participate actively as volunteers, in peer learning activities and as mentors

PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK I didn’t know what road to take now I have a clear direction I am now working full-time at a job I really like I was treated like an adult Xplore helped change my life for the better

NEED FOR A MORE ROBUST EVIDENCING OF PREVENTION A cycle of deprivation and low aspiration has been allowed to persist because preventative measures have not been prioritised. It is estimated that as much as 40 per cent of all spending on public services is accounted for by interventions that could have been avoided by prioritising a preventative approach. Commission on the future delivery of public services

SOCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT Impact measurement tool and provides a financial proxy value of the impact made. Translates social objectives into financial and non financial measures Is an evaluation and future planning tool QualitativeQuantitative

DISCOVERING WHAT CHANGES STAKEHOLDERS FEEDBACK 20 learners 15 partners Improved literacy skills Increase in confidence Gain qualifications Move into employment Positive change in mental wellbeing Increased involvement in children’s learning Improved social networks, a reduction in isolation

Studies of learners with a history of mental health difficulties report participation has positive effects on mental health. (McGivney 1997) “I wouldn’t communicate with anybody or go any place. I wouldn’t even go to the shops myself in case I got the change wrong, I was cut off from everything.” EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT PREVENTION WELLBEING

Links between cognitive development of literacies in Adults and development of resilience Reduction in chronic stress levels Achievement of qualifications was consistently found to reduce the risk of adult depression. Feinstein and Hammond 2006

Evidence of increase in children’s cognitive ability where parents’ basic skills improve. The intergenerational transfer of basic skills is always most significant for parents with lowest level qualifications. As average education increases inequality decreases. INCREASE IN THE ABILITY OF PARENTS TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN LEARN

FINANCIAL PROXY Improved literacy skills £1,247 per person, per level The Princes Trust :The cost of exclusion Britain’s Record on Skills Measuring and assessing the impact of basic skills on labour market outcome

FINANCIAL PROXY Increase in confidence £ Positive change in mental wellbeing £496 Increased employability skills£1,872 Increased involvement in children’s learning£1,900

 Would this change have happened anyway – even if the activity had not taken place - DEADWEIGHT  How much was the change caused by the contribution of other people/organisations- ATTRIBUTION  SROI Figure £6.94 for every £1 invested. NOT OVERCLAIMING DEADWEIGHT AND ATTRIBUTION