The pandemic has taken a huge toll on many people, but among those to suffer the most are the youngsters who have slipped through the education safety net and are left surviving on the fringes. Throughout the last three years, Dundee and Angus College has driven an award-winning collaboration with a selection of powerful community partners to find and help reengage these people.
Now, using this experience, the College and 20 different community partners are joining forces to explore and design a more permanent route map to success for these young people.
Katie Baxter, Learner Engagement and Community Partnerships Manager, says,“Service Design is a high-energy experience that helps us to design services well. There’s an abundance of knowledge and experience in this group and, working together, I’m excited to see what we can achieve as a collective, when considering joined up, inclusive and sustainable pathways from community to college.
“We are all aware that funding is tight, and we need to try to do the best for our communities with very limited resources. By working together, we hope to be able to create a much bigger impact than any of us can do individually. That is what partnerships are all about, and at D&A we want to better support and improve the fantastic work that is already taking place.”
The community partners involved include Tayside Council on Alcohol, CLD Angus & Dundee, Criminal Justice, Hillcrest Futures, Homestart Dundee, Project Scotland, Dundee & Arbroath Carers Centres, Helm Training, Discover Works Youth Employability Service, SDS, 16+ Youth Employability Team, Family Nurse Partnership, Action for Children, Barnardos, Hot Chocolate and Throughcare Aftercare Dundee.
Dundee & Angus College
Dundee and Angus College is moving away from traditional thinking and focussing much more on careers not courses. It wants the people of the Dundee and Angus region to be better informed and prepared for the career options available to them, no matter what stage they are at.
