Learning

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Learning Skills Council, Berkshire

• MARIANNE DAVIS
• EQUAL
• PROJECT MANAGER

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• LSC Berkshire secured 3.7 million to work with
  Partners across the Southeast in order to
• increase the number of older people in
• lifelong learning - 50
• - at work and in the community
• -employed and unemployed
• - particularly excluded groups.

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• By 2027
• 40 of the population will be aged 50 and over.
  
• The number of people aged 65 years and above
  rises from 16 in 2002 to 22 in 2028.
• 1.3 million more people over the age of 65 by
  2028.
• the number of people aged 85 and over will
  increase to 3.6 from the current 1.8.
• SIPSE South East Tomorrow implications of
  population ageing for the south east region Jan
  05 17

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DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
SECRETARIAT
Strategic Group
Berkshire LSC PRIME Kent IAG Consortium
JobCentre Plus Reading Borough Council Lamda
3 Age Concern SAVAGE CfBt Slough LP Royal
Borough of Windsor Maidenhead (RBWM)
Special Interest Groups (SIG)
Flexible Work Practices
Developing Care In the Community
Information Guidance
Volunteering
One Stop Centre

Age Concern- England Age Concern- Slough Age
Concern-Portsmouth Age Concern- MK Milton Keynes
Council Milton Keynes CVO PRIME Reading BC
RBWM Royal Berkshire Fire Rescue WAM
PCT WMVA Community Council for Berks Royal
Borough Community Partnership Royal Borough
Learning Partnership United Voices Reading
Borough Council East Berkshire College Millennium
Volunteers Old Windsor Parish Council Eton Town
Council
Lamda 3 Ltd The WELL Centre East Oxford
Action Slough BoroughCouncil PS2B Management Ltd
Kent IAG Consortium Next Step Surrey,
Sussex, Wilts Swindon, MK Berkshire Kent LP
Medway LP, Netsite

Berkshire LSC Pathfinders Bracknell Forest
BC SEEDA Reading PCT Reading BC Oxford Radcliffe
NHS Trust Age Concern MK
Trans-national
Jobsis DP ARETE
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What are we beingtold by employers?
Older people are less likely to want to take
up learning at work
Older people are harder to train, many staff at
50 have their relevant qualifications, what can
we train them on?
It is poor investment to train older people,
they have fewer years left to work
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What do we need to be telling employers?.........
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People over 50 are severely underrepresented in
the current cohort receiving training.
One third of non pensioner adults are over 50,
but only represent one tenth of adults in work
related training
The average time spent with one employer for
someone over 50 is over 10 years, compared
to 2/3 years for someone aged 20
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YOUTH ENDS AT 49!

• National survey of age related prejudice showed
  on average
• Old age begins at 65
• 29 of people in survey reported experiencing age
  discrimination
• Age Concern are training a group of advisers who
  will work with employers to support the age
  legislation implementation. This will encourage
  employers to actively recruit older workers.
• Survey complied for University of Kent and Age
  Concern

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Project Activities

• The main priorities
• People may need to work longer, but also people
  want to work longer
• Introducing flexible working practices
• Supporting implementation of Age Discrimination
  Legislation
• Information, advice and guidance tailored to the
  needs of older people on learning and work
• Encouraging volunteering as a way of contributing
  to the
• community and economy
• Developing new care roles that support inclusive
  care at home

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What are we doing?

• Securing a PSA target for volunteering by
  increasing numbers of older people into learning
  and volunteering.
• Training peer volunteers to work with Health and
  Fire services to carry out fire safety checks
  and healthy living awareness in order to access
  hard to reach groups.
• Testing participatory research and evaluation
  approaches, with older people undertaking the
  research

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What are we doing?

• Development of a virtual platform for Information
  Advice and Guidance tailored for 50
• Publicity of virtual guidance at major train
  stations in the Southeast to capture commuters
  and promote all matters relating to employment
• Development of a new MediCarer role, an enhanced
  care role that will be supported by use of
  innovative technology

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What are we doing?

• Action research into attitudes of Employment
  Agencies to over 50s particularly in retail
  sector
• Provision of One Stop Shops in 3 Age Concern
  shops in the Southeast new market of service
  provision to over 50s
• Development of a joint transnational tool kit on
  mentoring

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What do we want to influence?

• LSC mainstream provision
• Policy development
• Employers attitudes and practices
• Individuals approach to lifelong learning and
  employment