2. Welcome Learning and Skills Council Update Presented to: Rutland Learning Disability Partnership Board By: Maggie Freeman

3. The Government is planning to change the way it organises and manages funding for learners who are aged 16 and above Funding for 16 – 18 year olds will go to the Local Authorities in 2010 Funding for adults will be through a new organisation called the Skills Funding Agency Machinery of Government

4. The Government hasn’t yet decided who will manage and fund learning for people with disabilities or learning difficulties who are aged 19 – 25 There will also be a new National Apprenticeship Service starting in April 2009 Machinery of Government

5. This is the Learning and Skills Council’s plan to improve learning and opportunities for people with learning difficulties and disabilities The Government is committed to the plan whatever happens after 2010 Because of the changes the government is making, the plans to change the way learning for people with learning difficulties is funded, have been delayed Learning for Living and Work

6. The LSC has provided £1/2 million funding to build a new adult education centre as part of ‘The Big Build’ in Oakham The LSC has agreed a £40 million project at New College Stamford to rebuild most of the college. The range of types of courses you can do at New College Stamford has increased, including lots more practical courses Some things happening locally

7. There have been some excellent Ofsted inspection results But, a review of learning opportunities in Rutland has shown that there are not enough courses at entry at level 1, or practical courses so learners have to travel a long way to get the course they want The schools and Rutland College are working together with the LSC and Rutland County Council to see how they can improve this Some things happening locally

8. The number of young people with a learning disability going to college or training when they are 16 has improved and is better than for everyone else But The number of young people with a learning disability getting a proper job when they leave college is not as good as for everyone else Employment

9. So we are trying to improve this: Linkage Community Trust are doing some work for us to find out all the different people and schemes there are to help people get proper jobs Colleges are looking at their courses to see how they can be improved to get people into proper jobs Employment

10. Any Questions?