HMIE Praise Partnership’s Youth Work
28 April, 2005
A recent report by HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) has highly
praised the development of services for young people in Greater
Easterhouse, identifying effective partnership working between
Greater Easterhouse Partnership and Glasgow City Council’s
Cultural and Leisure Services (CLS) as particularly impressive.
Set up by Greater Easterhouse Partnership in 2003 to coordinate
the delivery of more effective services for young people in the
area, the Greater Easterhouse Youth Network brings together a
large number of local youth projects and partners. Aims include
improving communication with young people and involving young
people in planning and developing services. Key priorities include
territorialism, engagement and work to promote the positive contribution
young people are making to the community in Greater Easterhouse.
Councillor Jim Coleman, Chair of Greater Easterhouse Partnership
said: “The HMIE review is a major endorsement of partnership
working in Greater Easterhouse – for the benefit of both
young people and the community as a whole. With more young people
supported into a position to take advantage of the extensive learning,
training and employment opportunities on offer in Greater Easterhouse,
so the area will continue its transformation into a vibrant suburb
of Glasgow.”
Two specific areas highlghted for praise within the Report include
anti-territorialism work by local project Family Action in Rogerfield
and Easterhouse (FARE) and the Youth Access Project initiated
by Greater Easterhouse Learning Network (GELN).
FARE’s award-winning anti-territorialism work includes
channelling young people’s energy into sport, the arts and
publishing (Young Voices magazine). GELN’s Youth Access
Project aims to make the area’s 15 community-based Learning
Centres more appealing and accessable to young people by offering
fun learning experiences using the internet and computers.
CONTACT DETAILS
Jacqueline Mackenzie, Marketing & PR Officer, Greater
Easterhouse Partnership
Tel: 0141 771 9338.
Email: jacquelinemackenzie@greatereasterhousepartnership.co.uk
NOTES
Greater
Easterhouse Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP) is
one of the Scottish Executive’s SIPs and operates as one
of 11 Partnerships in Glasgow within the Glasgow Alliance community
planning framework for the city.
The Partnership is working to achieve sustainable, comprehensive,
people-focused regeneration. Its strategy brings together the
strengths of the public sectors operating in Greater Easterhouse
with the local community and private sector. It is committed to
ensuring that the local community plays an active role in the
decision-making process of the Partnership, whose objectives reflect
those of the Glasgow Alliance city strategy, 'Creating Tomorrow's
Glasgow'.
Greater
Easterhouse Learning Network (GELN) is a £1.6m
network of 15 community learning centres located in community
venues that are linked by high speed internet connection to John
Wheatley College. GELN has been developed to enhance the education
and lifelong learning infrastructure in Greater Easterhouse and
both widen and simplify access to the latest digital technology
and on-line learning opportunities for local residents.
Family Action in Rogerfield and Easterhouse (FARE)
is a voluntary organisation and registered charity, started in
1989 by local people who wanted to work together to enhance the
lives of local residents. Most of the committee, staff and volunteers
live locally and the entire team assist in the delivery of a range
of services including after school clubs, a community café
and a state-of-the-art IT suite that offers free local access
to the latest digital technology and on-line learning.
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