Shetland Adult Learning Service

Shetland’s Adult Learning Service takes specific actions to pursue a ‘Wealthier and Fairer Shetland’:

• Employability programmes for target groups (unemployed, offenders, NEET)
• Workplace Core Skills Programmes to support individuals to retain work and progress
• Qualifications in Core Skills
• Individual support for interviews and applications
• Life skills workshops
• Individual Learning Plans

Most participants move on to work, volunteering or further learning. In 2009:

• 18 learners became employed as a result of taking part in Employability courses –an estimated saving to the tax payer of £144,000 per annum
• 30 adult learners progressed to accredited College learning
• 42 individuals gained Core Skills qualifications (2009/10)
  20 people felt more confident making decisions about money.