Aims & objectives
The Adult and Community Education Service works with community partners, schools and employers to provide a wide range of part-time learning opportunities primarily for people aged 19 and over.
There is a strong programme of life-enriching learning activities, which take place in day and evening centres.
In addition a considerable amount of provision is targeted towards learners who are unemployed, unwaged, and part-time or low-waged workers, as well as people with low qualifications and excluded groups. Its purpose is to increased people's life-chances and choices within the context of the changing economy of the district.
The ethos of the service is an inclusive one in which efforts are made to ensure equality of access and success.
A service to the people of Wakefield District
The service contributes to the Council's Corporate priorities through working with others to contribute to the themes below:
- Feeling and Being Safe
- Provide learning programmes that contribute to developing citizenship.
- Provide safe and fit for purpose accommodation.
- Looking After Ourselves
- Provide learning programmes for health, well-being and creativity.
- Provide learning programmes that support vulnerable and excluded groups. - Developing a Dynamic Local Economy
- Provide pre-vocational and vocational learning programmes that prepared people for work in the changing economy of the District.
- Provide learning programmes that contribute to Skills for Life. - Investing in Our People
- Provide learning programmes that support people's choices and life-chances.
- Invest in our staff. - Improving Our Places
- Extend the network of local learning centres.
- Improve the environment within which learning takes place.